So Aurora has had her Ba(paci) since she was about 30 mins old. She has always been extremly attatched to it. She was one of those kids who could do everything with it in her mouth. She could smile, laugh, cough and even talk clearly without it falling out. At 2 we decided it was time to take it away during the day, it was surprisingly easy and she barely ever asked for it. She still got it at nap and bedtime and soemtimes for really long car rides. At 2.5 we started prepping her for it being taken all the way away when she turned 3. We made a big deal about how she will be a big girl and big girls dont use Ba's and how we would take her to build a bear on her birthday and she would put her Ba in there so that she would always have it and the comfort of it. She loved the idea and would say,"when I am 3 I have no more ba, it will be in Susia's boyfriend. All fine and dandy until it was time to go to bed. She cried and cried and wanted it back. We gave her Hot Lava(her new bear she was so excited about) and she just threw him and said she didn't like him anymore. after about 2 hours she fell asleep, same thing for the 2nd and third night too. The 4th night we decided to take a different approach and talk about how she was sad and we knew it was hard but it would be ok. That has made a lot of difference and each night since has gotten a little easier. Danny doea stay in there for about 5 minutes and "scratch: her arms like she likes, she cuddles with Susia but HATES Hot Lava still. I have hope that one day she will love him again. Here are a few pics of her with her last night of having her Ba.
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