Well, I shall begin chronicling my effort to wean my little 20 month old from his pacifier. While we were in St. Louis, I kept telling Camden that when we got home we were going to throw his pacifier aways. I repeated it over and over again. My plan was to give it to him for naptime and bedtime only for a few days then to get rid of it. After he took his nap today, I told him he had to leave it in his bed, and he did. Fast forward a few hours, and we were playing and he says "Pa-pey?" I respond by saying, "Pa-pey is gone. Where did your ball go? Can you throw the ball?" I totally changed the subject, and it worked, so I built up some confidence to take it even further. I sat down to rock him with his sip cup and blanket and some good reading and he asked again. I took the opportunity to say, "Pa-pay is gone-gone. Pa-pay is for babies and you're a big boy! You don't need a pa-pay anymore because they are for babies." Surprisingly, he responds by saying, "Gone-gone." He does fine and falls asleep without it. Now, he has not made it through the night, so I have not counted it a success yet, but I'm hoping we are on the right track! We will see how this night goes :)
