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I had to laugh when I realized what the topic at JuiceBox Jungle was this week — giving up the pacifier.
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It was almost exactly a year ago that we went through this very battle in our own household and wrote a post on our private family site. I honestly didn’t think we were going to get through this part of childhood, so for your amusement, I’m sharing my angst-ridden post of a year ago to our family:
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They may be called any combination of names — Grams, Gamoo, Nana, Granny, Grandma, Grandmother, Pop-Pop, Grandpa, Granddaddy, Grandfather — the list is endless — but grandparents play a special role in children’s lives. Sometimes that role can be a bit challenging to the parents, as you can see in the latest video by Juice Box Jungle — which now shows in the ad space in my sidebar on the right — please check it out!
I don’t face the challenges a lot of parents do because my children’s grandparents live far away, so we don’t have a lot of friction about breaking rules, etc. We’re so thrilled when the grandparents come to visit, that we’re able to deal with some rule-bending. Our kids are lucky enough to have great-grandmothers in addition to grandparents — something I treasure because I grew up knowing two great-grandmothers and a great-grandfather.
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Leave it to the ladies at JuiceBoxJungle to hit on a secret fear of mine…
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… am I just another proud parent, or have I become <shudder> a “brag hag”?
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Three-quarters of the Java Family are quite passionate when expressing their opinions and emotions — and those happen to be the three who are together most of the day. So there are many opportunities for tempers to flare, usually between the siblings, but sometimes the inevitable bickering or poutiness causes me to lose my good humor as well.
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