Confession: I have slept through the night 1 time in the past 2 years. This is due to insomnia and the fact that I have to go in to Harlee's room at least twice a night - move her crib to find the pacifier that she has lost and shove it back in her mouth.
Every time I do it, I want to kick my own ass for her having it at all and repeat over and over as I am laying in bed "trying" to "fall asleep" that this will be the last night.
Then there is daytime.
My kid has zero coping skills. It is pandemonium if she is not happy. This could be caused, for example because she is strapped to the shopping cart in a 5 point harness and she would rather nose dive out of the cart and knock her self unconscious or because Brody is playing with a hammer and won't give it to her. And it comes on suddenly, and LOUD, and doesn't end quickly. This is all nothing new, and it is all the reason I started her on the pacifier at 4 months (you know, the month they tell you to get rid of it by??).
So, here I am trying to figure out the lesser of the two evils?
Me trying to sleep at night and exist during the day with her screaming ways.
Or
Keep the pacifier until she is 18 and deal with the lack of sleep.
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