We are on day FIVE of my 1-and-a-half-year-old not having a pacifier! We are so super proud of him. I thought at first there was no way he was going to be as easy as our daughter was, but he proved me wrong ... so far.

My husband and I have been talking about getting him to stop using one for some time now, but it wasn't until his 18 month checkup and the doctor asked if he still used one that I then decided, YEP, he needs to stop or we may never get it away from him.

He was doing really good and only having it at bedtime for some time now. When it was time to get up, we would pick him up out of his crib and tell him to toss the paci back into the bed. He would do it so willingly and then clap. We would praise him and give him high fives, which he loves to do.

During the daytime, while he's at Nana's, he never got the paci from her. With only getting it at nighttime, this was the best chance we had at getting him to break from it.

So, one night, I just put him to bed — without the paci — and handed him his little blue teddy bear and said  goodnight to him. He started to cry once, but I bet he didn't really even know why. So, when I went to check on him, I told him it was night-night time and to lay back down — and he DID!

So far, so good and we are hoping he continues to keep up the good work!

Now ... if we can just get him to stop taking his diaper off and running through the house in his birthday suit laughing about it ... it would all be complete! Next up, potty training.