As you recall, Sam gave up his paci Thursday a week ago. Btw, the idea of giving it to a baby was not my original idea, of course. About six months ago when Sam visited the dentist for the first time, Dr. Laura encouraged us to have him do this as eventually the use of it would affect his bite. Our plan was to do this last fall, but with Katrina -- it didn't happen. My goal was to "do it" before we visited Dr. Laura again. Sam had his second cleaning on Friday morning and we were proud to tell her of his donation. :)
Since then, we've had some great nights (most haven't been as wonderful as the first!). We've had some horrible nights (returning him to his bed from the door 10 times in a row screaming can be a little unnerving). We've had days without naps (not many). We've had days with long naps. We resorted to laying with him in our bed for naps until he fell asleep, since that was the hardest thing and I could observe his sleep patterns and we wouldn't upset Zach in the process.
Today we turned a corner. Both boys fell asleep on their own in their own beds around the same time for the afternoon. Sam needed some reminders and correction to stay in bed (and not play with the toys in his closet! or bother Zach in his bed!), but overall it was pretty painless for all three of us.
It's Monday ... off to finish the laundry.
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