Topic: Pruitt
I present to you Pruitt's paci. It's called the Binky® Comfort Flex™ Most Like Mother® Pacifier. We used the same kind with Cale, but since Cale was born, these are VERY hard to find for some reason. Let me tell you the story of this poor pacifier.
I'm one of those people that doesn't like her kids to have a pacifier. I guess I just didn't want them to be three and walking around with a paci, so the compromise I made with Chris was that they could have one, but only for sleeping. That's our paci rule. When we decided that Pruitt liked the same pacis that Cale did, we inspected them, threw the ones away that were worn, hunted down new ones and washed them all. We continue to inspect them regularly and only give them to Pruitt when he's sleeping (two naps a day and at night). We don't boil them, or throw them in the dishwasher. These pacifiers have not been abused.
So you can imagine my shock when I hear Pru cry like he's being tortured. I run into his room to see him trying to put this paci back together. No, he didn't choke on it and we thank God for that, but this scared me! I immediately called Chris who immediately called Playtex. He actually talked to two or three people to go over what happened because they couldn't believe it. They were all worried that the baby was fine, and we assured them that he was, and they all apologized all over themselves. They sent us three new packages too, but here's what got me. 1. I never knew this could happen! 2. I received a "courtesy" call from a representative of Playtex. She went over what she had heard, then proceeds to tell me that I should have replaced EVERY pacifier after they were 2-3 months old because they break down with "normal" use. I asked what "normal" use was and she said, "That's an average of being used over a day." For Pruitt, I don't believe he uses one for the "normal" amount of time in three days combined. She also tells me that *I* am the one that caused it to break apart because *I* continue to boil them and put them in the dishwasher. Ummm. . .no. . .not me. . .not this family. If it's dirty, it gets rinsed off, maybe with a tad of soap if it's not an overly busy day.
I was shocked that this was now being blamed on me, not on a faulty product. HOWEVER, she did stress a lot how much they want me to send them the pacifier pictured above for quality testing. . .but it's still *my* fault??
I guess the moral of the story can be whatever you want it to be. It can be a reminder to check your child's pacifiers, it can be a lesson not to buy Playtex, it can be a lesson not to give your child a pacifier. Take away from this what you want, but I did want it out there.