1 Month Ago

Hard to believe that we went from Hannah having her paci every second of the day (I mean really...at meal time??) to not having it at all anymore!  I was going through old videos like I do every few months and came across this hilarious one of Hannah balancing her paci on the top of her sippy.  It makes me laugh each time I watch it!

No More Paci for Hannah

Big news in the Schmidt house hold this past week.  A spur of the moment decision to break Hannah of her paci happened on Saturday. 

While visiting Dale in the hospital on Saturday morning Andy took a look at Hannah's paci only to find that the plastic nipple part had started to rip.  This is the second paci in two weeks she has done this to.  Obviously it is very unsafe to have that going in her mouth with the fear it would break off and she would choke on it.  So we made the decision right then and there that we could no longer give her the paci.  Something I had been dreading even more than she.  We took a walk down to the nursery and showed her the newborn babies and told her that she isn't a baby anymore and doesn't need her paci.  We said that the babies need it more than she does.  So she handed it to the nurse and said bye bye.  Seemed pretty easy - huh??

If you have time you can read this post Here on when we took the paci away from Henry.  And boy was it brutal.  So you can see why I have been dreading it. 

As I just reread that post I see that Henry was 2 years 1 month old when we took it away from him.  We are taking it away from Hannah 6 months earlier at 19 months old.  I do think the younger age has made it easier. 

Saturday was awful at nap time.  She cried for an hour straight, finally fell asleep but for only an hour, and then cried for a good 10 minutes after her nap.  Night time wasn't as bad, cried for 20 minutes or so.  Sunday was even better.  I think she only cried 10 minutes before she fell asleep for a long nap.  So far success.  So much easier than it was with Henry - thank goodness!  I think it helps quite a bit that we did it much earlier.  And that I haven't given in at all.  You are a little bit tougher with that second child.   

I called to check in at school and they said she has done fine today.  She didn't cry at nap time, though they did have to sit next to her crib for a short while to help her settle down a little bit.  Such a relief!  Henry gave Hannah one of his 'sleeping' stuffed animals today to give her some comfort.  He can be such a nice big brother at times:)