On our drive back to CT this weekend, we decided that we were going to get rid of the binky. Bryanna has only used it at bedtime for almost a year and we figured it was time to take it away completely.
Sunday night was the night. I snipped the tip off the binky and set it in the crib - I wanted her to discover it that way. She picked it up, looked at it, looked at us and said "binky broke." She handed it back to me and didn't want it after that. I think it was because she understood it didn't "work" anymore. I made her put it in her mouth to feel it and she gave it back to me again. It took her a little longer to get to sleep that night. I was worried about nap time the next day but she did pretty good, just tossed and turned a little. The next couple of days she would say binky broke before bed time but that was it.
We took her to Build-A-Bear today so that she could put her binky in an animal of her choosing. Cows are her favorite animal now and she has been saying moo-cow a lot, so in my head she was going to pick the cute cow with the cute farmer outfit. What does she go and do but pick the UGLIEST animal there! LOL. I knew this would happen. We tried swaying her to get the cow or the monkey, but she would not let go of this bunny. She loves bunnys and her blankie is a bunny, so maybe that's why? Who knows what she sees in this thing - but it's cute how much she was instantly attached.
placing binky in her new lovey
next comes the heart - I even got to put one in!
leaving the store
happy
meet "Ruff Ruff" - yes, that is what she named it
kissing Ruff Ruff
I love Ruff Ruff
Playing peek-a-boo (Bryanna calls it peek-a-bee) with Ruff Ruff
