About ten days prior to our family party, we counted down the days with Kaitlyn and told her when she said good bye to her pa-cee, she would get a present to replace it and snuggle with at night.
The balloon idea came from a friend of Kaitlyn's g'am and the story to go along with why we were getting rid of it came from our friend Karen.
We explained to Kaitlyn that she's a toddler and toddler's don't need pacifiers, but babies need pacifiers to stop crying, so we wanted her to send hers to a baby who needed it.
We were amazed at how the balloon took off with two pacifiers attached to it. Granted - the balloon was about as big as Kaitlyn!
We emphasized the toddler/big girl part and the present. Yes, bribery is bad, but sometimes it works so well!!
She said bye-bye to her pa-cee and asked for it for about a week afterwards, but she never cried about it. It took a few weeks to adjust to the new sleep routine, but now she sleeps like a champ (and so do we!).
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