Bye Bye Paci

As Addison is so quickly approaching the 18 month mark, I decided it was time to say goodbye to her beloved friend, the paci. From day 1 she has loved her paci and would only take a certain kind, of course it was the kind that was hardest to find in stores! But the paci and her blankie (which she calls her "night night") have gone hand in hand since she was about 2 or 3 months old. So parting with such a dear "friend" was probably not going to be easy. All week I prepped her by saying "Ok on Friday we are gonna throw paci away!" And each day I'd say "ok today is monday or tuesday and then what are we gonna do friday? Throw the paci away". The reason I chose Friday was because the Farmer's Almanac listed it as one of the days this month best to ween a child. And Ive had several people tell me that it works so I figured why not?! Won't hurt to try! So last night I told Addison that in the morning we would throw the paci away and we'd go buy her a toy for being such a big girl and that really seemed to excite her! This morning when she woke up I said "Today's Friday so that means we are throwing paci away." And her response was " Toy?!" So my little girl is so smart! So anyways here is the video of Addison throwing a baggie of her paci's in the garbage and some pictures of her rewards for being such a Big Girl!!

Addison saying she's Big Girl!

Addison playing with her Handy Manny toolbox. This is the toy she picked out.

And she also got a new Backyardigans DVD. She LOVES them!!

And as a special lunch treat we ate pizza, which is her absolute FAVORITE! She would eat pizza all day everyday if we would let her!

So now its almost 2 pm and time for her nap. This will be a true test to see how she will do without paci!! I'll let ya know!