The Paci Fairy (1)

Ok. This book was so impacting, I felt I had to write a review. We just finished our PaciFairy night two nights ago, and it was a success thanks to this book!I'm a heavy review reader, but seldom write one. I read lots of reviews of this book and other books that were similar. I have an older son who will need braces, and is sensitive about his teeth that protrude in the front. Another book mention that pacis could make your teeth stick out like a bunny. So that book was out.Then I ran across this book, and I thought, why not. My daughter was turning three, and we had already talked to her about getting rid of the paci then. She is a heavy user. Holds one while using one type girl.'The book is pretty, and held her attention. It's pretty wordy for a two year old, but it's written in rhyme, so I think that helped. They also advise you to ask your child if she wants the Paci Fairy to come. We did this. She even asked her out loud to come the night before. She was so excited, and it was a very similar feel for waiting for Santa, which I didn't expect.I braced myself for the rough night ahead. I've been dreading this for awhile now. It has to be awful, right?Nope. She went to bed with her pacis. The Paci Fairy came and left a soft plush dolly with pink hair (FYI, the Paci Fairy gets pink hair). About two hours later, my daughter cried, looking for her Paci. I told her she must have come, and look at her doll!Ok. I'm not going to lie to you. She gave a heartbreaking cry that almost sent me scrambling for one. But then 30 seconds later she was fine. After staying with her maybe 3 min, she pointed me to the door and slept all night!Last night, she went to sleep no problem! The only issue I had was her finding a random Paci during the day. A few tears over that one, but we sent it on to the PaciFairy, too. I blame the mom (' me) for that!Great book! Highly recommend! I can't believe all those other reviews were so right!! Thanks to prayers and this book, we are practically painlessly Paci-free!Update: It's been almost 3 weeks now, and still no Paci. Any Paci she sees, she is giggling about how that is for the babies and not her. Yay!!

Cute book and proved very helpful in transitioning my almost 3 year old away from her beloved "kiki's." It's pretty long for a super young child but my daughter really enjoys books and they're helpful for her to process changes. Overall made for a smooth ride

We used this book to help our 3 1/2 year old daughter give up her paci. She had only been using her paci at nap and bedtime but I was completely dreading this transition as she really loved her paci. I read the book to her for two weeks. During this time we talked a lot about Paulina and her visit and we set a date for her to visit our house. When the date arrived we did a lot of fun things that day and at bedtime as usual we read the book. After reading the book, my daughter set her pacis out for Paulina (she felt more comfortable having Paulina visit our kitchen rather than her bedroom). I let her take her time as she kind of played with them and enjoyed them one last time. Then when I told her it was time to go upstairs to bed she went right up and got into bed leaving her pacis on the kitchen table for Paulina. When I tucked her in we talked about Paulina's visit and told her how proud mommy and daddy are of her and what a big girl she is. After I left her room I did hear her whine just for a few seconds and that was it! Not one single tear was shed! When we woke up the next morning she was very excited to see that Paulina had visited and left her some very cool presents. Throughout the next couple of days she would randomly ask me about her paci and I would just remind her that Paulina had come and taken them so that she could give them to babies who need them and how proud mommy and daddy are of her for being such a brave, big girl. I am amazed at how well this worked and how painless it was. The Paci Fairy made our transition so successful and easy. Thank you so much for writing this book! I'd also like to comment on Chrisann Zaubi's illustrations. They are absolutely beautiful! My daughter loved them. I would highly recommend this book to any parent looking to get rid of the paci. I've already told all of my family and friends about it! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

I wanted to love this book, it’s beautiful and has a good story but is way too wordy and long for my 2 year old to sit through. She didn’t quite understand what the book was trying to say but was very excited to see pictures of so many “big kids” and adults with pacifiers. So unless your child is old enough to understand the words the pictures may backfire like they did for me. I’m afraid this book is making my 2 year old want to be an adult with a pacifier haha! I’ll be returning it and getting something that gets the point across with fewer words.

It is really hard to believe because we tried everything and I mean everything. I used the seven steps in the back of the book and I found these even more important than the actual book. The story is good but I took the story and made it my own. With a little patience he actually asked if the Paci Fairy could come. We couldn't believe it and from there it was easy. You will understand when you buy the book! I highly recommend it and hope it works for you too. Thank you, thank you!!!!

The story itself is creative but the book is VERY long, not suitable for toddlers (ballpark age 2) who would be giving up a pacifier. The spelling is also horrible, it clearly wasn’t proofread before it was printed.

Too scary for a 2 1/2 year old and the story is also to hard for a 2 1/2 year old to grasp. The illustrations were a little scary just on their own, and the premise was complicated and scary for my son. This book is for a four year old girl