Pacifier Fairy

We had a visit from the pacifier fairy on Thursday night before bed. We took all of the pacifiers in the house (Will's and Ady's) and put them in a bag for all of the babies that need them around the world. We told Will that he is a big boy now and he doesn't need his pacifiers anymore (my kids only got their pacifiers when they slept). I put them to bed and Ady went right to sleep with no fuss or fight (she kind of weened herself the week before because she was so sick she couldn't use it). Will didn't really fuss or cry, he just paced around his room saying, "big boy, big boy." I think he was convincing himself that he was a big boy. Brad told him that he could get a new toy if he slept like a big boy. He finally gave in and slept all night without a peep! Both kids did....we were shocked!

The next day, Ady went right down for her morning nap and slept for about an hour with no problems. Then, in the afternoon, neither one of them took a nap. Will had a really hard time soothing himself....he didn't cry, just played and talked the entire time. Ady played and cried it out for about 2 hours and didn't give in. So, neither one got a nap. Then, Friday night, Ady went right to sleep and then woke up about 9:30 for less then 5 fives she fussed and went back to sleep. Will went right to bed, but woke up really early Saturday morning.

He finally took a nap on Saturday afternoon without, but for only about an hour. He hadn't had a nap in three days, so I know he was tired. He then went to bed on Saturday night and it only took about 20 minutes and he was out! He slept until almost 8:00 this morning!! We are hoping this is the end of the fuss and the inability to soothe himself.

We decided to reward him with little matchbox cars every time he goes to sleep on his own without a fuss. He has four cars so far and is begging for more. So I think his want for toys is out-weighing his fight to stay awake!