Goodbye Sassy's

We finally got around to saying goodbye to Adalyn's paci's, which she has always called her sassy's. When we took Aubrey's away, it was a rough road and she really struggled for a long time without it. So of course I was pretty scared of taking away Adalyn's. She only used them to sleep with and she wasn't allowed to take them out of her bed. I knew we wanted to wait til she was a little older than Aubrey was so maybe she would understand a little better. Plus with the move and then no longer being the baby I wanted to keep something that she found comfort in. But the time has come for her to become a big girl. We let her pick out her own new blankie to replace her paci with. She was so excited to get it. She picked out one with polka dots, just like Aubreys. They both call them their pokey blankies. That night we made a big deal out of her becoming a big girl. We prayed together and thanked God for her paci's and for helping her becoming a big girl, and then all on her own she threw them away. She went to bed just fine that night without a tear. Completely different than when we went through this with Aubrey. But ever since that night naps have become a little bit more difficult for her. In fact, today at naptime, she was in her room crying just a little bit. I went in to check on her and she had such sad tears and told me "I really miss my sassy's". How sad is that. But she is doing such a good job. She loves her new blankie and when she is sad or hurt instead of crying for her sassy's, she now asks for her pokey blankie.

One last time with her sassy's


Her new pokey blankie. She was so proud of herself.


Of course Aubrey wanted to take a picture with her pokey blankie too.