Bye Bye Paci

The time has come.  The time has come to say goodbye (and good riddance) to Molly's pacifier.  As most of you know I cried when Morgan took the paci at 2 weeks and felt defeated when Molly took it before even leaving the hospital.  Lately, Molly had become a little too attached to her paci, despite our efforts to save it for naps and bedtime.  

With Morgan, I simply cut off the end of the paci and when she questioned it, I told her it was broken and she needed to throw it away.  So she did.  Easy as that!!  I tried this with Moly the other night and she had a meltdown.  "Paci no brokey!!"  She screamed and I gave in.  

However, the last few naps she has fallen asleep in the car without it.  I even managed to get her into her crib for her to finish her nap without the beloved paci.  So today I lay her in her crib awake with no paci.  It took less than 10 minutes for her to settle down and stay asleep for 2 hours (her average nap length).  

I feel confident that by the end of this week, we will be paci-free.  Thank heaven for that!!  I'll keep you posted.