Andrew hated the moment we gave Isla her pacifier. He didn't want to have the a toddler walking around with a binky in her mouth. I promised him that before the year was up I would have Isla debinkafied. He was nervous about having a codependent baby. I let him know that I had numerous nieces and nephews who used the binky, that they do well in school, have healthy relationships with family and friends, and seem to make good decisions, that we were not creating a crutch for a daughter. He was on board when we encountered our first sleepless night and hasn't complained too much since then.
A few months ago I started to give her the bink for sleep time only, she wasn't talking as much as I liked and thought she needed to have that plug out of her mouth. That seemed to do the trick and she has been babbling a lot more. Then last week after I couldn't find one, I thought well lets see how nap time without her crutch goes, and well... there was about 5 minutes of crying and she went to sleep. So there you have it, we went cold turkey and our household has been bink-free for 7 days.
How lucky for you guys. Only 5 minutes of crying. Not bad! Sam cried for like 45 minutes at nap time but before bed that same day we had him throw it away himself and he never complained about it after that. You guys are doing great!
Posted by: Tami Porter | May 13, 2010 at 03:35 PM