Bye Bye Paci!

We decided it was about time Kellen stopped using the paci at bedtime. He has already stopped using the paci at school for naps, so we figured why not at home.

Well, we started out on Monday and he would fuss for a little longer than normal, but each night the fussy period has gotten shorter and shorter. He can definitely go to bed without it now!

The one thing that we did supplement during this transition period was Baby Tad. Baby Tad is a toy that will light up and play music. He can press the shapes to play different songs and other stuff.

Baby Tad has a "Good night" option which will play soft music for 6 minutes. We have been using this to help with Kellen going to bed and it has been working. The only bad part about Baby Tad is that we will randomly hear "That's the purple triangle" at 3am from Kellen rolling over onto Baby Tad and accidentally pressing the button.


Another cute thing that Kellen has been doing is participating in grace at dinner time. Colleen, Jeff and I sit around the table and hold hands. Kellen instantly knows what we are doing and reaches out his hand to Colleen so he can hold hands too. So cute!

One bad thing that happened to Kellen last week was his 1st biting incident at school. Don't get the wrong idea, Kellen did not do the biting.....one of his friends bit him - TWICE. Poor Kellen got bit on the back and on his hand. His teachers said he didn't fuss that much and he was back to his normal happy self in no time.

Personally, I think Kellen is so used to Colleen picking him up, "helping" him and everything else - that another child biting him, didn't even phase him.