Bye, Bye Binky

I gave Isabelle until she turned 2 to give up her binky.

Liam is a man, so therefore I only gave him until 22 months.

Just kidding that has nothing to do with it.

What happened was we were down to 1 binky, or so I thought.

It was bedtime the other night, actually it was 2 hours past bedtime and 

I was done being mommy for the day.

But oh the horror- where was binky?!?  He was no where to be found!!!

Luckily Liam just went to bed.  He was so tired he didn't even care about binky.

That's when I decided that binky would be banished forever.

The next day at nap time I found the lost binky and threw him in the garbage.

This is how Liam felt about no binky at nap time...

 

After screaming in his room for about 10 minutes 

I heard singing coming from his room.

What on Earth could have brought this on I thought.

It can't be good, I'd better go check...

What the????  He found another binky?

Is there I binky stash I don't know about.

That's how you know people have an addiction, when they hide extra ones in "special" places.

So for one last time, he got his sweet friend binky back.

I decided to be devious and give binky a trim.

When it was bedtime again Liam discovered that binky was broken!

At first he laughed, then he realized that broken binky is no fun.

 

This didn't stop him from going to sleep with it for about 5 more nights.

Sometimes he would just set it on top of his mouth.

Sometimes he would hold it in his hands.

Every time I would ask him if we should throw it away he gave me a resounding negative head shake.

About a week later he is doing great.

It was a pain free process for me, and just a little heart wrenching for Liam.

I am so glad that he is done with the binky phase of life.

On to the next phase!

He has discovered that when he is really upset picking his nose can be quite soothing.

 

This is a weird and disturbing new habit.

It's not like I can trim his finger or accidentally "lose" one of them.

I really hope this doesn't turn into a new addiction!

So this is why they say being a mom is challenging!  

I am going to have to get more creative!