Pacifiers

Jaden never used a pacifier. Not even when we desperately tried to get him to use one, hoping it would help soothe him to sleep. He also never used teethers. No matter how many times we try to show him that he can chew on them to alleviate his teething pain, he just looks at us like we’re absolutely crazy for putting something in his mouth that isn’t meant for eating.

I guess in some ways it is a blessing since he (most of the time) doesn’t stick anything in his mouth that’s not meant to be there (except for the occasional sock fuzz, for some reason. Eeeeew!). Add that we won’t have the difficult job of taking the binky away from him when it is time and overall, it may have been a decent trade-off. 

Imagine my surprise yesterday when, as I turned around after taking the laundry out of the machine, I saw Jaden popping a pacifier in his mouth. 

We never threw the pacifiers out, even though he didn’t use them as they were intended. We kept them around because he played with them. They were one of his favorite ‘toys’ when he was still rolling around on the floor, hardly sitting up on his own. He liked to pass one from one hand to the other, shake it a few times to make it go click-click-click, then pass it to the other hand and repeat. So the two pacifiers that came in the one package that we bought have been around since day one.

So it was kind of humorous to see him walking around with a pacifier in his mouth. I assume it is because he’s teething those darn eye teeth (“canines” as Neville corrected) and maybe it was helping him with the discomfort. Regardless, it was a funny sight since I’ve never seen him with one in his mouth.I was somehow quick enough to find my camera and take a couple of pictures. Hopefully you’ll giggle as much as I did.