Milestones

Well, today we had a landmark event that happened rather uneventfully.  As you know, Austin is a huge fan of his pacifiers.  He has been down to two for awhile and I have been reminding him for months that when these two start ripping or getting holes(as his previous ones' have) that he is all done with pacis for good. So, last night I was doing my weekly inspection of the pacis and noticed they both seemed pretty close to getting a small hole.  They probably could have lasted awhile longer, but I decided that the first one had to go.  He didn't protest too much. Then today at nap I decided this would be it...I was tired of worrying if it would rip while he was sleeping.  So I told him that the last one was getting a hole in it too.  At first he said "It will get better by itself"- because he has had several scrapes and bruises lately that I told him that they will get better over time.  So after I explained that pacis don't heal, he said, "Ok, Austin throw it away" and we went in the kitchen and he threw it away.  (Oh wait, first he said he should give it to Bennett, which i affirmed it was a nice thought to share).  Anyway, then he went to nap and bed tonight with no protest.  I was preparing for a big battle, but it was so easy.  Now, coming soon we will be tackling potty training and moving to a big bed.   

In other news, there was no drilling today.  In some sort of wierd catharsis, Austin wanted to play with his drill all morning.