New Paci

So, I have to chuckle after rereading my last post, where I explain how Joel surprised us by giving up his paci so easily last week. Well, just when you think your toddler has decided something is okay (like no paci), they of course, change their mind. I have needed to update this blog, regarding the paci situation, for about a week now. Apparently, after Joel thought about it for about a day or so, he decided that it was NOT okay that we took paci away, but of course that was after his mom, clearly a first time mom, had already "broken" the real paci after Joel took ONE successful nap without it. Way to go, mom. That one nap, was the ONLY nap he took all week, and I will tell you it was NOT because of lack of effort on mine and Jeff's part. Each day I spent LOTS of time trying to urge him to take a nap. I tried everything... letting him cry, lullaby cd's, a new cool Thomas pillow for his crib, putting books and toys in his crib. After 4 days of Joel not napping, and eventually deciding he wasn't going to sleep at night either (he started getting up every couple of hours to scream at us), mom delivered a new paci to his crib at 2:30 in the morning. So, peace has been restored to our house and, for now, Joel's will to have his paci is stronger than our will to get rid of it, and we are OKAY with that :)