We Did It!

It is Ellie's third night without her paci and so far things are going way better than I thought they were going to! We threw them away Friday night and that first night was the hardest. She went to bed late because we were out at dinner. After I finished rocking her and singing to her I went to put her in her crib. She just looked at my with a really sad face and said, "Uh oh." I'm not going to lie, it broke my heart a little because I felt bad that I all of the sudden took away something she has had since the day she was born. I kissed her and closed the door and she screamed/cried for about 15-20 minutes until she finally gave up and fell asleep. We have a video monitor so I was watching her to see what she was doing. It was sad because she was laying there making the sucking face like she had her paci, but there was nothing there. Poor girl. Anyway, she slept great that night, but woke up at 6:30 the next morning. She usually gets up around 8:30, but I think she didn't know how to go to sleep without her pacifiers.
Later that day she went down without any problems and slept for about 2 1/2 hours! Hallelujah! That night she went down without a problem too and slept until 8! Her naptime is usually around 11:30, but we didn't get home from church today until about 2:15, so going down for her nap was hard because she was way overtired. She eventually gave up the screaming and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Puting her to bed tonight was no problem at all. I must admit that it is sort of freeing to not have to worry about knowing where her pacifiers are at all times. I hope things continue to go as well as they have been!
Next thing to work on...going/staying in nursery!!

T Minus 4 Days!

Thanks everyone for your input on the pacifier. We are going to do it on Saturday. Greg wanted to do it yesterday, but I told him I need him there to help me just in case things get really crazy. I'm letting you all know so that I won't back out. So, Saturday it is! I'll let you all know how it goes. Wish me luck! (Hopefully you are all right and it will be harder for me than it is for Ellie!)

I Need Some Ideas...

Ellie is about 20 months old and still uses that stupid green soothie pacifier the hospital gives you. I try to only give it to her in the car and for when she sleeps. She has to have two when she sleeps, one to suck on and one to rub against her eye...weird I know. Anyway, she recently has figured out that if she goes up to her room she can reach into her crib and get them. I am really sick of them and want to throw them away, but I'm SCARED TO DEATH to do it. That's how she puts herself to sleep and I'm afraid it will be disastrous if we take them away. Also, I would like her to be completely done with them by the time the baby gets here so she doesn't relapse with the babe's pacies. :) Greg really wants to do it, but I need a major pep talk/advice on how to do it. What have you done to take away the paci and was it a horrible experience? Tell the truth!