The Paci Fairy

Evan had an addiction...something he was completely obsessed with...his paci. The disappearance of the paci has been happening since he was a little over 1. He used to have it attached to him like an appendage. Bret and I had them stashed every where because it was traumatic if we didn't have one ready. So, we started phasing out the paci by taking it away in the car...this was a week that seemed like forever and was a nightmare. He would scream and cry the entire way to and from daycare...EVERY DAY FOR OVER A WEEK. This is a drive that is no more than 15 minutes...it seemed like 4 hours, and by the time we got home, both Evan and I were crying. Then, we took it away for every time except naptime and bedtime..that somehow was less drama. For the last couple of weeks, we had been talking about the paci fairy who comes and takes the pacis (giving them to little babies that need them) and gives the big guy a special gift. Evan requested a big choo choo from the Paci Fairy on day 1, and he never wavered on that request.
On Oct 31, we had E collect all his pacis. He watched a few paci fairy clips on YouTube. We wrote a note and crossed our fingers she would come with a big choo choo. He fell asleep quickly and didn't ask for the paci once. That night he woke up screaming and searching for his paci twice but only asked for a paci briefly the 2nd time. The next night was a bit of a power struggle, but he finally fell asleep after an hour or so of coming out of his room repeatedly. Each time he said something different....i'm hot. i'm cold. i'm thirsty. i'm done now mommy, here's my cup. my belly hurts. when he exhausted his list of comments he would start over. My favorite was when he couldn't remember if he had said hot or cold the previous trip and said "i'm haah..cold" He woke up once. Last night he gave up on excuses but did come out a few times before throwing in the towel. He didn't wake up once. We will see what tonight brings!

His big choo choo! The empty container is what we had him collect his pacis in. The Paci Fairy left the empty container with a note for Evan

The next morning when a tired Evan came downstairs to see if the paci fairy left him anything and took his pacis