Acker Country Living: 15 Months and Goodbye Pacis!

Comparing belly sizes...Sus wins!

Susannah had her 15-month check-up last week, and she is doing great! She's 96th percentile for head circumference, 66th for weight, and 54th for length. We love our smart, chunky girl!

Pete and I decided a while back that Susannah would say goodbye to her pacis before John gets here. We'd already cut the tips off 2 of her 4 pacis (many of you know, she loves sleeping with ALL of them), so we've comfortably been sleeping with only 2 for a few weeks. On Monday (yesterday) morning, we decided the pacis would just disappear before her afternoon nap. She doesn't sleep during her morning "rest" anymore, so we knew she'd be really, really tired come nap time. I bought a stuffed Elmo a while back to introduce whenever we took the pacis, so we had that on-the-ready for naptime. I was very, very nervous about what the next day(s) would hold.

Needless to say, there were lots of tears despite the initial excitement about Elmo. Pete and I took turns going in to comfort her, and after about an hour during one glorious daddy-visit, she finally gave up the fight for her "ba-pa" and fell asleep.

Sweet little angel babe during her first no-paci nap

That night, she only fussed for 45 minutes and slept really, really well compared to some of the horror stories I've heard. Today has been pretty easy, with very little fussing (like, less than 5 minutes) before falling asleep for both nap and nighttime. We couldn't be more thankful that this process is being so nice to us! If you look at any online mommy forums, the ease of our transition is seemingly rare. I guess it just goes to show that my suspicions were correct: I was way more attached to the pacifiers than she was! And BONUS, Susannah's disposition has been even sweeter than usual the last 2 days, which makes those in-between-sleep times super fun.

Not to mention, we've had SNOW to play in! [Cue cute snow day pictures]