Comments on: Stockholm Syndrome, infant version

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:06:31 +0000

Woops! Mmmm. I’d call that one labor-intensive.

(And thanks for the props.)

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:05:12 +0000

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By: jennymgdo

jennymgdo — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:23:03 +0000

Great blog!

So what do you call this one? I have an orally fixated little one, but neither binkie nor pinky will do. This one here is a teet man, milk or no milk, day or night!!

By: virgotex

virgotex — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:56:20 +0000

And I will not â€” no I will not! â€” make any untoward remarks about what, exactly, she substituted for the cigarettes.

I think most of us here are quite fluent with subtext

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:43:13 +0000

*Cough* the beloved reports that she kicked the binkie at around the same age. Took up with the cigarettes probably at 13. Ooops. She did kick those things a few months after meeting me, once it was clear she had to choose between the nicotine or the Baba of her children. And I will not — no I will not! — make any untoward remarks about what, exactly, she substituted for the cigarettes.

By: Vikki

Vikki — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:40:08 +0000

We used the paci with both of our kids. My son (now almost 6)liked it but was not an addict. We ditched it around 9 months. My daughter (who turns 2 next Sunday) LOVED it. I swear…it was baby crack to her. We used it mostly for naps, car rides, bedtime and if she was particularly sad when sick. It worked great for her and presented no real issues for us. When she moved into the toddler classroom at daycare last summer, we stopped giving her the paci at naps. She adapted pretty well to that. Then, two weeks ago, we got rid of it altogether because she was starting to demand it all the time. She was very sad for several days and slept with us a bit more than usual during that time. She survived though and hasn’t really asked for it since then.

For the record, I had mine until I was *cough* 5. I like to think I turned out fine - ha ha!

By: Liza

Liza — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:51:03 +0000

*giggle* Good one!

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:05:08 +0000

Oh, and Liza: thank you for the well-wishing. I’m off to see my beloved’s TCM Dr. again today, for some more narsty herbs to boil and drink (bleackh!). And I think it’s a memory issue on the computer (that would be the easiest to remedy). How fitting. A memory issue. When sleep deprivation has me forgetting to finish the simplest of

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:04:51 +0000

Thank you for the comiseration, my comrades-in-pinkies, Liza, Vikki, and FKM! So it looks like, from Liza’s experience, he may not take to Product. But if he does: what do you think, Vikki, FKM, and the rest of you: To Paci, or Not To Paci? That is my question. Will we be prying it out of his mouth with a crowbar one day? While he, a strapping lad of thirteen, flips and pins us with his fancy wrestling moves he’s learned in gym class?

By: FemiKnitMafia

FemiKnitMafia — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:01:55 +0000

Yep, I spent about two month with my pinky in Little Man’s mouth. Then I sought liberation and opted for the binky, which he gave up (with some assistance) on his 3rd birthday. Another orally fixated boy here too.
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