No more pacifier.

Today is the day I have been dreading for about 2 years. We decided that we would take Ashlyn's pacifier away. She only uses it for her naptime and bedtime, but it is a comfort for her. We said a while back that when Mike was on vacation in April we would do this, and today is the first day of his vacation. Here is what we did. Ashlyn loves to watch for the trash man and every Wednesday she hears him coming and watches for him out her window. When he moves down the street, she asks to see him again and again. So, I decided to tell her that the trash man was going to come and take all of her baba's (pacifiers). I have been telling her for a long time that he would be coming soon. We let her have it for her nap today but we told her that this would be the last time to have it. We told her the trash man was going to come and get them tonight and she wouldn't have them anymore. After her nap, we went downtown for the FDIC pumper pull contest and dinner. We were also able to go for another swim in the pool. When we got back in the room, we put her p.j's on and Mike went to get the car. He told her in the car that the trash man came while we were gone and took all her baba's. When I got in the car, she asked me for her baba and I told her the same thing. She never asked for it on the way home. When we arrived home, we did her bedtime routine and put her in bed. She asked me again, "Where baba at?" I told her again that the trash man came and took them all. She just said, "Okay" and layed down to sleep. Mike and I stayed up for a while just in case. She never came out and she slept through the night! The only thing was that she got up really early the next morning because she didn't have it to sooth her back to sleep. WOW!!! Who would have thought it would have gone this well. Mike couldn't believe it either. I told him, I had been praying for this and I know God was comforting her. It couldn't have gone this well without his hand in it.