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Hi everyone, been a while since I posted here.
Nothing much new happening with the fam. 4yo is still in gymnastics and competed in their first meet recently. Not really “competed” per se. They more or less performed a floor and beam routine while their coach tried, and failed, to herd them into the correct area. It was a lot of fun. 2yo is now drawing faces. They have a real knack for drawing and their creativity is exploding recently. They’re finally getting used to 4yo going to school three days a week.
The next battle for 2yo is dropping the pacifier. They’ve been informed we’re not getting any new ones. They’re obviously stressed about the concept of getting bigger. They say they’re still a baby. We try to be encouraging about doing “big kid” things, but it’s a tough transition.
My kid used to constantly keep a pacifier, and abruptly stopped after a month or two of starting daycare when she was about 2.
I never had one, and sucked my thumb until I was like 5 lmao. Some contrasts in my family, I guess.
I wonder if socialization/seeing peers drop these behaviors plays a role in it.
We're pretty lucky with our two kids. The oldest we simply tossed it one night, and she never really asked for it after that. The youngest just went through this, and I would say he would ask for it for about two weeks straight, and then it started to taper off. The hardest part, I feel like is convincing yourself it's time to give it up.