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Trevor started using a pacifier yesterday. This was a much anticipated development. Since he is being breastfed, we needed to be careful of things he sucked on, less he suffer from nipple confusion. And while I'm sure there is a good joke in there somewhere, I'll move on.

So enough time (2weeks) has passed that he's very adept at sucking on my wife's breast, and we can introduce other nipple types without fearing he'll forget how to suck on my wife's breast. This was a great relief, as babies like to suck. Even when not eating, they like to suck. Sucking shuts them up. They feel better sucking, so they don't cry. Before the pacifier, he sucked on my pinky. So I/Kristi had to hold him while he sucked on a finger. This became tedious.

So now we can lay him down with a pacifier, and actually get something done around the house. It's been less than 24 hours, but already Kristi feels like she has a great deal more time. Yay Pacifier.

And now to the point I wish to make. A common nickname for the pacifier is "pacie". I don't much care for that. I'd prefer pcfr, being an occasional *nix geek. But I don't imagine that would catch on in spoken language. So to reconcile myself to the word "pacie", I'm offering an alternative spelling: Passy. While pronounced the same, when written it works better.

ex. "Trevor is home sucking tits and passy all day long."

It occurs to me that the possesive would nullify any advantages gained. ex. "Trevor is sucking his passy."

Perhaps the real point is that I need to get more sleep.

Posted by danisaacs at November 01, 2002 09:18 AM