no, we're not still eating it or anything, but we did get rid of lj's paci's on thanksgiving night. and voila, they're gone. we went with the method my mom used when she got rid of mine as a child. it seemed to fit well because, like myself as a kid, lilly jo is facinated with the trashman and also with throwing things away in the trash for us (quite a big helper she is!). so thxgiving night we brought her a trashcan and asked her to say 'bye bye' to her pacis and throw them in the trash. sure enough they all went in without a question. we talked that night about how the trashman would come the next day and take them away, and so we watched him when he came and said 'bye bye' to the paci's again. and she's never cried about them at all. not once. she does ask about them, but always with the curious sense that she knows the answer and we talk about it and remind her that we said 'bye bye' to them and that the trashman took them away. and she always says, "yeah." like she usually does in her cute voice.
i will say naptimes have been a tad shorter without the paci, and the girl will now talk for about an hour in bed each night. loudly (poor jack). but she doesn't ever cry or whine for them, so i'm not complaining!
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That is awesome! Isn't it kind of a relief? That's how I felt when we got rid of EG's paci.
We're about to try with Palmer! I've been putting it off because I was just now starting to get decent sleep and now Sarabeth just started taking a paci and he steals hers. Should be interesting :)
I've been contemplating taking Eli's away before our new baby comes.. I am just not that brave yet. He only gets it at bedtime and naptime but still I am worried on how we are going to get through. Glad to hear you had success!!!!
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