Boppa free since Saturday, August 7, 2010
It was the hardest thing for me to do, but I really wanted her to be free to speak and live without thinking she neeeeeeeeded her boppas. I only hesitated because it was the only thing she was truly attached to, no doll, blanket or toy...just her beloved boppa...and when she had one in the mouth and two in the hands, she was a very happy little girl!
It all started with a visit to the doctor over some bumps on her face. I don't think they were caused by the boppas but they were sure preventing them from disappearing. He gave us the advice of making sure it wasn't our fault when they disappeared or broke...we needed to be on her side.
Well, she went to sleep Friday night with one while I bagged the others and cut the 2 nastiest ones. (They needed to die anyway, so very dirty!) She woke up the next morning and left her bedtime boppa in the bed as she headed to breakfast. I bagged that one and headed off with her. After breakfast, she went to her drawer in the kitchen, pulled out the two lone boppas and exclaimed, "They're broken!" She then told a whole story about how she broke them...shew! At least she didn't blame us! She mentioned throwing them in the trash but didn't-instead she played with them and held them.
By the time the weekend was over she had trashed both (at separate times) after discovering how dirty they were.
She still asks for it at key times, daycare pick up and in the car, but only once. After we remind her they broke she moves on. Next on the list...DIAPERS!
It was the hardest thing for me to do, but I really wanted her to be free to speak and live without thinking she neeeeeeeeded her boppas. I only hesitated because it was the only thing she was truly attached to, no doll, blanket or toy...just her beloved boppa...and when she had one in the mouth and two in the hands, she was a very happy little girl!
It all started with a visit to the doctor over some bumps on her face. I don't think they were caused by the boppas but they were sure preventing them from disappearing. He gave us the advice of making sure it wasn't our fault when they disappeared or broke...we needed to be on her side.
Well, she went to sleep Friday night with one while I bagged the others and cut the 2 nastiest ones. (They needed to die anyway, so very dirty!) She woke up the next morning and left her bedtime boppa in the bed as she headed to breakfast. I bagged that one and headed off with her. After breakfast, she went to her drawer in the kitchen, pulled out the two lone boppas and exclaimed, "They're broken!" She then told a whole story about how she broke them...shew! At least she didn't blame us! She mentioned throwing them in the trash but didn't-instead she played with them and held them.
By the time the weekend was over she had trashed both (at separate times) after discovering how dirty they were.
She still asks for it at key times, daycare pick up and in the car, but only once. After we remind her they broke she moves on. Next on the list...DIAPERS!
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