I absolutely agree that many, many times, the lovey is a crutch for the parents and the parents are more dependent on it than the kids. I have cold-turkey weaned a number of kids off loveys/pacifiers and never had even a single issue outside of one child that took maybe a week to get over it....even she wasnt crying, just looking for it occasionally. It just turns into a big pain for me to keep track of items or worse, have parents call late at night wanting you to find something so they can come get it. I try to simplify my job if at all possible. The kids really dont care about these things so why should I? Cuts down on a lot of fights. It may appear that I am being mean but I think it is important for kids to learn how to exist without a cup/lovey/blanket in their hand and a paci in their mouth at all times. I had one girl totally weaned from all this at 2 years old, then her mom decided to be a SAHM and at almost four years old, this little girl has all the stuff back, including the paci!
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