June gives up the paci

Poor June, never did a child love a pacifier more. She LOVED(S) those things! With Willa, we were pretty good about just having it for naptime, but June always managed to haggle for more time with hers. I didn't want to take it right when she turned three, then it looked like we were getting the house and I wanted her to have a comfort for the first bit while we moved. Finally, it was getting ridiculous. She had pet names for them all and would give them little personalities and sometimes make us talk to them. She was also very particular about which one she wanted when.... You get the picture.

There is a Build-a-Bear by Ryan's work that we were walking past one day and as she looked in the windows I explained to her that she could pick out one of those bears when she gave up her pacifiers. She totally understood and totally decided that it was something she would do LATER. There was a character from Paw Patrol there that she couldn't stop talking about. How has she even seen Paw Patrol and known this character's name since we don't have cable, I have no idea. Actually, I do because I pressed her on it. Apparently, it occasionally comes up on Youtube Kids when I let her watch for a bit.

So she kept talking about Sky (the puppy) and finally she decided one day that she was ready. So we gathered them all and went to do the deed. Here she is posing with her bag of pacifiers.

 One last suck and good-bye (though, I was the one who told her to do that - I swear, I wasmore sentimental about it than she was).

 Warming the heart

 Ta Da!

 The main disappointment was that they don't let you put the pacifiers inside anymore! The worker said it just became policy down from the top a few weeks before we came in. It was kind of sad, but I gave the worker the bag of pacifiers at the end to "pay" for the pup. I'm sure it's a liability thing. These things are seriously the most expensive plush animals in the world. Unless they've woven gold thread into the fur, they should really let you fill it with nails or sharp knives if you want to. So that was a bummer, but June was resilient and then it was extra nice to walk straight up to Daddy's office to show Sky to him.

June has been doing well without pacifiers. She definitely understood that they were gone. A few times she has said that she misses them (even recently she's brought it up), but overall it's gone well. She dropped her afternoon nap for a while and would just play in her room and I was going bananas because she normally wakes up before 6 am and was so tired, but one day I forced her in bed and laid on the floor while she went to sleep. It kind of jump started her back in the habit for them. So now she does nap most days and is a much pleasanter little girl because of it!