Breakin' the baby from her pacifier.

JohnT · June 4, 2003, 20:21

Put her to bed about 25 minutes ago, and she's still going strong. I'm thinking it'll be about 9:45 EST before she goes to bed. Mom is looking all worried and "should I go in and check on her", but I tell her there's nothing she can do or should do.

And people asked us when she was 4 months old why we put her room at the other end of the house. Because we think ahead, idiots.

Hueij · June 4, 2003, 20:29

Hehehe, got to admit you are one concerned father

How old is she now?

JohnT · June 4, 2003, 20:32

19 months.

JohnT · June 4, 2003, 20:33

Naw, we're OK. Sophie is going to yell until she gets tired of yelling and then she'll fall asleep. All we have to do is turn the TV a little higher and we can't hear her at all.

MrFun · June 4, 2003, 20:34

I think if you wipe your ass with the pacifer, the baby is sure not to want it anymore.

JohnT · June 4, 2003, 20:35

I'm afraid if I wipe my ass with her pacifier, her mother won't want me anymore.

Gotta like a guy who can think outside of the box, though.

MichaeltheGreat · June 4, 2003, 20:36

When they get annoyed, you just have to let them vent. It burns up the energy.

Ian has his bunnies and his mouse (Tutter from Bear in the big blue house) and we leave Discovery Kids or a video on, with the volume real low. That gives him stuff to do while he unwinds, and he almost always crashes out fairly quickly and quietly.

MrFun · June 4, 2003, 20:37

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Originally posted by JohnT
I'm afraid if I wipe my ass with her pacifier, her mother won't want me anymore.

Gotta like a guy who can think outside of the box, though.

JohnT · June 4, 2003, 22:51

Went to sleep after 45 minutes. Not too shabby. Sophie:

Tuberski · June 4, 2003, 22:54

Tabasco sauce.

ACK!

loinburger · June 4, 2003, 22:56

I remember that they made this crud that I was supposed to put on my fingernails so that I'd stop chewing them -- made them taste extremely bitter. Might be worth a try, but fair warning that I still chew my nails as much as ever (I found that if I sucked on my fingers I could get the crud off without hardly tasting it).

JohnT · June 4, 2003, 22:58

Naw, we're not going for anything like that. We just got rid of the things and will have to listen to a couple of days of complaining, if need be. Since she did so well tonight, we might be OK.

And, like I said, we purposely put her at the other end of the house for such moments as these. Turn up the TV and all is well.

MRT144 · June 4, 2003, 23:00

loinburger, how about you just shoot some manjam on your fingers? youd be right as rain then.

Spiffor · June 4, 2003, 23:02

John :
Any plans to go through this again in the near future ?

Zero · June 5, 2003, 00:40

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Originally posted by loinburger
I remember that they made this crud that I was supposed to put on my fingernails so that I'd stop chewing them -- made them taste extremely bitter. Might be worth a try, but fair warning that I still chew my nails as much as ever (I found that if I sucked on my fingers I could get the crud off without hardly tasting it).

I remember something like that too when I was little. My parents were determined to stop me from sucking my thumb so they made me put gloves but I took them off in my sleep

So what should we do about John's baby crying? Gag her mouth w socks or something?

MichaeltheGreat · June 5, 2003, 03:04

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Originally posted by JohnT
Naw, we're not going for anything like that. We just got rid of the things and will have to listen to a couple of days of complaining, if need be. Since she did so well tonight, we might be OK.

And, like I said, we purposely put her at the other end of the house for such moments as these. Turn up the TV and all is well.

Ian never got into them much, but my daughter did when she was real little, but both of them were real easy to depacify.

Couple of days, for normal times, but some days when she's particularly stressed, she'll want them and whine a little.

Has Sophie got a security blanket or favorite dolly or stuffy toy?

MRT144 · June 5, 2003, 04:01

im 19 and i still have a stuffed toy from my childhood. my snoopy from when i was 4 years old. id take him everywhere...now he rests at my moms back in the bay area, awaiting my return when i have my own place...

the memories *sigh*

TheStinger · June 5, 2003, 04:05

Joseph doesn't have a dummy( thats what we call em) he does like chewing his teething ring and he sucks his fingers.

I still chew evrything ive got now so I don't hold out much hope for him

Saras · June 5, 2003, 04:11

Mantas passes out after 2 minutes of Blue Danube waltz

. Really.

Cheers, Roland

MRT144 · June 5, 2003, 04:13

sounds like you need to give mantas a course in classical music appreciation. there is no way i could sleep through blue danube

Saras · June 5, 2003, 04:21

Make no mistake, he's been through Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi and Brahms already. Strauss just works better

FrustratedPoet · June 5, 2003, 05:57

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Originally posted by MRT144
im 19 and i still have a stuffed toy from my childhood. my snoopy from when i was 4 years old. id take him everywhere...now he rests at my moms back in the bay area, awaiting my return when i have my own place...

the memories *sigh*

Me too. I used to have a Snoopy toy that I would take everywhere when I was a baby. I used to chew on his nose (which was replaced 3 times) and I hugged him so much and so tightly that his head nearly fell off.

the memories *double sigh*

MRT144 · June 5, 2003, 06:07

frustrated, i too chewed the nose of my snoopy thrice! and my snoopy's head is close to falling off...

FrustratedPoet · June 5, 2003, 06:44

/me hums the Twilight Zone music.

TheStinger · June 5, 2003, 06:46

You could encourage him to start smoking

alva · June 5, 2003, 06:59

I used a pacifier until the age of 4 or 5 (covertly though, like smoking a fag before entering school

)

I had two snoopy, but they weren't my favourites ( I'm slightly older, arn't I, we just used to call them teddybears

)

I still have many of them, I've given some of them away though

)

Daz · June 5, 2003, 07:26

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frustrated, i too chewed the nose of my snoopy thrice! and my snoopy's head is close to falling off...

Welcome to the club!

My daughter never even got used to the pacifier. Goes to sleep on her own after a few minutes. Has to get a fine meal before, though. Just like dad!

Ema wakes up in the middle of the night though and likes to play with mom. Just like dad!

alva · June 5, 2003, 07:42

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Ema wakes up in the middle of the night though and likes to play with mom. Just like dad!

And in just a few years, she will start to hate you, leave house and move in with another man....just like what happened to....

Daz · June 5, 2003, 07:46

No. She will like her parents.... hopefully...

Solly · June 5, 2003, 07:46

I never had one. What's the friggin point.