without a pacifier!!!
And so far, we've had NO major melt-downs! YET!!! Since Ella will be 2 this week, we thought it was finally time to give up the paci. So...how did we do it??? Ella has been helping Mimi watch over a nest full of baby birds the last couple days from her sun room. Ella could hear the baby birds chirping and we told her that they needed a paci while their Mommy went to get them something to eat. We persuaded her to give all her pacifiers to the baby birds so they could all have one. She agreed and just like that we hid them. Last night, she asked for her "paci" and then again this morning, but we told her that the baby birds needed them and she didn't say anything else about it. So maybe (fingers crossed!) the birds get to keep the pacifiers!! And I'll have a 2 year old that is paci-free :) I hope the next 24 hours go by as easily as the first!!
For the most part, I'm excited about getting rid of the pacifiers, but part of me is so sad at the same time! I think it's the last thing (other than diapers...wow! potty training...that's a whole other post!) that still reminds me of Ella being a baby! Here are some "Paci Pics" I found in honor of the pacifiers that have gotten us through many church services, quiet dinners, sleepless nights, and major melt-down moments!
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