Bye Bye Binky??
For the last couple months, I have been saying that when Alyssa turned 18 months old, we are going to get rid of the binky. We have successfully cut the binky down to naps and night-night only. We did that a few months ago and it has been working great. She even knows when she gets up from her nap or in the morning to hand me the binky so I can put it away until the next time.
Today, I decided what the heck. Let's see how Alyssa does if I don't give her the binky when I put her down for her nap. It was funny at first because I laid her in her crib and gave her a kiss and told her to have a nice nap. She sat up and looked at me like "aren't you forgetting something?!!?" I turned on her lullaby CD, gave her the blanket and walked out of the room. She did whine/cry/whimper for like 15 minutes, at which time I was in my bed laying down listening to her on the monitor. For the whole 15 minutes, I thought to myself, "I should just go give it to her" and "she does only have it to sleep". But, then she stopped and she fell asleep. Is it really her time to give up the binky, or was it just luck this time? I think we are going to try again tonight for bedtime.
I admit, this does make me sad. I like how she finds comfort in her binky. I like how babies have binkies and she was my baby. It makes me sad that this too is just another moment that makes her a little girl and not a baby. I also admit that I am happy. I hope that this can be this easy. I hope that Alyssa can find comfort in something else, like her blankie or a stuffed animal instead of the binky.
This is the latest picture that I have of Alyssa and her binky (and me)!
Hopefully it is bye-bye binky, bye-bye!!
posted by Linda @ 1:34 PM
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I am leaning towords taking away "nuk" too!! Zachary is going to be 17 mths and my husband and I have talked about when we are going to do the "deed" lol Our daughter had it taken away by 2. By her 2nd b-day she was nuk free. We gradually, like you did, took it away during the day and only at naps and night was she to have it. Then we took away naps, then nights. She did very well, only until she found one we had hid and forgot about. Then we kind of had to get it and throw it out and tell her it got lost. By 2, I think they can start to comprehend the meaning of allot more things. I am hoping Zachary is just as easy to ween from the nuk, but he is much more stubborn and much more high strung then Olivia ever was. I feel for you, and am going to be doing it here myself so keep me posted on your progress so I don't feel so bad taking it away myself!!
Yay, Alyssa! And what a cutie!
that's awesome! And sad, I understand you there. They grow up so fast, don't they?
That's an adorable picture of you two!
Good luck the the nuk too...Gracie sucks her fingers, so I prolly won't even have to worry about taking away the pacifier...only breaking the sucking the fingers habit. Such is life :)
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