The peace pipe is a glorious thing. That is when it stays in. But the problem with the peace pipe is that the sucking motion and her lack of coordination can force the soothing mechanism out of her mouth. So last Thursday, Regina was watching her, and Lilly just didn't want to sleep. She had two naps, all of about 30 minutes each. I got home before she was about to go down for her 5PM nap, and when she went down in her napper, she wanted nothing of the sort. So Regina picked her up and we put the peace pipe in her mouth. But it would not stay in. And I can't remember, but we started talking about wouldn't it be great to have something to keep in the pacifier in the mouth? My mom and I had theorized that it would need something like elastic to keep it around the head and ultimately in the mouth. And Regina came up with the same option, and when she was staying with us, she made mittens from socks, so we had bought elastic and had some left over. So I got it and she fashioned the elastic around the peace pipe. We put it around her head and had to trim the ends and then adjust to make sure it wasn't too tight. And then with it around her head, we put her back in the napper. And I would like to say that the peace pipe staying in her mouth, helped her to sleep. But unfortunately, I think the elastic was either too tight or foreign to her, or both, and she just kept on crying and crying. And so it was taken out. And I held her. And she didn't nap for the 5PM slot. And I think it might have traumatized her - she didn't really enjoy the napper for the next two days. And she wasn't a fan of the peace pipe (didn't put the elastic around her head). But her sleep schedule is also changing. She's staying up for longer, whereas she would be up for about an hour, maybe an hour and a half. Now she's extending it to almost two hours. So I hope it's the sleep schedule and not the peace pipe device. I'd hate to think that in twenty years from now, she'll be on some therapist's couch, talking about how I scarred her for life, because of a roll of elastic and a peace pipe. That's definitely not one way to keep the peace!
Monday, October 11, 2010
The Peace Pipe
The peace pipe is a glorious thing. That is when it stays in. But the problem with the peace pipe is that the sucking motion and her lack of coordination can force the soothing mechanism out of her mouth. So last Thursday, Regina was watching her, and Lilly just didn't want to sleep. She had two naps, all of about 30 minutes each. I got home before she was about to go down for her 5PM nap, and when she went down in her napper, she wanted nothing of the sort. So Regina picked her up and we put the peace pipe in her mouth. But it would not stay in. And I can't remember, but we started talking about wouldn't it be great to have something to keep in the pacifier in the mouth? My mom and I had theorized that it would need something like elastic to keep it around the head and ultimately in the mouth. And Regina came up with the same option, and when she was staying with us, she made mittens from socks, so we had bought elastic and had some left over. So I got it and she fashioned the elastic around the peace pipe. We put it around her head and had to trim the ends and then adjust to make sure it wasn't too tight. And then with it around her head, we put her back in the napper. And I would like to say that the peace pipe staying in her mouth, helped her to sleep. But unfortunately, I think the elastic was either too tight or foreign to her, or both, and she just kept on crying and crying. And so it was taken out. And I held her. And she didn't nap for the 5PM slot. And I think it might have traumatized her - she didn't really enjoy the napper for the next two days. And she wasn't a fan of the peace pipe (didn't put the elastic around her head). But her sleep schedule is also changing. She's staying up for longer, whereas she would be up for about an hour, maybe an hour and a half. Now she's extending it to almost two hours. So I hope it's the sleep schedule and not the peace pipe device. I'd hate to think that in twenty years from now, she'll be on some therapist's couch, talking about how I scarred her for life, because of a roll of elastic and a peace pipe. That's definitely not one way to keep the peace!
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