The Pacifier Fairy visited Tucker this week. Tucker put all of the pacifiers that he still uses at naps and at nighttime in a basket on the porch, and the Pacifier Fairy whisked them away for the babies who need them, leaving big boy toys in their place.
Tucker is thrilled by the Matchbox dune buggy, the Mickey Mouse Pez dispenser, and the Winnie the Pooh and Barney videos the Pacifier fairy gave him. In fact, giving up the pacifier wasn't as bad as I thought. There have been no tantrums, and no tears. Tucker hasn't had any trouble going to sleep at night or getting back to sleep when he wakes up in the middle of the night. All in all, the Pacifier Fairy had a very successful visit... except for one thing.
Did the Pacifier Fairy tell my son it was time to stop napping?????????????
This is day 3 of no pacis and day 3 of no naps. Tucker was already having an issue of fighting his naps with his newly discovered freedom of being able to get out of bed. But I thought we had gotten over the hump with that and were back to 2+ hour naps every day. But the lack of a pacifier has reset the naptime equilibrium again, and Tucker has turned into an insane, hyper little guy at naptime. He yawned when I put him down today, and yawned after I put him down (again) midway through his nap after going potty... and in between he gathered every car he could find on his bed and sang the Wheels on the Bus song.
Dear Pacifier Fairy, can you bring ME a present? Please bring back naptime!!!
