JDaniel has a major problem with his pacie collection. There are four pacies in the collection that lives in his crib. These particular pacies have been in the crib for over a year. They have aided in JDaniel’s restful naps and uneventful nighttime sleep. They have traveled up and down the East Coast and have even visited Mississippi. They no longer work I was informed via the baby monitor in his room at 12:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Really what he said was, “These are not working anymore!” He repeated these words or words similar to them every hour on the hour until just before it was time to get up and go to church.
JDaniel and I sat down and talked about what to do about the pacie problem on Sunday night. I mentioned that we had talked about giving them to the donation box at church for Christmas. “Maybe we need to give them to church early,” I said. That idea was vetoed. “How about buying new ones?” JDaniel suggested. “Well, what if we see if we can sleep without them?” I suggested. “We can see,” JDaniel answered.
He went to bed Sunday night with the pacies in his bed. “Please take them out,” he told me. I took them out. “Please put them back in,” he asked as I was closing his bedroom door. He curled them into the fist of his right hand. JDaniel slept all night without a peep. There may still be rough nights ahead of us. We seem to be moving on without them. I have my fingers crossed. It was time for a change.
