Bye bye paci...hello pillow!

Jason and I have been talking about getting rid of Sophia's pacifier for a little while now, but kept coming up with reasons not to. First we wanted to wait until after Italy so we could use it in a new place and on the plane. Then we wanted her to get readjusted to this time zone, so we were going to wait a little longer. Then we had a busy weekend and school the next day that we wanted Sophia to be rested for. So we finally decided Monday at nap time the pacifier would be gone. We were just going to go cold turkey so we didn't have to go through the withdrawl symptoms twice. She's only had it in bed for quite a while now, so we figured that should make things easier. One of our friends told us their daughter started using a pillow right around this age, so we decided to do a swap. We hoped she would be excited about the new pillow and forget about the pacifier.

First nap with her new pillow

Well...it seems to have worked! She didn't even whine when I put her down and told her to put her head on the pillow, and she is still just as excited as ever to go "ni ni". She loves her pillow and will sit down in the middle of it, rest her head on it, and lay her whole body across it. And for naps and the first part of the night, she even keeps her head on it or close to it. Getting rid of the pacifier was a success and we are now a paci free home!