This week was the dreaded week...the one I have not been looking forward to for quite some time...it was the week we started sleeping WITHOUT OUR PACIS! I knew it had to happen soon {I wanted it done before the boys turned 2}. The boys are super attached so I have been putting it off for some time now with November being my absolute latest time to give them up. The one thing I didn't realize through all of the paci madness was how attached I actually was to them...and how sad it is for me to give them up too. I liked the fact that if the boys were cranky or if we were out somewhere and they were a mess we had the paci...our miracle worker at calming them down. When they turned one we went to only using them during naps and bedtime but I ALWAYS took them with me in public just in case we needed them...and boy were there some times when we NEEDED them!
If it were up to Ethan and Evan they would have them in their mouths 24/7...play time...sleep time...eating time {because you can always put your paci in after each bite :)}...but the time finally came and Tuesday night they had to give them up. I explained to them while we were getting ready for bed that the pacis were going bye-bye and that they were big boys and not babies anymore. Who knows how much they actually understood...Evan said "bye-bye" to his paci but once he got in bed and realized what was going on he was hysterical...as was Ethan. They both cried for quite a while and Evan was so mad he threw his blanket and bear out of the crib...which made him even more mad and hysterical. It makes me a little sad to see them so upset but we had to give them up at some point. Knowing how attached they were I knew it wouldn't be any different now or a month from now.
So..why a random Tuesday night all of a sudden?? Evan was down to zero pacis. We had lost two of them and he chewed a hole in the third. We had two of Ethan's left and Evan was using one of them since his were all gone. So...we were down to our two final pacis and mama was not buying any new ones. Both had them in the car on Tuesday and before we got home Ethan threw his somewhere. I looked for it everywhere but it disappeared somewhere and I was too tired to look all night. I figured it was as good a time as any to start "no paci nighttime" since I couldn't find it.
The week really hasn't been too bad...Tuesday was terrible {which I 100% expected}, Wednesday was not as difficult and it is slowly getting better and better with each day. We have had less crying and protesting with each nap time and bed time. Hopefully by next week at this time we'll be going to sleep peacefully.
In honor of Operation "Bye-Bye Paci" here are a few of my favorite paci pics...
My sweet one month olds with their huge "hospital pacis"
We always had them while snoozin'...
and while riding in our stroller out shopping...
and while sleeping by the pool...
They helped make us look extra handsome in our Chargers gear...
and helped us survive the heat while watching our first BU football game...
We always had them in the car...
and pretty much any time we were just chillin'.
Adios pacis...you have been good to us and gotten us through many a day these last two years. We will try not to miss you too much!
If it were up to Ethan and Evan they would have them in their mouths 24/7...play time...sleep time...eating time {because you can always put your paci in after each bite :)}...but the time finally came and Tuesday night they had to give them up. I explained to them while we were getting ready for bed that the pacis were going bye-bye and that they were big boys and not babies anymore. Who knows how much they actually understood...Evan said "bye-bye" to his paci but once he got in bed and realized what was going on he was hysterical...as was Ethan. They both cried for quite a while and Evan was so mad he threw his blanket and bear out of the crib...which made him even more mad and hysterical. It makes me a little sad to see them so upset but we had to give them up at some point. Knowing how attached they were I knew it wouldn't be any different now or a month from now.
So..why a random Tuesday night all of a sudden?? Evan was down to zero pacis. We had lost two of them and he chewed a hole in the third. We had two of Ethan's left and Evan was using one of them since his were all gone. So...we were down to our two final pacis and mama was not buying any new ones. Both had them in the car on Tuesday and before we got home Ethan threw his somewhere. I looked for it everywhere but it disappeared somewhere and I was too tired to look all night. I figured it was as good a time as any to start "no paci nighttime" since I couldn't find it.
The week really hasn't been too bad...Tuesday was terrible {which I 100% expected}, Wednesday was not as difficult and it is slowly getting better and better with each day. We have had less crying and protesting with each nap time and bed time. Hopefully by next week at this time we'll be going to sleep peacefully.
In honor of Operation "Bye-Bye Paci" here are a few of my favorite paci pics...
My sweet one month olds with their huge "hospital pacis"
We always had them while snoozin'...
and while riding in our stroller out shopping...
and while sleeping by the pool...
They helped make us look extra handsome in our Chargers gear...
and helped us survive the heat while watching our first BU football game...
We always had them in the car...
and pretty much any time we were just chillin'.
Adios pacis...you have been good to us and gotten us through many a day these last two years. We will try not to miss you too much!
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