Giving up the pacifier

Cohen has made it very obvious this past week that he wants the pacifier to play with and that it is no longer a need. So, we are trying our best to get rid of it all together. We have nothing against pacifiers, but we do plan to have more kids and we don't want him stealing a new baby's pacifier. He actually took the pacifier out of another little girls mouth the other day and tried to use it -- time for the paci to go!

So far, the transition hasn't been terrible. He spends a little extra time fussing at nap and bed time, but he is getting more comfortable with going to sleep without it every day. We have 2 pacifiers, the one that we kept in his crib for nap and bed time and the one attached to his car seat (which sits in our family room when not in use). When we decided it was time to forfeit his pacifier, I put the pacifier from his crib in his dresser. Not thinking about the one attached to his car seat, I caught this smart little monkey tipping the car seat over to get to his pacifier and (while still attached to the strap) trying to crawl away with it!

BUSTED! These pictures were taken about a week ago and he really has made great progress. As I type this he is singing to himself in his crib to go to sleep for his morning nap. Mommy likes that much better than the screaming and crying that was happening last week at nap time!