Sigh

We finally found a pacifier that Amelia likes. And, surprisingly, it is probably the cheapest one out there. I tried the Soothies brand at first because Lucy still loves hers, and I didn't want Amelia to use a butterfly one b/c I was afraid she would get a rash on her cheeks from the contact. Then we tried the one from the hospital, but she didn't like it too much. Finally, one night Chris was trying to give her the Soothie, but she wouldn't take it at all. He didn't want to go downstairs to get the hospital one (which she liked a little better than the others), so I told him there were some like it in her dresser. He broke one out, and we were both surprised to see that she liked it, cause I was starting to believe that she just wasn't gonna be a paci kind of girl.

Anyway, we found a paci she likes. It helps her go to sleep, which has been a lifesaver these past few nights. My only problem now is finding out how to keep it in her mouth. She either takes it out or spits it out right after you walk out of her room, and of course starts crying to get it back. So a vicious cycle begins of going in to give her the paci, getting it in her mouth, getting her to sleep (by holding the paci in front of her face as she tries to spit it out), feeling comfortable enough in the belief that she's in a deep enough sleep to leave, leaving the room, getting in bed, hearing her cry, getting out of bed....it goes on and on. The only thing I have been able to come up with so far to keep it in her mouth is taping it to her cheeks, but I don't really think that would be looked on too well, and I really don't want to do it. So I'm extremely open to suggestions.