OT - Looking for Pacifier Withdraw Support Group (LONG POST)

[EastonCat]

Well night #3 went fine also. I don't know if that is because of the hives or she has gotten over the "giggy".

What I mean is I have been giving her Benadryl every 4-6 hours for the hives and Tylenol at bedtime per doctor's orders and there is a voice in the back of my head saying once she is off the medicines we will be back at square one.

Well for now I've decided to think positively and believe we are over the worst part.

NOTE: Upon re-reading my post below, I realize that it may sound like I am making a judgment about your use of Benadryl. I am not. Mine was a childhood where a funny look got me to break out in hives, so I know the value of a well-timed dose. I was just thinking about the times I considered reaching for the Benadryl when, well, nobody was really sick.

I am glad to see that your anxiety about your daughter's adjustment seems to be more anticipation than delivery. It turns out that kids are resilient. And it seems like your daughter has the all of the comfort and support she needs regardless of the population of things in her bed at night. If you do go back to "square one", I am confident that you all will weather through it and find your new bedtime routine.

Now to my little prayer...

My parental Serenity Prayer,

Dear Lord, grant me the serenity to refrain from giving my perfectly healthy child Benadryl right now, to have the strength to work through this moment of screaming at a pitch that I thought only dogs could hear and a decibel level that makes that Who concert in the Guinness book sound like a babbling brook. Cast from me the rationalization that those sniffles are allergies when I know they are from an hour straight of crying because the same bedtime we've had for as long as this child can remember is, tonight, way to early to go to bed because the sun is still out since it is late June. Remind me that, before I know it, this small terrorist is going to be asleep in an angelic pose that will cause me wipe away my tears and to run downstairs and get the camera so that I can capture it for eternity. Bring me the peace of mind....wait, what's that sound? Honey -- can you get in here and comfort this one? The baby's crying in the other room.

Dear Lord, please use some of that transubstantiation to convert some appropriate amount of my blood to Benadryl right now...

 

[ajsmommy1129]

LOL, love the prayer. I am the mom of a recovering binkieholic, who will be 7 in November. When, at age 2 1/2, we decided to get rid of the binkie, extra binkies began appearing...he had them stashed EVERYWHERE!!! I have no idea where all the binkies came from. I know we "lost" a few, and replaced them, but I did not remember buying that many. It took me three months to get rid of them all, and then about 2 weeks of a child who cried himself to sleep every night. I know his still fights his addiction...I recently went to a baby shower where the theme was Pooh. I made the cake (baby pooh) and bought all sorts of cute Pooh things, including binkies. My son saw the binkies, and got this look on his face and said "Binkie?" It was like watching an addict at a Greatful Dead concert....Hang in there...stay strong.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

We are working on getting rid of Buddy(pacifier) too. DD is almost 2 1/2 and she has gotten to the point that Buddy and all 3 lovey's (blankets) must be with her at all times. But every night Buddy was nowhere to be found, so the hunt began. 1 night she cried for hours because we could not find it, that was a long night.
So DD has agreed that she can have it at bedtime and it has to stay on her pillow. And only 1 lovey is allowed downstairs and it has to stay on the couch, she can't drag it all over the house. Really she only wants the corner, she rubs her nose and ear with it.

We will take Buddy away after the boys start school and DH is out of town. He is more attached to the thing than anyone else. I can deal with the crying.

We only have 4, 3 pink and 1 white. 1 pink is on a string (ribbon and a clip) she calls that one string buddy, it is for the car only(must stay in the car when out and about), but she has been without that one for about 2 weeks and so far so good. Right now she doesn't want the pink ones so we will toss those this week. That leaves the white one.