and his plug was gone....

Well we did it,Jonathan gave up his plug,which most people refer to as a soother,lol,no idea why i called it that.I have been putting off doing it and the time finally came.I always said before i got pregnant that i didn't want my baby to have a plug,i didn't see a need for it,but things soo change once they are yours.Since he was born,he never left the hospital without one.I breast fed and the only way we could get him to sleep without being on me was the soother and it worked and he had it everyday till today.I think it was harder on me than him to get rid of it.To take something away from him that he doesnt know life without was hard,and something that comforted him,relaxed him,and most of all made him happy and sleep.I never minded him having his soother which he only had at nap time and bed time,but seemed to bother other people more,he's too big for that,or he doesn't need that,or that will ruin his teeth.Everyone has a opinion i guess.But the time did come, he got sick and had small blusters on his tongue and he couldn't even use it,but he tried.He went to bed with it and held it between his teeth as long as he could till he fell asleep,sad really.He would wake up so frustrated in the night not being able to use it for about 5 days and thought well i could use this as a way to get rid of it.He was down to 2 plugs and Steve and i agreed that when they were gone they were gone.So today i thought well i will snip the ends off them and tell him they were broken and hurt his tongue.I only had the heart to cut one plug and when he found it he looked at it than me and it again and said oh no!It's broken!Fix it Mama,fit it.I said i can't buddy its broken and it hurt your toung anyway.He looked and me in panic and said CAT EAT IT!!LOL.Mama go get my old plug!Go get my old blue plug,referring to the one i didn't have the heart to cut...And so i did...I let him nap with the last plug and when he woke up i snipped that one..When he found that one,he just laughed!!I was surprised!But relieved.I didn't throw them out and told him if he wanted to he could still hold them and take them to bed with him if he wanted too,and he did.When bed time came,he didn't cry once for them,not once.I was shocked.I use to joke when we gave him his plug that he looked drunk because it made him soo relaxed his eyes would even sag,lol.After 45mins of him in bed singing and laying there i heard a little voice,Mama,Mama,can't sleep.I thought oh God here we go..But i went in and he was laughing and i layed down with him and rubbed his head till he fell asleep,again i do think now it bothered me more than him.He is growing up fast,can't keep him a baby forever which i am sure i will try as long as i can,lol..I am soo proud of him!xo