Sticky Fingers Hirst

In Ellie's room, there is a small end/side table at the end of her crib. On the table, there is a bowl of pacifiers (she still takes one for naps and at bedtime) and a few other little things. This weekend, I noticed that she was going through pacifiers like crazy...there were several in her crib at the same time, and another handful on the floor near the table. Damian has been getting her up in the morning and putting her down for, and getting her up from naps, so I figured that he was just letting her play with the pacifiers. Remembering the eleventh commandment (Thou shalt not nag...especially when thou hast slept in for the last two days), I didn't say anything to Damian, I just picked them up and washed them. Finally, this afternoon, I couldn't help myself -- I found six pacifiers on the ground and two or three in her crib -- so I asked Damian if he had been giving Ellie extra pacifiers for nap. He said that he hadn't and had assumed that I had been giving them to her. Hhm. Turns out that Miss Ellie is quite resourceful. We had noticed (thanks to the video monitor) that she was spending a lot of time at the end of her crib, but we assumed that she just preferred that end for some unknown reason. But, in fact, there is a very good reason for her preference -- she can sit at the end of the crib and reach through the bars, grabbing pacifiers at will. Apparently, she can't always get them back through the bars and that's why there were so many on the floor. Clever girl!

Don't let the sweet smile or angle wings fool you -- this one's got sticky fingers!