Goodbye Purple. Goodbye Yellow.

Purple and Yellow are gone. Gone, gone, gone, gone! No those colors aren't removed from my house. Although I don't believe there is much purple in my house. Purple and Yellow are the final names my oldest gave his pacifiers. He first changed their name from paci to Yellow and then changed their name to Purple. And they are gone. Thanks to my husband. He took action and took them away one evening. Yep, just like that. I was not thrilled to be honest with you. But my husband was right, I probably never would have been ready to do it. Good thing he took charge! Jake did surprisingly well too. There were only a couple melt downs, really I can only think of 2 times. Otherwise he would ask for Purple or Yellow and we would tell them it was gone. He's a big boy now and a little baby needed a paci so he now has Purple (or Yellow depending on which name he was calling it). And yes, that actually worked. A couple days into the removal of Purple and Yellow, we took Jake to a store to pick out a new toy. He wanted a new tractor. So he looked and looked and looked and finally picked out his new tractor he got for being a big boy and giving up Purple/Yellow. And the rest is history. He will occasionally say "Purple?...... Nooooo". He knows it's gone and he doesn't need it. He has even surprised me by not trying to use Scott's paci. Instead he will find Scott's paci for me and give it straight to Scott's mouth. He knows baby's need pacifiers and he's not a baby anymore. What a big boy he is. (sigh) He is growing up too fast. The only real struggle with this "milestone" was bedtime. He had a hard time soothing himself to sleep and calming down to go to bed. It has improved but it's not as struggle free as it once was. We'll get there. And also, Jake seems happier without Purple/Yellow. Not sure why but he just does. He is also using my hair less as his security blanket and is talking LOTS and LOTS! He really is growing up way too quickly right before my eyes. I better not blink or I will miss it.