It was time for the pacifiers to make an exit from Madelyn's life. Justin and I agreed that was the case, but we have been putting it off. However, with her move to her big girl bed imminent we thought it would be better to get her used to sleeping without pacifiers in her crib where she feels secure and then moving her to the big girl bed.
On Saturday we took her to Build-A-Bear where she could pick out a stuffed animal and put her pacifier in with the stuffing. She was really excited to get a new stuffed animal (Puppy) but by the time we got home she just cried. Madelyn finally cried herself to sleep around 11pm and she slept until 7:30 am, so the night wasn't a complete disaster.
On Sunday Madelyn refused to nap, and she told us at bedtime that she did not want Puppy in her crib (he has evidently been banished). However, she went to bed without any fuss and went to sleep fairly easily.
Monday and Tuesday were a repeats of Sunday...will this continue? Only time will tell. However, bummer for Puppy to have to bear the brunt of her feelings about not having pacifiers anymore.
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Alethea didn't like her Build a Bear puppy at first either, but once she got over the loss of her nuks, she started to like him better. Now he's a favorite. Madelyn may warm up to puppy yet. :-)
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