"My paci's broken."

The Roberts family has had quite the eventful week as we've been saying "good-bye" to our good friend, the paci (for Kens that is, not Avery).  For those that know Kensley, you are well aware of how much she loves her paci.  It's the reason she usually wants to take a nap or go to bed...she gets to have her paci.  So we knew getting rid of it would be no small task...and we were right! 

We've been talking for a while how we need to rid her of her paci, for a number of reasons: we can tell it's affecting her teeth, she's getting too old for it, etc.  The biggest one is that I've always thought (my personal opinion) it a little ridiculous to see a kid talking with a paci in his/her mouth.  We reached that stage a while ago, so it's only been a matter of time.

 

We started "Operation No Paci" last Sunday and while it has been difficult, it also has been somewhat comical.  Our first attempt was to go "cold turkey" on the no paci and substitute it for a big girl pillow(!).  That didn't go over so well so we opted to start cutting the tip off the paci (the way my parents got rid of my paci).  Kens was a little upset upon discovering she could no longer suck on her paci and let us know "my paci's broken".  Seriously...it was so hard not to laugh as she said over and over again "paci broken" while examining it.  The pillow eventually got the boot as she kept saying "no pee-yo"...knowing full well that the pillow meant no paci. 

Kensley is slowing coming to terms with this whole process, but she still requests her paci (even though it's literally just a plastic ring now...since the tip is completely gone).  For the time being, we are still letting her sleep with it as she likes to hold it.  We are definitely taking note of this process though and will most likely take Avery's away much sooner!