Bye bye Paci???

Well, I don't want to jinx it but I think we may be paci free - as far as Peyton goes, anyway. Peyton has been down to two pacis for months now for naps and bedtime. Lately she seems to be transitioning her soothers from the paci to her baby dolls and blanket. Last week she said something was wrong with one of the pacis. Greg checked and saw it was cracked / wore down. He explained that it was dangerous and she couldn't use it anymore. She acted like she understood and he took it away. The next morning she asked about it again and he took her to the trash can and she proceeded to say "bye" to her paci. She talked about how she had to throw it away the next few nights and seemed a bit sad but relatively okay.

Fast forward to last night. I was cleaning it off and getting ready to give it to her and felt a bunch of ridges on it. Greg deemed that paci unsuitable as well and told her it too was too dangerous to have. She asked if he could fix it and he said he'd try in the morning. She kept repeating that it was very dangerous. Her face was so sad that I almost teared up, but she didn't cry. While we read books before bed she asked to hold it but never once tried to put it in her mouth. She gave it up before she layed down. Greg stayed in there for a little while with the lights off. Of course it lightninged and thundered all night and she did stir from time to time but never once asked for her paci. We had been worried she would question why Ashlyn and Braden still had one, but she went to bed again tonight and didn't ask for it.

We are very proud of her and hope it continues (but do have a spare just in case - just don't tell her that!).
Turns out this transition may have been harder on the parents than the child! knock on wood