Our daughter Mia has had a very difficult time parting with her soother. For the past year she has only had it to go to sleep and then we take it out once she falls asleep. We tried ditching it and had some very rough times so we always caved and gave it back........don't judge.......anyway we figured it was finally time to get rid of it and stick with it. I saw a family online who tied their kids soother to balloons and had a little ceremony to let go of it. I thought this was a good idea because Mia could understand it more and be the one to let go, and when she asked for it we could remind her about the balloons. (again don't judge, if you are an environmentalist save your lecture for someone else)
I went to the store to get all the balloons and told the woman what we were doing. She said her daughter had her soother at night until she was 4.5 so I felt better that I wasn't alone in this battle. We probably let her hold on to it first because it was easier for us, and it was that last little thing that made her our baby. She let go of her bottle like a champ, potty training went well, this was the last thing.
Saturday morning we tied the soother to the balloons we all stood outside and told Mia that there were other babies in the world that needed the soother so it was time to say goodbye. So she let go of the balloons and they flew into the sky......only to go over our roof and get caught in the tree in our front yard. Thankfully it is a really tall tree and Mia hasn't spotted them yet, and if we were desperate we knew where to find it :)
We planned a busy day which would be certain to tucker her out so that when bedtime came she would be so tired she wouldn't really be too upset about not having her soother. It worked, she asked for it once but she was asleep when her head hit the pillow. We still may have a couple rough nights ahead but soon it will be distant memory. Our little girl is growing up!
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