The time had come, well actually, the time had passed.
It was time to say goodbye to the paci.
It was time for our little bitty baby Beaux, who is only three-and-half, to let go of her most prized possession. And it truly is her most prized possession. She would give up everyone of her earthly treasures in exhange for her best friend, pink paci. But it was time.... well as I said before, it was past time and so we dropped the bomb last night. After a lovely family dinner, we told Beaux we wanted to go and get her something special. We wanted to take her to pick out a brand new stuffed animal to sleep with. We wanted her to snuggle her brand new doll all night long, but she would need to do it without the paci.
And then the tears began ~ More like weeping and nashing of teeth.
Not forced or fake tears. But the tears you cry because of a broken heart.
As we drove, she just kept crying over and over, "Mommy, Daddy, my heart is feeling so sad. Why are you making my heart sad."
And it wasn't just her heart that was sad, our hearts were too.
When we started to look at all the toys, her spirits lifted a little. And by the time we left, with a new red stuffed Valentines Day dog and a new Leapster game, she was feeling a little better. Dan would have bought her the entire store if I wouldn't of stepped in, he tried to truly convince me we should forget the stuffed puppy and buy her a real one when she was sobbing in the backseat. But to our amazement, the process went relatively smooth. After allowing her to play the Leapster for an hour after her bedtime, she came downstairs to let us know she was sleepy, but feeling a little, "Nervous," without paci. Dan went up and snuggled for all of about 3 minutes before she was sound asleep. When she woke up this morning, she told us she was felling a little grumpy without her paci, but in the grand scheme of things, I'll take a little grumpy. With all that said, it is done, we have closed this chapter, the paci is gone. Let's just hope tonight goes as smoothly and we don't have to make an emergency run to
It was time to say goodbye to the paci.
It was time for our little bitty baby Beaux, who is only three-and-half, to let go of her most prized possession. And it truly is her most prized possession. She would give up everyone of her earthly treasures in exhange for her best friend, pink paci. But it was time.... well as I said before, it was past time and so we dropped the bomb last night. After a lovely family dinner, we told Beaux we wanted to go and get her something special. We wanted to take her to pick out a brand new stuffed animal to sleep with. We wanted her to snuggle her brand new doll all night long, but she would need to do it without the paci.
And then the tears began ~ More like weeping and nashing of teeth.
Not forced or fake tears. But the tears you cry because of a broken heart.
As we drove, she just kept crying over and over, "Mommy, Daddy, my heart is feeling so sad. Why are you making my heart sad."
And it wasn't just her heart that was sad, our hearts were too.
When we started to look at all the toys, her spirits lifted a little. And by the time we left, with a new red stuffed Valentines Day dog and a new Leapster game, she was feeling a little better. Dan would have bought her the entire store if I wouldn't of stepped in, he tried to truly convince me we should forget the stuffed puppy and buy her a real one when she was sobbing in the backseat. But to our amazement, the process went relatively smooth. After allowing her to play the Leapster for an hour after her bedtime, she came downstairs to let us know she was sleepy, but feeling a little, "Nervous," without paci. Dan went up and snuggled for all of about 3 minutes before she was sound asleep. When she woke up this morning, she told us she was felling a little grumpy without her paci, but in the grand scheme of things, I'll take a little grumpy. With all that said, it is done, we have closed this chapter, the paci is gone. Let's just hope tonight goes as smoothly and we don't have to make an emergency run to
Walmart around 8:30.
4 comments:
Oh how I remember getting rid of the pacifier! We never thought Cade would get rid of it. I think we tried everything. I can say he doesn't have it anymore:) I do think he was 3 before we threw them all away.
Congratulations!
Tell Beaux I'm so proud of her. I'm dreading taking away GR's pacy. I keep thinking she will start showing signs that she is done with it, but each day that passes she only loves it more.
Bridgett, your kids have the most beautiful eyes! Love the idea of trading something treasured for something new - hope the next few nights go well too.
Haven't visited in awhile but found myself laughing at your posts. Especially the one of your little girl holding her nose. Priceless. Hope all goes well with the whole giving up the paci thing.
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