Paci Struggle

I have written before about how strong willed my child is. I don't win fights with him, and I have a feeling that I never will. I listen to other parents declare how things are going to be in their house, and I honestly wonder how that's working out for them. Because, laying down the law isn't working so well around here.

The pacifier has proven to be the problem of the moment. I really don't mind that he uses a paci, but I wish he didn't seem to addicted. His casual paci use that came in handy at bedtime has become a full blown addiction. Jacks will use his paci as a weapon, hurling it at people who piss him off; he will grunt for a paci when he doesn't have one, easily pitching a hissy fit when his demands are not understood; he will hold two and three pacis at a time, carefully tasting each one to see which he prefers. And it is ruining pictures left and right, and you know how much we love to take pictures! Case in point above - how gorgeous would that picture be without that paci?

I know that there is no way I am going to take that paci away without a knock down drag out, which I'm not in any hurry to get into with him. Let's just hope he isn't sucking on a paci in his kindergarten yearbook picture.

Love to all - K