Weaning

Weaning Our Toddler Off of a Pacifier

September 14, 2009

It all seemed so harmless when she was a baby, the whole pacifier thing. There we were, fumbling around to find something, anything to stop the crying and there it was – the innocent pacifier, waiting to be sucked on. Oh, it did the trick…in fact it still works it magic – lulling our daughter [...]

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The Success (or Failure) of the Toddler Table

August 20, 2009

At 21 months of age my daughter has begun eating her meals at her own toddler table. Maria Montessori calls this the weaning table and actually advocates introducing it much earlier than 2 years of age, say around 4-8 months old. The table is Montessori’s replacement for the highchair. Her take on the whole table [...]

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To Pacify or Not To Pacify?

March 20, 2009

In our house, we decided that a pacifier was the way to go when at two or three months our daughter was having trouble sleeping.  Well, that is an understatement.  She had a witching hour where she screamed her tiny head off of a full hour, if not longer and the only things that calmed [...]

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