Thursday 1/12/12 was Josie's first time sleeping without her paci in almost two years. She started the first night in the hospital when she was too noisy and I didn't want to disturb our roommate. She's used it ever since. Her blankie and paci help her fall asleep at nap and night every day. Why I thought she needed to give it up I have no idea. :-) Actually I wanted to have her weaned by the time she's two. It seems like it would just get harder. I don't want it pushing her teeth out any further and hopefully she get better at saying her "s's". I picked this particular time b/c of the holiday weekend and I would be home quite a few days to help her transition. It turns out it took longer than I expected for this transition. I have high expectations for my above average little girl and this taught me to lower my expectations for some things!
Josie packed up all her pacis and put them in the velvet bag. We put them outside by the door and said good bye. We knew the paci fairy was coming that night and the pacis would be gone in the morning. Josie knew the pacis were going to babies who need pacis and since josie is a big girl she doesn't need them anymore. We'd been talking for a couple weeks about this happening. Every night from Thursday to Thursday Josie cried herself to sleep. She skipped 3 or 4 naps and finally took a short 75 min. one at day care on Thursday and a 3-hr nap at home yesterday. The last couple nights her crying has gotten shorter and shorter until last night when she didn't cry at all. This whole time she's only asked for the paci once and right away answered herself saying, "no the pacis are for the babies". Coming down with a cold last Saturday didn't help matters. After lots of Josie tears and lots of mommy (and others') prayers I believe we've finally turned a corner.
Look at this sweet girl sleeping so peacefully with her paci....
Besides her little green blankie and the soft cuddly blanket over her
she's snuggling with my baby blanket that my grandma made me. I slept
with it every night. I think I took it to college with me but kept it
packed away.
The first Friday nap she didn't sleep. I could hear her playing but was surprised to find her baby high chair in her bed with her. It's usually next to her crib and she reached through the slats and somehow managed to pick it up and fling it over the side into her crib. She had taken Charlotte's pjs and tutu off. She has the same pair but was trying to put on Charlotte's little pair of bottoms. She had already managed to put on the tutu which is actually hers that Charlotte was borrowing. Crazy girl. Her hair is frizzy from sleeping in braids.
I put on her own pj's and put Charlotte's back on and all was well once again.
