Faci Pairy

Welp. 

Tonight's the night. The Pacifier Fairy, who Lucia billed as the Faci Pairy yesterday, is coming tonight. As a general principle, we tend to explain sequence(s) of events for Lucia constantly; we find it really helps her know what to expect and to help alleviate potential anxiety (which she doesn't exhibit necessarily, we're just being cautious). So. We had the basic principle of the Paci Fairy Faci Pairy: she leaves her pacifiers in a package on the front doorstep, the next morning there's a present. But in order to make it even more of a super big deal for her, we created some extra steps so she can really get into it. Truth be told, these are mostly for me too, since I'm scared to give up the pacifier given how disastrous it was back in January. Without further ado, here are the steps. 

1. Identify all pacifier hiding places and gather them into one location. 
2. Have Lucia participate in washing the pacifiers for the babies they're going to. 
3. Kiss each pacifier goodbye. Lucia told me this morning it was probably important to also make sure "they" had enough milk. Not sure I follow, but I like that she's on board with making the pacifiers comfortable for their journey to the babies who really need them under our bed, then eventually the trash. 
4. Dry the pacis. 
5. Place them in a ziploc bag. 
6. Put the bag in the box. 
7. Wrap the box with paper. 
8. Put ribbons all over the box. 
9. Write the Paci Fairy Faci Pairy a note telling her these are just for the babies and that Lucia is a big girl and doesn't need them anymore. 
10. Put the package on the doorstep and say goodbye to the package. 

When she wakes up tomorrow, we'll have this for her and a note from the Faci Pairy telling her thank you so much for the pacis for the babies! We'll celebrate her being a big girl and having a new way to go to sleep. I also rearranged her bedroom slightly last night so that it won't feel so strange without it; it's like we're weaning a smoker, you know? If they constantly smoked while sitting in a certain place, change that place so it's not available. 

I'm nervous. Not just because of how this went in the past, but also because of the uncertainty of the ability to have another baby (a subject for another post). Also, because welp, she's growing up. This is pretty much the last thing we'll say goodbye to about having a baby. She's our big girl. 

Wish us luck!