No more Pacifiers

Much to Clair's, and mama's dismay, the pacifiers have gone away as of today. Claire is on her third anabiotic in a one-month period of time and we're off to see the ENT on Tuesday. I know what I'm going to be told, which is, but to put tubes in if we can't stop the air infections. I would much rather avoid that and put clear through what Max went through. So we have to do everything we can first to Lloyd an operation. This means, that the Almighty and soothing pacis had to go away this morning. 

I didn't realize when I told her to put the paci night night, like I have done every morning for over a year, that it would be for the last time. When I think about those moments, I honestly get teary-eyed, watching my children's childhood progress beyond baby stage.

Clair did a great job going down for her nap. She had me show her where the pacifiers used to be. I told her they were all gone to help her ears. She didn't cry at naptime and really fell asleep within about 15 minutes. I was amazed.

I was hoping that bedtime would be as smooth, but not so lucky. It took nearly 2 hours, and many tears and fussing at the beginning, before she went to sleep. I had to send the hard one in to deal , daddy. I escaped to the basement to exercise away the stress. I might be a bad mom, but I couldn't handle it.

She is now peacefully sleeping. I wonder how nighttime will go. I think I've resigned myself to snuggling her if she wakes up crying. She such a brave little girl. It amazes me that when each of them had to give up their pacifiers, it truly was a less dramatic than I expected it to be. Children really do evolve so well to their environment.