Liam has been an absolute pacifier junkie from the moment he was introduced to the plug at about a week old. He's long been reduced to just getting them for sleeping purposes, and would probably continue to take one (or two) to bed with him forever if we let him. We'd originally planned to retire the "pacis" permanently by Liam's 2nd birthday. But he can take transitions a bit hard so we didn't want to do it right before/after we moved him out of the crib, and we didn't want to do it right before/after we moved him to his new room, and we didn't want to do it right before/after the new baby... which brings us to now. Thursday was the big day. We'd talked with Liam about getting rid of the pacis for a couple of weeks, and been gearing up with talk of a special new "friend" and a book on the topic.

After the paci-dumping, he and I made a trip to Build-A-Bear where Liam selected a stuffed pup he's since named Oscar and a few accessories to outfit his new pal. That night, Liam, Oscar, and his posse of other assorted "friends" went to sleep paci-free for the first time ever!

There's been some more chatter before falling asleep and a couple of early morning wakings, but I think we'll all survive :0) Goodbye, pacis, oh how we loved you so!!

-Amelia