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Bargaining, preschool style

Thoughtfully penned on April 14th, 2010 and generally concerning E, J, Life with littles

For the last few weeks I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to convince Boo that he should give up his paci when he turns two. The whole “you’ll be a big boy” spiel has failed along with the “only babies take pacis” route. In my latest venture I decided that maybe bribery was the way to go.

Me: Would you trade your paci for a soccer ball?
Boo: no
Me: Would you trade your paci for a new dinosaur?
Boo: no
Me: Would you trade your paci for a new train?
Little: yeah, Boo, a new train
Boo: no, Mommy
Me: Would you trade your paci for a slide?
Little: yeah, Boo, a slide would be fun
Boo: no

Little: I’d trade my thumbs for an octopus!

Noise from the peanut gallery

  1. The Praying Mom · April 14th, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    Too funny. Thanks for sharing. :)

  2. hyperactive lu · April 14th, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    Totally loving Little’s last comment! She cracks me up!

  3. Sarah · April 14th, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    Little is sooo funny!!! this made me laugh out loud. We are 100% paci free!!!! yay we just did the whole cold turkey thing and it worked for us. it was harder on me than it was Jax. now after this transition to a new house and a toddler bed i might not be saying the same thing. i guess we will see in a week

  4. naonnie · April 15th, 2010 at 5:26 am

    priceless–thanks for sharing the joy

  5. KJ · April 15th, 2010 at 7:17 am

    I would totally trade my thumbs for an octopus too.

  6. Lindsey Rowland · April 15th, 2010 at 7:28 am

    Ha this is so funny! I love Little’s last comment! I would love to know where that came from?

  7. Kelly · April 15th, 2010 at 9:39 am

    Little is HILARIOUS!!

  8. seal30@yahoo.com · April 15th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    what about mailing it to a baby in need? would he go that route?

  9. Claudia · April 15th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    I love the way the 3 year old mind works :) Thanks for stopping by yesterday!

  10. Lauren@Baseballsandbows · April 16th, 2010 at 8:23 am

    We got lucky on this. My FB would only suck ONE pacifier–no other paci would do. Around his 2nd birthday, it broke, and that was the end of that! Unfortunately, my Best Girl sucks her thumb (she’s almost 5 1/2). I have no idea how to break her of it!

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