Well, we decided there was no time like the present to kick Harrison of his binkie habit. Sanam's words were, "The older they get, the more attached they are and the harder it is to get rid of it!" So we decided to follow Sanam's words of wisdom. Harrison has been binkie free for a week and a half and I have to say I am so proud of him.
However, I'm afraid I am missing it much more than he is...
I didn't realize how convenient it was to pop that thing in his mouth if he started to get a little loud (especially at church!) and how nice it was to have a quick way to stop his crying (especially after an ouchie!) and how wonderful it was for him to grab it from his crib in the morning and suck himself back to sleep for TWO MORE HOURS!!
The first day went very smooth, he went right down for his nap and Ryan and I could hardly believe it...we were expecting him to be traumatized but he just cuddled up to Lamby and fell asleep. Going down to bed that night was the same and we were ecstatic! Little did we know that we would be up two hours earlier the next morning. Every night when we tuck him in, we would pull out his binkie and place it on the rail of crib with a couple of books. When he woke up, he would reach up for his binkie and his books and either entertain himself or fall back asleep for a couple of hours. I know, I know...we have been SO spoiled!
Well, when he woke up that second morning and there was NO BINKIE... he was stressed and cried out in utter confusion and distress! He could not be calmed back to sleep so it was time for us to get up and start the day. Harrison has always loved going down...he is his momma's boy and loves his sleep! He never cries to sleep and he never cries when he wakes up, he just plays until we go get him. It's awesome! It WAS awesome... he now cries every morning when he wakes up and he cries himself to sleep. Only for a couple of minutes, BUT STILL : ( It is so hard for us to listen to him cry in his room. Other than that he has been really good, a little cranky but like I said, I think we are missing it more than him!
We have tried a few things to occupy him in the morning without any luck. Ryan had the bright idea to line up all of Harrison's little animals on his crib with the hope that he would be so surprised in the morning and think it was so funny that he would play with them and be distracted from his missing binkie...it didn't work. We also tried keeping him up later so he might sleep in later but that didn't work either, he woke up at the exact same time. As tempted as I have been to give in and put that binkie back on his crib at night, Sanam promises me he'll adjust and get back to his normal routine and self and I am praying she is right (she usually is!) I guess it took Kaya three weeks to settle in after hers was gone so I am halfway there!
Bye Bye Bink...
Ryan's adorable idea...
NO BINKIE!
3 comments:
Our setback was when we left the ONE soothie that Bria liked ON TOP OF OUR CAR when we were in Salt Lake...and we drove off! It is so hard at the beginning! Love Ryan's idea! What a great dad! Good luck!
Ben still gets the binky for bed. We figured that was a good compromise - he doesn't talk at night, so it shouldn't affect his speech development. That was the real thing that started it.. he was talking with the binky in his mouth and we couldn't understand him - we still can't, but he is binky free during the day now. Good luck with the transition. It gets a lot easier, at least for us Ben had a hard few days, but now it's easier.
Im telling you he needs a lap top!!
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