No more pa-pa!

Yesterday, Thatcher threw away his last 'pa-pa.' (Sawyer has always called his pacifier a pa-pa so when Thatcher came along, the name just stuck!) My rule with Sawyer was when he was 2 years old the pacifier was for just at night time and then when he was 2 1/2 we got rid of them altogether. Well... Thatcher turned 2 1/2 in May, so we were a little behind. He had 3 pacifiers left, so at night when I would check on him, I would pull one out of his mouth. One time he woke up and I told him he didn't need his pacifier and he said to me "I need it!" So all of a sudden, they began to get 'broken.' I snipped the ends off of the first 2 over a weeks time. The last one I was a little worried about because I didn't know how much he needed it to fall asleep. With the last one I just cut a slit in it. Every time one of them was broken, I would have Thatcher throw them away. The picture is of him throwing away his last pacifier!! When he went to bed last night, he looked to the corner of his bed where the pacifier usually is and said, "No more pa-pa." It was so cute! Now if only I could get him potty trained!!

Update a week later: Every time before Thatcher goes to sleep now, he looks to the corner where is pacifier used to be and he still says no more pa-pa with the saddest little voice. I feel like I broke his little heart every time he says it!!