Paci Free!!

Olivia has officially given up her first addiction: her pacifier. About a week ago I bought her a stuffed sheep that she has wanted for a very long time. It's similar to one her sister has. I hung it up high in her room and told her that when she was ready to give up her pacifier she could have the sheep. Two days ago, for no apparent reason, she decided she was ready. She even threw the paci away herself. It was a proud moment. Surprisingly, she has slept well the past two nights, but nap time has been rough. Yesterday, I spent on hour and a half trying to get her to take a nap. It was definitely a challenging power struggle that was not fun, but I knew if I didn't do it then, I'd be doing it at 10:00 that night. Hopefully it will only get easier. I've been experimenting with feeding Sophia finger foods (peas, small pieces of a pear, scrambled eggs, etc.). The only one she really seems to like is Cheerios. She doesn't even like bananas; I thought all kids liked bananas. It's kind of funny to me because she will put ANYTHING from the floor in her mouth, but won't eat the food I give her. I'm tempted to "accidentally" drop some of these foods on the floor and see what happens. Olivia's recent passion is dancing. This activity requires a special dancing suit which can be one of her sun dresses or one of my camisoles, and some plastic toys which are her "flowers". I'm always surprised that she doesn't get cold because she refuses to wear anything else with her dress, including socks or shoes. Anyway... she will turn on the CD player in her room and spend a large part of the day twirling, jumping, bouncing, and shimmying about. She especially loves it if Yale or I will dance with her. I'm really glad there aren't any big windows in her room because this is quite a sight.