Well after cutting holes in Grayson's binkis last week, I finally decided to just get rid of them. We waited until Grant turned two, but at 21 months Grayson just doesnt really need them any more. When he turned a year old he was only allowed to have a binki in bed or in the car. We got to the point where he would ask for it as soon as we got in the car and if for some reason it was not in his car seat he would freak out. I didnt like that he was so attached to it in the car, so a couple months ago I just "accidentally lost" it. He didnt have a problem with that. So we were down to a binki ONLY at nap time and bed time. Well Jared is quite the sucker, so it seemed like every week Gray had another binki in his bed. I think at one point he had 3 binkis in bed with him. My goodness, that is ridiculous. So I put my foot down again (I am such a mean mom) We were back down to one. So last week I cut holes in them, in an attempt to ween him from them. He HATED it so bad. I would tell him at bed time "sorry, it's broken" He would get mad and cry. Daddy would go in and "save" him/try to console him several times before he just wore himself out. A couple nights ago I told Jared he was just making it worse going in there every 5 minutes, so he decided instead of keep going in there he would just go in there and sleep on the floor next to his crib. (GRRRR..) So I got mad and decided we were done playing this darn binki game. Today was the day!
Here he is putting them all in a bag!
We found 9 in all, in his crib, behind his crib, in his sock drawer, in my sock drawer, in the diaper bag, in the junk drawer in the kitchen... They were everywhere!
He wanted to be the one to throw them away, but I dont know that he really understood exactly what he was doing.
Grant and I made a big deal about it and clapped and cheered.
We were very proud of him...
which made him happy and proud too!
Such a big boy!!!!
Tonight at bed time we did hugs and kisses and "I love yous" and as I put him in bed he asked "bibi?" I reminded him he had thrown them away and he whined a little bit, but he laid down and put his arms around his Penny dog. I left the room and fully expected him to start freaking out and cry all night long. But he didnt, he went to sleep. I am so stinking proud of my little man!! He truly is an amazing little guy!!
