Ever since Bailey was born she has been the most amazing sleeper! Sleeping through the night by around 5 months old, taking amazingly long naps and never having any of the nightmare issues we experienced with Jaxson's nighttime routines. I'd have to say a lot of that was we learned the right way to do it the second time around and she's had a paci to keep her comforted and help her fall to sleep quickly. A few weeks ago after her dentist appointment I set a goal to have her done with the paci by October 1st. Being that it was a long weekend I decided to give it a shot and see how she would do. I'd received several great suggestions on ideas on how to get rid of it- none of which would work for this girl. Making things just disappear only means she's a screaming disaster...but she loved the stamp chart when we potty trained so I decided to give that a shot. Thursday when I picked her up we got all excited about the chart, talked it up and went over and over and over how that night was going to go- she was on board!!
We rounded up all of the paci's and carefully put them in a special bag that wouldn't be in the room. The whole time she's telling me all about being a big girl and going to bed without her paci! She was ready!!
That night she laid down without any issues and hardly fussed! At one point she started crying for me and when I went in there she only needed to go potty! That morning she came running into the kitchen SO excited about how she DID IT! She loved putting that stamp on that chart- and we had to keep reminding her that we had to keep working at it! That day she took her pig to school to nap with instead of the paci- she was ready to go! She however did not nap- and threw a huge fit waking up her whole class instead...yep that's Bailey for you! Over the weekend she did better and better, nap time still continues to be a little challenging just getting her to settle down and rest. The amount of time she is actually sleeping during nap time is much shorter- but one small step at a time. She did so great and got her ice cream party. She of course wanted pink ice cream- she could care less what that tasted like as long as it was pink! Such a girl!
We are so proud of Bailey! She loved that paci but she loved the stamps and the ice cream party more! I had 20 different scenarios in my mind on how this whole thing was going to go and it went so smooth- I am so proud of her and so thankful that she didn't give us a run for our money on this one! Way to go Bailey
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