Comments on: Mommy vs the “Choo-choo” …the never ending battle https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/ Oh Baby! Magazine Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: MadisonRobyn https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/#comment-1330 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:41:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=6666#comment-1330 My 3rd daughter was slightly attached to her Soother, and I was afraid to take it away, bacause she would cry if she didn’t have it at night. Someone suggested that I give her the oppertunity to decide she wanted to be a big girl and throw them away. So on a friday evening I grabbed a garbage bag, and we made a game of letting her find ALL the soothers and let her throw them in the garbage. I figured I’d do it on a friday so my husband would be home to help out with some tough nights. That night when I put her to bed, she asked for her soother, and I simply reminded her that she said she was ready to be a big girl and SHE had trown them away. She looked at me and thought about it, and then simply said “oh ya”, rolled over and off to sleep she went. It never ever came up again.

I had underestimated her, I had taken the garbage bag and tied it up with just soothers in it, thinking that there might be a point when She or I would cave… but nothing… it was done just like that.

My son is 15 months now, and I’m not worried at all about doing it again.

]]> By: Baby Bottom Line https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/#comment-1326 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:36:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=6666#comment-1326 SOLD! We have a winner…lol… gotta start the plan in motion! Thanks so much!

]]> By: Baby Bottom Line https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/#comment-1325 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:35:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=6666#comment-1325 Thanks! I may have to try it!! I’m not ashamed to bribe…lol

]]> By: Michelle https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/#comment-1323 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:05:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=6666#comment-1323 My daughter who is now 4, loved the choo choo as well and like Angela the choo choo came and left her some gifts in return. My daughter made a gift box for the choo choo decorated and all, we placed it in the mailbox later in the later the day the fairy took the choo choo and left some gifts, never asked for it again.

]]> By: Michelle https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/#comment-1324 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:05:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=6666#comment-1324 My daughter who is now 4, loved the choo choo as well and like Angela the choo choo came and left her some gifts in return. My daughter made a gift box for the choo choo decorated and all, we placed it in the mailbox later in the later the day the fairy took the choo choo and left some gifts, never asked for it again.

]]> By: Angela https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/mommy-vs-the-choo-choo-the-never-ending-battle/#comment-1321 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:59:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=6666#comment-1321 my neighbour told her girls there is a “soother” fairy.  When they gave up the soother they got a present from the fairy.  It worked really well with the oldest.  They’re now working on the second daughter.

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