We swore we were going to get rid of Grayson's pacifiers when he turned two, but then we always seemed to come up with any excuse why it wasn't a good time (moved to a new house, holidays, Daddy was traveling too much, we are enjoying the sleep we are getting right now, etc.) He only used it for sleeping and it never left his bedroom. But we decided it was just time to buckle down and do it two weekends ago.
We let Grayson pick what he wanted to do with them. Out of all of the awesome options, he chose to "mail" them to his newest cousin, Hadley, who lives in North Carolina. So after his nap on a Saturday afternoon, we wrote a letter to Hadley, packaged them up and put them in the mailbox.
Then we hopped in the car to go the mall so that he could make a "Build a Bear" that would replace his pacifiers and keep him safe and comforted at night.
Clearly, we did not think this through....we haven't gone to the mall on a Saturday afternoon in years! (Normally, IF we go to the mall, it is at 10 am right when they open). The Build A Bear Workshop was bumping....we waited in line for almost an hour to make this ridiculous bear!
He picked out a Spiderman bear and named him "Spiderman." Please do not call him "Spidey" - he really does not like being called that because "that is NOT his name!" says Grayson.
This was my first time at Build A Bear. Avery went with Poppy, Rose and Daddy shortly after Grayson was born when she made her most favorite bear "Stuffy." It is a very cute process to make the bear - although would have been better enjoyed after not waiting in line for so long.
But here is Gray helping to "stuff" the bear...
Then picking out his heart...
After he is all sewed up, he gave him a bath.
And out he went in his box!
They snuggled all the way home.
Once we got home, Avery insisted that Stuffy needed to be introduced to Spiderman...
and then next thing you know, we found them like this!
That first night without the pacifier was rough. It took Gray about 2 hours to fall asleep. But to be honest, that isn't all that unusual for him. He woke up twice through the night. The next night he woke up four times. But since then, we still have trouble with the initial falling asleep, but he has slept every night through until morning!!! Mommy and Daddy are finally getting about 6-7 consecutive hours of sleep a night! Previous to this, he was waking up once per night even WITH the pacifier. Makes me wonder if maybe the pacifier was the problem all along!
Either way, we are so glad those gross little rubber things are out of our house and our life! We have a big boy now!!! (If only he would poop on the potty!)
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