There have been 2 major changes in the past 2 weeks around here - one of them will wait for the next post when hopefully I will have some updated pics to go along with it (the attic is now a livable space!), and the other involves the passing of the paci. It's the end of an era folks!
We noticed over the past month or so that Owen was developing these red marks on his upper lip which I thought might be related to his incessant nighttime paci practice...but he just seemed so reliant on it that with all the other changes about to rain down on him (moving to a real bed, the imminent arrival of a baby brother) I was loathe to take away what he seemingly relied upon to sleep. We have friends and family both who got rid of the pacis by telling their kids various stories along the lines of giving them up to the "paci fairy" or giving them to Santa for the baby reindeer, or some such similar. So we thought we could plant the seeds of O choosing to give his paci up to somebody and came up with a story about the "Chupon Pirates" (chupon = paci in spanish, and O has been super into pirates lately) and how they needed chupons for their boats and they leave behind treasure when they collect their chupon booty. He didn't buy into it. Anytime pirates came up over the next couple days (in books, at the park, etc) he would exclaim "no chupon pirate!" We figured he just wasn't ready to give up the chupon. Until a week later when we found out that his chupon had been cut out at daycare for nap times for the past several months and he was doing just fine with his naps. He kept insisting on them at home...the little stinker! So, two Saturdays ago we cut out the paci cold turkey. He asked for them at bedtime that night, but hasn't asked for them since. It takes him a little longer to fall asleep than it used to...understandable. Plus I think we managed to coincide all of this with him cutting his second molars...yay us. I discovered he has one of them in on the top just this morning...I imagine the other 3 are not all that far behind.
I don't have many pictures from the past couple weeks. I've been trying to get more video, which is hard seeing as he runs over to watch as soon as he realizes he is being taped...it makes for very short video clips.
But here is a rather longish one of him hanging out playing at the kitchen counter as I made dinner earlier this week. This is pretty typical for pre dinner time around here!
We noticed over the past month or so that Owen was developing these red marks on his upper lip which I thought might be related to his incessant nighttime paci practice...but he just seemed so reliant on it that with all the other changes about to rain down on him (moving to a real bed, the imminent arrival of a baby brother) I was loathe to take away what he seemingly relied upon to sleep. We have friends and family both who got rid of the pacis by telling their kids various stories along the lines of giving them up to the "paci fairy" or giving them to Santa for the baby reindeer, or some such similar. So we thought we could plant the seeds of O choosing to give his paci up to somebody and came up with a story about the "Chupon Pirates" (chupon = paci in spanish, and O has been super into pirates lately) and how they needed chupons for their boats and they leave behind treasure when they collect their chupon booty. He didn't buy into it. Anytime pirates came up over the next couple days (in books, at the park, etc) he would exclaim "no chupon pirate!" We figured he just wasn't ready to give up the chupon. Until a week later when we found out that his chupon had been cut out at daycare for nap times for the past several months and he was doing just fine with his naps. He kept insisting on them at home...the little stinker! So, two Saturdays ago we cut out the paci cold turkey. He asked for them at bedtime that night, but hasn't asked for them since. It takes him a little longer to fall asleep than it used to...understandable. Plus I think we managed to coincide all of this with him cutting his second molars...yay us. I discovered he has one of them in on the top just this morning...I imagine the other 3 are not all that far behind.
I don't have many pictures from the past couple weeks. I've been trying to get more video, which is hard seeing as he runs over to watch as soon as he realizes he is being taped...it makes for very short video clips.
But here is a rather longish one of him hanging out playing at the kitchen counter as I made dinner earlier this week. This is pretty typical for pre dinner time around here!
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