No More Pacifier

The pacifier is no more!! Daniel officially gave up his pacifier a few weeks ago. It was the easiest thing we've done with him so far. Daniel has had one pacifier his whole life. He got a winnie the pooh pacifier and he loved it!! It was the only one he would take. We tried to get him to take another one just in case we lost the pooh bear one but he wouldn't do it. Mike and I spent many nights trying to find the pacifier at bed time because he wouldn't go to bed without it.

When he was about 17 months old he only used the pacifier at night or if he was sick. Then we had to start having him sleep with button up shirts all the time because he would throw it but we could string the pacifier between the buttons. Then a few weeks ago, before Liam was born Daniel had a few days of no napping which is strange for him. Then we realized that his pacifier was dying....he had finally chewed a slit in it. We figured that during those few days he was figuring out how to nap without a pacifier. So Daniel killed his pacifier and once he realized it didn't work anymore he was fine to give it up. He handed it back to me one day at nap time and didn't want it at bed time so we took it and he was fine. I'm so glad he realized it was broken and gave it up himself! It made our lives so much easier!

My baby is a big boy now...officially! I'm glad we don't have to keep track of it anymore!