[LisaCA]

sounds like dd. she was attached. got the shakes when she had some stressful time and couldn't get the pacifier in fast enough. woke up several times a night with the pacifier out. We put them on short straps (found at target), had many diff colored straps and pacifiers to match outfits (only a tad obsessive), and carried many with us just in case. it was fine once she was old enough to put it back in her mouth. She learned to look for the strap. if you don't use a strap, put a few all around the crib and she'll find them. We did dd's pacifier cold turkey-I was amazed at how well it worked. only one rough nite then poof. I would have bet any amount of money that she would have completely lost it forever without binky. you never know. We kept in for dd until she was a year old.

I have to say that we received many critical comments about the binky, even though dd was rather well-adjusted and I had no plans to keep it in her mouth past a year or so. I think it gave everyone something to comment on. I mean, kids have this innate desire to suck, so what's the big deal? As long as she doesn't have it strapped to her wedding dress as she walks down the aisle (which I had my money on btw), I think it's okay. seriously, the four year old was a tad disturbing, since he seemed developmentally fine, just needed the binky (and his parents gave it to him). As long as her teeth aren't damaged, it's okay in my book. and since dd's teeth didn't start to come in until she was 10 months old, we had little to worry about.