Unplugged

Genivieve has always been such a great baby, never fussy, good sleeper and happy all day. When we got home from the hospital we gave her a pacifier and it seemed to sooth her well between feedings and allow me to heal from being the human pacifier while we we in the hospital for two days when she was born.

I must say, I loved that thing as much as she did. It made life a whole lot easier. She was a dream to sleep train (it took no effort on my part). I was ready for the long haul, and prepared to plug my ears while she cried it out. First try, I put her to bed drowsy, gave kisses and walked out. No crying, that was it. Dream baby I tell you!

So when she turned one I got comments about getting rid of the pacifier which we now lovingly called her "plug". I just didn't know how to do this while weaning her. So at 14 months she was weaned and that was again painless. When we went to the dentist at 15 months she said the plug should be gone by 18 months. What! I was so sick being pregnant and didn't think Genivieve would understand why it was gone. So we waited...

Now my baby is really becoming a big girl and is talking up a storm and has a long term memory. With the encouragement of a few friends on facebook who were getting rid of their kids plugs, I decided it was time. Her plug no longer soothed her, she would still cry with it and I'm not really sleeping much at this point in the pregnancy so it was now or never.

Thursday night, Dec 20th I took the scissors to the end of her plug and sniped a small hole it the tip of one. She accepted that it didn't work and just wanted to snuggle with Daddy in our bed. Then nap time came the next day and Daddy was not home, she cried for 20mins. It was really hard for me to stay strong, but she slept for 3 hours (an hour more than usual) and Friday night she cried for an hour but nothing hysterical just "Mama, Dada..." I left to run errands while Daddy stayed home. I can't listen to it, its too hard.

It has been such a busy week with late nights and not being home so it worked out great. She has been so exhausted she crashes no mater what. Today she didn't even fuss at nap time! Victory goes to Mama and Dada!  Goodbye plug! You have been good to us but I am glad to see you go before we see her second birthday!