Eila's Great-Grandpa Hall used to tell a story about Jack and Jill using little slips of paper on his fingers. Jack and Jill would each fly away and then Great-Grandpa Hall would say "Come back, Jack. Come back, Jill." and they would do just that. Eila told her own story with the pacifier and it ended in much the same way. Her story wasn't as nice.

Eila had two weeks without her sucette and she barely slept a wink, got sick, and spend most of that time being very angry, frustrated, tired, hungry and just plain cranky. She has slow parents who finally realized that sleep is more important than pretty teeth, and she probably won't have any real damage anyway.

After a brief explanation of the rules and reasoning for the return to the pacifier, Eila grabbed the pacifier, said a very polite "Thank you!" and promptly went to sleep - and slept for almost 12 hours. It was a small, but very significant miracle in the Yee house.

Maybe, one day she'll just decide she's too big for the pacifier and give it up all on her own...