First (and most importantly) we are pacifier free. We have ditched the "ninny." I was dreading this so much. Although I have wanted her to give it up forever, Mac was so attached to her pacifiers. She used them as an emotional crutch -- if she was upset, she would ask for one even if she already had one in her mouth. And she has screamed so much in the car when we've forgotten one at home that we actually have turned around to get one. But she is not allowed to have them in school, and has gone all day without one there, so I decided that it was time to get rid of it. I have tried many approaches in the past (offering a doll or stuffed animal, telling her that she was too old for one) but none worked. However, I just hadn't hit upon the right word. Mac loves to race and has to win, so I told her she could trade her ninny for a prize. Bing! That was it. She thought about it for two days, and then agreed. So we took her to the mall, let her pick out any princess prize she wanted, and paid for the prize with her pacifiers. That way, when she asked for them later, we could remind her that she saw us hand them in. The first night she was a little sad, and actually slept with her prize. After that, she hardly brought them up. First potty training, now this...my little girl is growing up!
On Sunday, we went out for dinner and Mac did a face plant into the ash tray outside. She was running around pretending to be a bull and tripped over Tim's feet. Her eye immediately started to swell, and before long, she had a black eye. Looking at it makes me sick, but she doesn't seem to mind. Now she looks as tough as she is...
Finally, I'm celebrating a different type of Mac. I traded in my partially defunct PC for a Mac Book After losing my dissertation, I decided to move up the timeline for getting a new computer. So after some research, Tim and I decided to go the Mac route. My standards are pretty low -- as long as I don't lose any important documents, I'm happy.
