Almost 3 and (Finally) Passy-Free!

In my last post I shared how Connor and Kevin are sharing a room now. I guess Jeff and I did too good of a job of telling Connor the "rules" about his new big-boy bed, because he won't get out of the bed for any reason, even if he drops a toy or his passy off the bed. Every once in a while he'll cry at night when he can't find his passy and we have to go up there and give it to him.

Well, now when Kevin is over, Kevin doesn't like for us to have the baby monitor on because he thinks it's creepy. So Kevin's job is to tend to Connor in case he cries or anything since we can't hear without the monitor. Last Wednesday night apparently Connor cried out for his passy twice and Kevin had to get up to get it for him both times. We've been saying for weeks now that Connor would give all of his passies to the baby when she arrives but now I think we've reached a point where the time has come!

So last Thursday morning on the way to school, I was talking to Connor about how it's time for him to give his passy to the baby, and we should just go ahead and put them all in her crib so that they are ready for her when she gets here. (He won't go near the crib now because "cribs are for babies!") So I said to him, "We need to put all our passies in the crib, because passies are for babies." He seemed to think for a second and then he said, in his most convincing voice, "Some passies is for big boys." Ha!

I later suggested that we go to the toy store this weekend and pick out a big-boy toy just for Connor for giving up his passy for his baby sister. He seemed very excited about that idea, and he didn't want to wait until the weekend. So Thursday night, we made a special trip to Toys R Us to pick out Connor a big-boy treat for giving up his passy. We roamed each and every toy isle and Connor made a big production about which toys were and were not acceptable as his "special treat." Finally, he selected a box of 20 Matchbox cars and was super excited to play with them at home.

Before we could open the box of cars, we had 1 thing to do: pass over the passy. So Connor went upstairs, found his passy in his bed, went into the nursery, and tossed the passy inside his baby sister's crib. Jeff and I gave him huge hugs and high-5s to congratulate him on his big-boy decision. Then we all went downstairs and Jeff helped Connor open his box of Matchbox cars to play with. His favorite was the yellow school bus.

Much to our surprise, Connor has done GREAT without his passy. He hasn't cried out a single time in the 3 nights he's been without it. I guess it was time! Now, if only we could master the potty training...

Connor shows off his big-boy treat for giving up his passy.

Here's Connor about to toss the passy in the crib for his baby sister.

Opening Connor's set of Matchbox cars.

Connor's favorite car is the yellow school bus.

Connor points to Mommy's baby bump - here I am at 28 weeks.