About a week before AJ turned 3, we were talking to him about his pacis. He had 3 and 2 of them were kind of broken, but he could still suck on them. One was still okay. I asked him if he wanted to cut up the broken ones. He was really excited about it, and said yes (he loves to cut stuff up). So I let him. Then he told me he wanted to cut up his green paci (the one good one). I was a little hesitant to let him at first. I thought he would want to have it at least to help him sleep. But he assured me that he was big now, and that he didn't need it. I decided that if he was this excited about it, I should just let him do it, before he changed his mind. When it was time for bed that night, he had a hard time and we had a rough week after that, but there was no going back, and because he chose to do it, I think he understood that, at least a little. He is doing great now without his pacis and sleeps through the night with no problem. (When JR gave up his pacis, he stopped sleeping through the night). I can't believe how big he is getting. I have seen him suck his sister's paci from time to time, but he does it more as a joke than anything, lol.
