Komarnicki Kids

Scott and I decided to start out our new year in a not so fun way. We decided it was time to get rid of Addison and Fischer's pacifiers. So, at 7:45 a.m. on New Years Day, they were gone. Never to be seen again. Hopefully.  We are now in our 51st hour without them, and we are all still alive.

As expected, Addison has had a harder time with it than Fischer. We already had it to where they were just using them for naptime, bedtime and car rides. Our first test was naptime... Addison cried for about an hour while Fischer laid there and "talked." Once Addison stopped crying, Fischer went to sleep immediately, and she slowly drifted off. They only slept for about an hour, but we were surprised they slept at all, to be honest.  Then came bedtime. Addison fell asleep while drinking her bottle, and Fischer went to sleep pretty quickly... I just knew it was too good to be true. Addison woke up about an hour later, and stayed up for a little over 2 hours and cried the whole time. We would let her cry, then try to soothe her, and I eventually rocked her. She fell asleep while we rocked, but she knew when I was trying to put her back in the crib and she would cling to me and start screaming again.  That's when I decided there was no turning back with this because I would feel awful if we made her go through all of the crying for nothing.

Yesterday's nap went very well. They both went right to sleep. After about 1 1/2 hours, Bo barked and woke Addison up. UGH!!!! Fischer slept for another 1 1/2 hours though. Last night at bed time, Addison again fell asleep while drinking her bottle. Fischer cried for a few minutes, and then both were asleep. We kept waiting for them to cry, and they never did! Until 4 o'clock this morning, that is. It only took me a few minutes to calm Addison down though, and I was careful not to pick her up or touch her too much. She was sitting up in the crib, so I laid her back down, rubbed her back for a second, then left. She cried off and on for about an hour, but I'm pretty sure she was at least half asleep the whole time.

So, we will see how naps go today. I can only hope that things continue to get a little better with each day. I feel a little guilty for taking their pacis away, but it would have to be done eventually, and our Doctor highly recommended trying to do it before their first birthday.

In other news, Fischer's 3rd tooth has officially broken through. You can barely feel it, but it's there. It's the top tooth to the left of the middle two. How strange... I've never heard of that one coming before the middle ones.  Also, Addison has officially started "cruising." She walked (sideways) the entire length of our coffee table yesterday. As usual, things are changing everyday.