The Paci Fairy is coming to our house tonight. In case you haven't heard of her, she takes old pacis from boys and girls who don't need them and cleans and gives them to new babies who need pacis. She leaves a gift for the children in exchange for pacis. Of course, Marie doesn't need any more pacis and is much more of a thumb girl anyway, so in our house, the paci fairy will only be making a pick up.
Why is the paci fairy coming??? Because Grace and Greta are paci fiends and unwilling to give them up on their own! I used to think I didn't want to bother taking them away because they'd give them up on their own eventually but eventually is turning out to be later than I'm willing to wait on. It seems that having Marie here has only increased their paci obsession and I may just take Marie's away too since she doesn't usually care much for them anyway. We've been telling them for 2 weeks that today is the day and they are prepared but not too happy about it. Grace is a little more excited than Greta. I asked them what they thought the paci fairy would bring them and Grace thinks maybe a ring and Greta said, "pacis." Poor thing. I have no idea what the paci fairy is bringing because she hasn't been to the store yet.
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That is a great idea! I just took Brooke's away, and told her she was too old for a paci. (She was about 2 1/2). Her mom said it was cruel and it wasn't my place to say that. Wes told her to get over it. Brooke never asked for one after that, didn't cry, and gave it up at her mom's house, too. But I wish I had done the paci fairy. At least they get a toy to replace their paci.
That is a great idea. Eric and I though have always gone with the tough love method. (Are we bad for that?) It just seems to work for us. We took Kaylea's paci away around 1 years old.... out of sight out of mind... and that worked pretty well. She just woke up one day and they were gone and we dealt with like 3 days of crankiness, but then it was over. We did the same with her sleeping at night. Thank God we had a doctor that convinced us to do this. She was about a year old old I guess maybe can't remember but we did the leave her in the room to cry method. Its supposed to teach them to be ok going to sleep or putting themselves to sleep. The first night she cried for an hour (and I mean screamed so hard we had to wear ear plugs). 2nd night 30 min. 3rd night 30 sec. And she's been sleeping on her own ever since. Tough love approach we take. lol MEAN MOMMY I AM! :-)
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