We are pleased to announce that we are binky free at our house! Last Sunday was the day we decided to 'pull the plug' from Caitlyn. We took Madisen's away at 18 months (per the recommendation of our pediatrician), but due to summer vacations Caitlyn is 20 months.Bill let Caitlyn help him cut the rubber part off the binkies. She thought it was fun to use the scissors, until she realized that she had BROKEN her beloved binkies. She did OK when we put her down for the first few days, but Thursday was ROUGH. For the first 5 days we had the same conversation at nap, bedtime, when she woke up, and when she was in her car seat:
Caitlyn: A binky go?
Me: It's broken.
C: Broken. I cut it?!
M: Yes, it's all gone. You're such a big girl now!
C: Oh.
Now I just read & sing to her, then lay her in the crib sans crying. Here's to hoping it lasts!!
9 comments:
Such a big girl.
what a hard time! take away her binky and now her soy milk? How Could you? just kidding-good luck!
Good job Caitlyn!! What a big girl. That conversation is so cute. I am NOT looking forward to this, WAY scared actually. Avarie loves her Binky.
My heart is breaking for her! I love and hate that binky at the same time..... good luck with the transition!
Way to go! It's sad, but is good for her. I hope it continues to go well!
Congrats to both of you...that's a huge accomplishment. I have a LOVE/HATE relationship with Aidan's binky. You are so smart to get rid of it early. I wish I would have done it when Aidan was 18 months like my doctor suggested. I hate that he's SO attached to it still, but I'm dreading the day I take it away.
That is always a hard transition. The good thing is you can cut the binky up. Livie still sucks her thumb, and I don't think I should cut her thumb up. Just kidding.
It seems like sometimes it is harder for mom and dad to get rid of the binky than it actually is for the child to get rid of it. Good luck and congratulations!
Your binky conversation with Caitlyn made me laugh so hard. Good for you for sticking with it.
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