Saying good-bye to a love-hate relationship…

On Fast Sunday this month, Vivian went with Jared to young men’s while I went to Relief Society to play the piano.  In the middle of the lesson as Jared was sitting there with Vivian, she pulled her binky out of her mouth—without the tip.  Jared was a little freaked out and starting finger-sweeping her mouth—until he spotted the tip laying on the floor.  She had completely bitten through the whole thing—the little alligator!  It was a new binky as well.  She really was a biter that week and bit a cable clean through much to my dismay as well as my collar bone where she broke the skin.  After my scream of terror from the collar bone incident she’s been much better (thankfully) but she really has some sharp little teeth.

I was pretty happy to say good-bye to the binky though I have to admit that the next week or so was pretty difficult for both her and I.  I was really tempted a couple of times to go out and find a much stronger one but I’m glad I broke my addiction to her being soothed by a piece of rubber.

Since then, Vivian’s actually been a lot more fun and interactive with the rest of us and trying harder to talk.  I’m so glad we had this farewell even though I really was having withdrawals ;).