She's Done!

When we came home from China almost two years ago we had no idea Twink loved her paci! They told us in the Civil Affairs building on adoption day that she liked a nipple but we had no idea what they were talking about. We tried the bottles and different types of pacifiers but she didn't want any of them. Looking back I think she was just plan mad that day. Twink would down bottle after bottle just to comfort herself while in China as we did not have any clue she had a strong desire to suck.

When we returned home we developed the pictures we sent to her orphanage the first thing we noticed was she had a paci in her mouth in almost all of the pictures. Jet lagged we went out to find a paci that looked similar to the bottle nipples we were using. We found some and have being using them ever since. The first couple weeks we were home we let her have them whenever she wanted them. Then we noticed she really only wanted them when she went to sleep. Twink has used her paci to help soothe herself to sleep for the last two years here and probably a year plus in China. As you can see though she has been chewing on them to the point where all I have to do is pull on the tip and it comes off.

She has been paci free for three nights. The first night she cried maybe five minutes but we gave her a silky blanket to love on and she has been fine since. She does "ask" for one but as soon as you give her the blanket and run her hand over it she is fine. Now we had to hide them because her big sister Spitfire has become her best friend and protector. She would search high and low for one and when found give it to her! So today I am throwing all of them away! WooHoo!

Maybe we'll have to tackle potty training soon. LOL