No Paci - Cold Turkey :S

We’re on day 3 of no pacifiers. It’s getting better each day so far, but damn has it been a hard few days. During the daytime isn’t so bad because they never had them while they were awake anyway. But naps and bedtime have really been a challenge. We probably should have pulled them a little sooner, but with Kensi only being 15 months old, we didn’t want to pull it too early…or rather I didn’t. Grant didn’t really seem to care at this point yet. Kensi never really seemed to latch on the to the paci’s like Izzy did, but I had been noticing that she’s been getting really used to it. So before she got too addicted, I really wanted to get them gone. We still have the door open for a 3rd child, but with paci’s, you can always buy new ones. It’s not like they break the bank. We had been getting suggestions for slowly pulling them, or giving them the paci’s one night but not the next, or altering them in some way so that they don’t feel good on their tongues anymore until they throw them away by themselves. But with our girls, they probably wouldn’t have thrown them away at all! So we decided the best way to go was just cold turkey. I went through the house, and all the hiding places, rounded them up in a plastic bag, and threw them in the outside garbage. Two reasons I threw them in that one; 1-so the girls wouldn’t see them and want them back and 2 – so we wouldn’t cave and give them back. That first night, oh God I thought about caving, but remembered that they were literally gone so I couldn’t even if I wanted to. I’m really glad I’m a SAHM for this, because I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep. Kensi woke up once, and she WOULD NOT GO BACK DOWN for over an hour. I gave her some water, rocked her, and even sang to her. She just thought it was a game and tried poking me in the eye. After I put her down, I figured she’d tire herself out and fall asleep. Nope, she woke up Grant. He thought I hadn’t been up yet, so he gave her more water…which finally put her back to sleep. Then Isabelle woke up and I had to sit with her for a bit til she fell back asleep. Didn’t take too long, but at 4am when I’ve already been up a few times, it felt like forever. But at least she fell asleep and I could get some sleep too. Last night was better they only woke up once each, and it was far enough apart that I could sleep.
I’m really glad we’re doing the cold turkey thing. It seems to be working. Kensi still naps enough to where she’s good until bed. Izzy hasn’t really needed a nap, and she’s been good til bedtime too. It takes them about a half hour to fall asleep at night, and I’ll take it! Hopefully it’ll just keep getting better and better!!