It had to be done..............and I finally did it! As of last night (well kind of) Hannah and Hunter are officially Binky free children!!!
Summary of "Operation Bye-bye Binky":
Sunday-
*Used our kitchen sheers to cut off the ends of their binkies before we put them to bed
(they thought it was funny that we cut them at first and had the giggles for a few minutes
until realizing that they didn't have the same effect as before.....not so funny after that)
*cried for approx 45 minutes off and on (we went in every 5-10 minutes)
*slept really well all night
Monday-
*woke up earlier than usual at 7am -happy and still holding their "broken binkies"
*after eating breakfast put on Sesame Street to distract them so I could round up all extra
binkies and throw them in the trash (as seen in picture above)-decided I had to do this
so I couldn't break down later in the day-no excuses!!
*waited for Hannah to ask for her binky (she asks for it a lot)
*gave them their binkies and reminded them that they are "broken"
*told them to throw their broken binkies away in the trash can and offered them a snack
*they gladly threw their binkies in the trash can and never looked back
*later on- went through naptime routine (brush teeth, change diaper, etc.)
*again, Hannah asked for binky-reminded them that they threw them away
*MAJOR meltdown from Hannah..... Hunter just laughed
*put them in cribs w/no binkies and anticipated the worst - contemplated digging in the trash
*cried for approx 10 minutes, went up and rubbed their backs
*didn't make a peep for the next 2 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*woke up happy-headed to the mall to meet Katy and Adalee
*behaved very well at the mall-minus approx 20 minutes of fussiness (not so bad)
*went through nightime routine-had to remind them again they threw them in the trash
*cried/babbled for approx 15-20 minutes and have been fast asleep since!!!
Overall it wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be-I had mentally prepared myself for many sleepless nights...I guess I made it a bigger deal than it really was. Keep your fingers crossed for us, we are only 1 1/2 days in-hopefully tomorrow will be just as easy!!!!!
3 comments:
i am totally making a mental note to remeber cutting the ends off - great idea! my sister said the week they took lily's pacifier away was the longest week of her life :)
Woohoo! I'm glad you stuck it out! They were great at the mall...I think they were more upset they didn't have more cookie, than they were upset about not having a pacifier! They were great as usual!
Way to go! Mallory threw hers in the trash and I couldn't believe how easy it was!! I like your "operation" and will pass it on to friends!!
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