Big boys & hockey players don't sleep with pacifiers...

These photos don't actually have anything to do with the story I wanted to share, I just think they're cute.




This one does.


So, last night, abruptly and a bit ahead of schedule, we decided Sullivan needed to stop sleeping with his pacifier(s). He was literally eating them, so it seemed like it was time to be done with them. We explained to him that big boys don't sleep with pacifiers, and that hockey players don't either (since he still worships all things hockey). We Googled photos of sleeping hockey players (really, we did), and found the above image of Pittsburgh Penguin, Sydney Crosby (who Sullivan knows by name and can pick out in pictures), sleeping (er, likely passed out) with the Stanley Cup...but NO pacifier. "Look!" we said, "Sydney Crosby sleeps without a pacifier!"

Sullivan took all of this in. He was very quiet (and a little wide-eyed) as we went upstairs and went through his nighttime ritual. Finally I put him in his crib, tucked him in and made sure he had everything he needed.

Then, he looked up at me and said, "My Stanley Cup?"

Ooops. Apparently he thought that was a part of the deal. Nonetheless, we are in the midst of our second night of pacifier-less (and Stanley Cup-less) sleep. Hooray!