This is a super duper overdue post, and I better pen this down before year 2012 ends. Oh my goodness, the last post was actually in Mar 2012, before I fell sick, hahaha.
Well, this post is about another big milestone of darling, that is bidding farewell to her pacifier for good. We realised that darling was getting more and more attached to her pacifier and it seemed to be affecting the growth of her front teeth. So papa decided to use positive reinforcement to persuade Le Xuan into giving up her pacifier, i.e. a 3D carnival puzzle for her if she managed to kick the habit of sucking pacifier. So this difficult mission started during the first week of Sep 2012, and we could see that she was really struggling and crying bitterly every night. What made me even more heartbroken was that she did not even dare to mention the word "ji ji" (aka pacifier) when she was really craving for it. There were times when I almost gave in, and wanted to relieve her from the withdrawal symptoms. Moreover, I felt really apologetic towards mum, cos it was obviously a difficult period for her too, having to put up with Le Xuan's tantrums.
After struggling for a month, Le Xuan successfully kicked the habit of sucking pacifiers in Oct 2012, one month before she turned 3!! So proud of our darling!! Needless to say, she obviously got her gift from papa and mama, and of cos more hugs and kisses! *muaks*
