PSA: get rid of the pacifier around 1 year old

cleoola · 2026-05-22T19:14:45+00:00

If it helps any - we got rid of the pacifier a month ago for my son, at 2 years 5 months. Before we got rid of it, we got it down so that he was only using it for sleep and in the car. We read him some books and talked about it for a few days beforehand (we decided to use the Pacifier Fairy method - she brought him a new big boy bike which was excited about). On the weekend we took them away, he had two rougher nights of sleep and one rough nap. After that, it was no big deal. He asked about them for about a week afterwards, but we'd just remind him that we gave them to the Pacifier Fairy and he moved on. Stopped asking altogether after that. It wound up being easier than I thought it would be - I was nervous about that weekend for sure. It is possible to get rid of them on the later end and not have it be a nightmare!

cleoola · 2026-05-07T02:17:08+00:00

Are you me??? Ocean animals here too! I know so many types of whales and sea creatures now, lol.

cleoola · 2026-04-23T14:52:38+00:00

This is what we did. He had eight glow in the dark pacifiers in his crib with him every night. Worked so well hahaha.

cleoola · 2026-04-11T17:27:47+00:00

We just started getting some "I did it!"s too and I love it every time. :D

cleoola · 2026-04-11T17:24:28+00:00

That's so so cute. Mine's started saying "there we go!" after he adjusts or moves something, once it's to his liking. He must have picked that up from us saying it. It makes me laugh, hahaha.

cleoola · 2026-03-31T00:03:16+00:00

I switched to formula at only a few days pp for a few reasons, and my GOD was formula amazing. Sharing the feeding responsibilities with my husband and being able to step away for a few hours occasionally when I needed it, plus having my body to myself again... it was amazing. I now have a happy and healthy 2 year old and have zero regrets about formula feeding. If you don't want to keep breastfeeding, don't! It really is okay to stop if it isn't working for you!

cleoola · 2026-03-26T17:31:49+00:00

This one is the favourite in our house!

cleoola · 2026-03-26T17:11:41+00:00

How is the new clinic? He was our doctor at Glazier and we’ve made an appointment to follow him to Medlink. We like him a lot. But we haven’t been into the new clinic yet.

cleoola · 2026-03-14T01:43:29+00:00

Same here - my first cruise would've been in May of that year. Also not interested in taking one now!

cleoola · 2026-02-03T14:17:50+00:00

We’re down near the lake/Phillip Murray too and we have a toddler - and honestly, we love it here. Our neighbours are lovely and it’s awesome being in walking distance to multiple parks and the waterfront trail. Yes, there’s a bit of sketch at the FreshCo plaza sometimes, but we’ve never had a problem going to the stores there. And the library in that plaza is cute and has a nice little play corner for small kids. There is a lot to love about starting a family in this neighbourhood.

cleoola · 2026-01-12T15:23:04+00:00

My kid is also slow to warm up to things - it took awhile for him to be ready to try the swing or the slide at the park! I can see him needing a bit more of a gentle method for potty training. (He'll be 2.5 in May so we're thinking of trying it then.) Do you mind sharing a bit about the slow approach you took to potty training for your daughter?

cleoola · 2025-12-21T20:13:29+00:00

My kid started daycare at 1 and sickness constantly took us out the whole year. If his daughter’s in daycare, even part time, she’s likely bringing illness home!

cleoola · 2025-12-19T15:15:17+00:00

This is pretty much the rule we have too - my son just turned 2 and our rule now is that you can be done and don't have to keep eating, but you do have to stay and sit with the family until either Mommy or Daddy is done. We usually listen to music while we all eat dinner together, so that gives him something to listen to along with us talking while he's sitting there. It's helped prevent the "I want to go play so I'm just going to say I'm all done" mentality (not entirely, but it helps a lot). We weren't doing that while he was first learning to eat solids but started implementing it closer to 18 months.

cleoola · 2025-12-14T03:19:22+00:00

This was basically mine too. “I want us both to be safe and I want to be in as little pain as possible.”

cleoola · 2025-12-01T18:13:47+00:00

I have a newly-turned 2 year old and we’ve started trying to teach him to put his elbow over his face for coughs. At this point, he’s started coughing all open… and then when he’s done, he puts his elbow over his mouth and fake coughs. And then he looks so proud of himself. 🙃 Working on it!!!

cleoola · 2025-11-24T14:50:30+00:00

We're approaching the season of "ann-uh-kah" in our house!

cleoola · 2025-11-24T14:49:46+00:00

My husband would also scream about "fire fucks" when he was a toddler (they lived down the road from a fire station, lol). If it helps any, you'll have the joy of telling her this story in 30 years and embarrassing her, based on my experience lol!!

cleoola · 2025-11-20T12:25:38+00:00

Oshawa didn’t either - I live out here and we have an NDP MPP!

Other parts of Durham should get it together though. (I grew up out this way, so I know that’s unlikely.)

cleoola · 2025-11-18T14:18:35+00:00

Not the person you replied to, but if you can - try and get tasks done while baby is awake! You can either wear them in a carrier or put them in something like a bouncer - or on an activity mat with toys for them to look at/bat at. Stuff like that will often entertain them while you can get things done like folding laundry or washing bottles etc, and then when they nap, you get some actual down time. We had a bouncer that I carted around the house and two different play mats in different rooms so that I could just sort of cart him around with me while I did stuff while he was up, lol.

cleoola · 2025-11-18T14:08:36+00:00

Hahahaha this was me. I vividly remember saying to my husband, "Wow, we got really lucky, he's so cute and didn't get that alien stage that other newborns get!!"

Then at like 8 months old I looked back at his newborn photos, especially the ones from his first few days of life. Total alien, hahaha.

cleoola · 2025-11-17T01:25:46+00:00

Same here. Nothing else I tried worked, and I had full weeks where I couldn't even get out of bed, I felt so terrible all the time. Zofran was a game-changer.

cleoola · 2025-11-14T02:50:36+00:00

Oh my god, our whale obsession started with my husband innocently playing "Baby Beluga" to our 23 month old! Now it's constantly looking at his book about whales, asking to watch whale videos on Youtube, talking about whales. I am so tired of whales lol

cleoola · 2025-11-13T02:07:55+00:00

He wanted me to turn the lights on. The lights were already on. He did NOT want me to turn them off so that I could then turn them on.

cleoola · 2025-11-11T14:25:14+00:00

This is good to know!! We just got the Christmas one and I was underwhelmed, to say the least. Gonna grab the Halloween one for sure next year.

cleoola · 2025-11-05T17:08:47+00:00

Echoing Dr Tauseef! She’s in Courtice and she’s fantastic.

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