On Tuesday I talked to Gwen (1 of AJ's therapists) about taking away the Pacis. She said it was time and really okay. It was really MY issue, not the babies. They were going to be fine. Why did I feel like taking them from Christina was like leaving her in an alley somewhere with no protection? No clue. I just could NOT bring myself to be the one to make the decision to take something that she felt she needed and loved so much. So this is what I did.
I went to Toys R Us. I found some Polly Pockets. They look WAY fun. I knew she couldn't resist. I also wanted her to have something for bedtime...just in case! So I got her a Starsong My Little Pony.
I came home and told her that if she wanted the "big girl toys", she needed to throw away her pacis. She refused. So I sat the Polly Pockets out of her reach, but where she could see them and said "sorry, you can't have them if you keep the pacis because pacis are for babies and these are for big girls". About 30 seconds later she went to throw away the paci and came BACK to find the other paci to throw it away too!
At bedtime I gave her Starsong...and since he's a baby pony, he had a paci...and that was okay :-) I put AJ down without his paci - but he never really cared anyway and never fussed.
The next day she asked for her paci a couple of times. We just reminded her that she threw them away...and off she went to play.
It was over that fast. Now when she gets hurt, she wants a Dora Bandaid (Bandaid Dora) - so maybe we are using a little more than we need right now...but that's okay :-)
