We went cold turkey on the pacifier during awake time. We had done this prior to Kayden's birth but the pacifier had slowly worked its way back into frequent use. I decided to take it away on Saturday (so I would have help during the first two days) and to turn her car seat around at the same time so it would be easier to remove the pacifiers from the car. We talked about it the night before we were going to start. Saturday morning, when I went to get Keeley, we talked about it some more and I handed her a box for her to put all her pacifiers in and leave in her crib. For the first couple days she asked to keep one, but ever since then, she packs them all in the box and closes the lid when she's ready to get up. I am absolutely amazed at the explosion in vocabulary that occured in the week following the end of awake pacifier use - monkey, milk, more, wipe, park, step (for step stool) just to name a few that emerged that week. It was really astonishing and a nice reassurance that it was certainly time to take it away.
She still gets the pacifier at nap and bedtime but I don't think she cares about it quite as much. "Ba" (her name for pacifier) used to be the first thing she asked for when on the changing table or in the rocking chair prior to nap or bedtime. She has started to not ask for it at all. I think this is a very good sign. Our next step will be to take it away at nap time - but I'm not sure we're ready for that yet!
She is absolutely thriving in Mother's Day out, expanding her food selections a little bit (finally!), and so very, very helpful with Kayden. It is a true joy to watch the two of them.
Mom's cell phone and Keeley's in her back pockets
So cute with pigtails
In Mom's shoes
Helping Dad push Kayden
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