Its time.....

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Or is it?


Today is that day that Whitney will no longer use a paci at night.  She has had one paci remaining for awhile now and only uses it when she sleeps at night.  It has been a long time coming because this child does not sleep very well and the thought of making sleep even harder scared me to be honest.   Im sure she would have done well a year ago but as a sleep deprived mother I just couldn't bare it.  The dentist and doctor both said they understood and would do the same thing I was doing in order to keep the peace.

BUT I'm over it haha:)  She FINALLY started sleeping through the night last November (yes almost three years old) and has been pretty good since then.  She has her problems sleeping when she had a cold or something but for the most part she has been sleeping well (oh no I shouldn't say that out loud right? ha)  Its time to take the plunge and get rid of the paci!!

We've talked with her about it a lot, even gave her the power to tell us when she would like to do it.....never happened.  She is ready for it, just not super happy to be giving up something she is so comfortable using.  The method in which we are giving the paci away should make her happy....hopefully.:)

We've decided to go to Build A Bear, where she will choose an animal to stuff and before closing it up, she will place her paci inside.  This way she will always have her paci with her but she just wont be able to get to it.  AND lets hope she doesn't figure out she can rip it apart to find her good old trusty friend!!!

She was happy as could be during the whole process but its coming up on nap time so we shall see how it goes for us:)











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