We did it. We pulled the paci plug. And it has been just as easy as it was with Maxwell. Hooray!
Spencer is slowly (very slowly) but surely improving on his talking, but he still has a long way to go. Even though he would only get his puppy paci during nap and night time, he would inevitably end up with it in his mouth at other times during the day. Either he would go pull it out of his bed or we would reflexively give it to him when he was mad, sad, hurt, etc. Every time there was a paci in his mouth, that was just one less time he was going to talk. So, we decided it was time to snip that paci of that puppy’s head!
Maxwell’s beloved NeNe was (is) a Pacimal and I really like how easy it was to take the pacifiers off of those. Spencer’s puppy however is a Wubanub and the paci is sewn in. The only way to get it off is to cut it and you’re still left with a little sliver of rubber on the stuffed animal. Not perfect but it doesn’t seem to be bother Spencey.
We cut it off last week on Friday and gave it to him before bed. He was confused and just kept looking at it saying “Uh oh!”.
He then decided to just stick the puppy’s whole nose into his mouth! ha!
He did cry a bit that night and during nap the next 2 days, but, overall he’s adjusted like a champ. Puppy was the only paci anywhere in the house that he ever got so it was one and done. When I woke him up from his nap on Monday at 5:15 (!) I loved seeing him snuggling with Puppy up against his face…paci or not!
Of course his monkey blanket was right next to him too.
The best part is to now hear him on the monitor practicing sounds and words while he’s laying in bed at night and in the morning. We used to only hear the sucking on the pacifier! Paci gone, let’s get this boy talking!!
ps – after adding the links it looks like Pacimals are no longer being made? what?! I might need to stock up for baby #3 before they’re all gone!
