The Paci Dependency

{photo by Ella}

This is a familiar face in Charlie's photos. As the return of daycare approaches, I worry about how much Charlie uses his pacifier. He was down to using it only for the car & sleeping at home & was not using it at all at daycare. I'm afraid he will be harder to break of the habit than Ella was. So, I've been trying to distract him at home & get him used to not having his paci during playtimes.

But, this is usually what happens. It makes me feel horrible! Sometimes we can distract him & he'll forget about the paci for awhile (at least until Greta starts to antagonize him, then he starts to search for it).