Chloe called hers a “baby.” In fact, she had quite a few “babies.” In today’s photo is Chloe with the “Mickey Baby,” so named for having Mickey Mouse on it. And, yes, if you haven’t figured it out, I’m talking about pacifiers.

Chloe was a pacifier kid. As she got older the rule in the house was she could only have them in her crib. So sometimes she’d want to crawl into her crib for a quick “hit.” Melinda and I, if we weren’t laughing about her chain-smoking pacifiers (she’d pop one in her mouth, give it a few “pulls,” then move on to the next, then to the next, etc, etc), were concerned we were setting her up for a lifetime of addictions.

What a relief, the day the Pacifier Fairy came and took them all away…

Today’s Prompt: For you parents, any worries you had about setting up your child for a bad habit?