Bye Bye Nuk!!

The nuk has left the building!  Nolan has always been a kid that loves to have his nuk to sleep, or keep him happy when he was a little baby.  For the past year or so he has only used it during nap time and when sleeping at night but we knew that when he turned three that it was time to give it up completely. 

Around Christmas time, Nolan had been sleeping with two nuks in his bed and we had to take one away because he was waking up and couldn't find it in the middle of the night = Eric and I getting out of bed to search for it.  That didn't last long and the second nuk mysteriously disappeared ;)  Nolan started the story that the nuk went to the North Pole and was with Santa.  Since then, we ran with that story and told him that when he turned three we would be sending his last nuk to the North Pole on a balloon.  In preparation for the big farewell, Nolan and I created a link countdown where he would pull a link off each morning for about 10 days before his third birthday, and he knew that when all of the links were gone it was time to give the nuk away.

On his last day, we tied his nuk to one of his birthday balloons, he took a final suck, walked out the front door and sent it away without hesitation.  It was too good (and easy) to be true.  The questions about where his nuk was and wanting it back started around dinner time and we had to make a call to Santa ;) to make sure that his nuk was safe and sound in the North Pole.  We had 3 bad nights of Nolan screaming his face off for a solid half hour at bed time and waking up in the middle of the night screaming but after that he has done great!!  I am so glad we finally tossed the nuk and made the transition.  I was so afraid it was going to be a massive struggle but it was (almost) painless!!

Last couple minutes with his nuk, ready to let it fly to the North Pole!