The DeeDee Fairy

So we may have been hanging onto the pacifier a bit too long in our house.  Delaney has been attached to these straight out of the womb.  As soon as she learned how to talk she named them her "DeeDee".  Delaney was not the best sleeper as an infant and the pacifier is what calmed her down the best.  That and she's always been a big time blanket baby too.  Sort of like Linus.  Extremely cute.

 

I wanted her DeeDee to be gone before she turned two.  So did the pediatrician.  Well at two we decided to narrow it down to naptime and bedtime.  She's now two and a half and enough is enough. I told her the "DeeDee Fairy" was coming to get her DeeDee's because other babies needed them and she's no longer a baby.

So we ditched the DeeDee's on Thursday morning.  Right after bathtime that night the doorbell rang.  We ran to the door and Delaney found a little surprise waiting for her on the doormat....

The DeeDee fairy was so proud of her for giving up her DeeDee that she gave her a Rapunzel doll!  Tangled is her favorite movie right now.  She could watch it over and over.

She was thrilled with her special surprise!

Maybe not so thrilled about me taking her picture though.  At any rate she loves her new "Barbie" as she calls her and takes her to bed with her at night now instead of the DeeDee.  Oh and she takes about four of her special blankies as well. 

Way to go Delaney!  Another step towards becoming a big girl!