The "Paci"

Jeff and I have been talking lately about Cale's beloved "paci" as he calls it or pacifier and how we wanted him not to use it by the time he was 2. So I thought since I had 4 days off over the holiday weekend that we would try to ween him of it then. Let's just say it's not been horribly bad, but has been a long weekend. We told him that he was a big boy and that if he slept without the paci that he would get some m&m's as a prize. The kid loves m&ms. On Thursday we started it with his nap. He did cry quite a bit, I think for like 20 minutes then he fell asleep. Then that night was rough getting him down, I think there was like 1 hour of crying, but then he calmed down and went to sleep. The rest of the weekend was alright-he would cry a little, but it's getting better. Then fast forward to today. For some reason he didn't nap on Saturday or Sunday, but today at my mom's house he took a 2 1/2 hour nap and then tonight I put him to bed and he went down without a fuss and I haven't heard anything since! Yay! I think we are finally getting there. So to the pacifier-thanks for helping my child sleep over the past almost 2 years, but we don't need you anymore. Cale is a big boy and all grown up!