WOW! She has just shot right up, hasn't she? Next week, she'll want the car keys! (I wouldn't worry too much about trying to stop calling her "baby". I still call Alex "baby" from time to time, and he doesn't seem to mind.)
WRT the water in the face thing, we bought Alex a plastic visor back in the day, and it worked like a charm. The water poured over the visor, he'd yell "Waterfall!" and be entertained, and I'd get all the shampoo out of his hair. They seem to have gotten a little more creative in the inbetween. (http://www.lilrinser.com/inuse.html)
The binky situation was much more difficult to contend with, at least at night for a while. It took a few weeks of explaining "You're big now, and big people don't need binkies." Eventually, he threw it out on his own. (Ernie was easier in that regard. One night, he knocked it out of the crib, and that was that.)
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WRT the water in the face thing, we bought Alex a plastic visor back in the day, and it worked like a charm. The water poured over the visor, he'd yell "Waterfall!" and be entertained, and I'd get all the shampoo out of his hair. They seem to have gotten a little more creative in the inbetween. (http://www.lilrinser.com/inuse.html)
The binky situation was much more difficult to contend with, at least at night for a while. It took a few weeks of explaining "You're big now, and big people don't need binkies." Eventually, he threw it out on his own. (Ernie was easier in that regard. One night, he knocked it out of the crib, and that was that.)