Saturday, March 14, 2009

Bye Bye Binky!!

We took Peytons binky away! We are on day 4 and its going suprisingly well. I always said I would take it away when he turned 2. Well he has been 2 for almost 3 months:) ( Thursday he went to grandma's house and apparently he left it there-Peyton will only take the newborn green soothie binky, I swear we have bought at least 50 packages of these dang things. One day we would have 20 of them and the next we would have none- I swear when we move they will all show up and we will be able to open a binky store! ) Anyway, he woke up at 2 in the morning freaking out cause he didnt have his beloved binky. I was frantically looking under every nook and cranny trying to find this thing- no luck. So thats how we "decided" to take away the binky. I decided we better take the bull by the horns and just do it- I figure we might as well get all the 3 hour, 2 in the morning tantrums out of the way now. Im glad it happened the way it did though. I needed that push. I swear it was just as much for me as it was for him. I thought he would die if he didnt have it- It kept him happy so therefore it kept me happy:) He is doing really well though. He still asks for it occasionally but not as much as I thought he would. I told him it broke- and he is a big boy and only babies have binkys- he just laughs and says "oh gosh!" Now we can move on to the next venture:)

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Well at least you can take it away from him...i am debating on letting Jude suck his thumb or a bink?? A thumb would be nice for the middle of the night but then you are not able to take it away..what do you think?

dave&abby johnson family said...

Wow, good for you! I am dreading the day I have to get rid of Aspen's binky! And darling family photos below!

Becky said...

I postponed taking JOsh's binky until he was 2 1/2, and then I really just had to do it! We still have one binky (with the tip cut off) he finds it from time to time and holds it in his mouth with his teeth, it is funny! Good luck!