Bye Bye FiFi
Well the Big Day has come – a huge milestone for Savannah. She has surrendered her blankie to mommy and daddy for safe keeping. We are trying to help her overcome thumb sucking and she LOVES sucking her thumb and cuddling with blankie, which she calls her FiFi, at night.
Now that her two bottom teeth have fallen out, this is the time to have Savannah stop the thumb sucking. We don’t want the thumb sucking to make her new teeth come in crooked.
She cried and told her FiFi bye bye. I tell you, I had to hold back the tears. My heart just ached for her. It sucks to have to help your kid grow up. Some things are just so precious to see them do and enjoy, and to take it away from them hurts the parent more than the child.
Why did Savannah name her blankie FiFi? When she was 10 months old, she became fascinated with Fish. She would pronounce them “Fi”. She slept in her crib on top of a soft, white, eyelet lace crib comforter that she became attached to at 10 months. She began sucking her thumb at 9 months and began cuddling with her crib blanket and sucking her them at 10 months. At 11 months she had a huge attachment to her FiFi and it had to be wherever she was. She named her blanket, FiFi, after the thing she loved (and still loves) Fish. She loved to rub on the eyelet lace holes.
We are so proud of our Big Girl Savannah!! We love you!!
