This week we said good bye to this:
We lost them all I decided I wasn't going to buy anymore. Henry is 18 months. It's time to be a big boy! He also is not talking at all so before I consider outside help, I want to see if pulling this out of his mouth changes things at all. Now we see lots of this:
And hear lots and lots of this:
He was really attached. He is learning how to console himself in other ways now and he is slowly learning that he really can live without his plug. It's been a really rough week though!
I'm really missing this silly little boy:
This is as close to a smile as we have come in over a week.
Is it worth it?
13 comments:
OHHH! That is so hard! I've gone through that with Jessica giving up her bottle and Lauren with her blankie. (I wouldn't let her take it out of the house anymore) It gets better. I think it is worth it. Just think of all the cute things he will say when his mouth is free! :-)
I'm sorry I have not read in a while. Your invitation page got deleted from my email and I just now was able to pull it up. Binki breaking is VERY difficult! Hannah's was gone for at least a week and someone found it...(dad) and gave it back to her at bedtime. So... now we have to go through it a second time!! Good luck with studying! I know what it is like going back after years!! The first 2 weeks are the toughest!
I had a difficult time weening my kids from different things. It is always tough, but this too shall pass. I have missed being away from blogging a bunch. I am going to have to catch up on your family.
It's worth it. Hard, but worth it. I don't even remember what we went through when we got rid of the pacifiers. Selective memory here. J still has his blanket, E gave his up voluntarily.
I am waiting with baited breath to see how this turns out. We are down to a couple plugs here and aren't buying any more, but Chase is soo attached at night. Bad me for letting it get that way. I wish you luck and hope it passes quickly. That will give me some hope when my time comes soon. Ps the food storage website is www.1stopfoodstorage.com/
Yes! I've never had a binkie baby, but giving up nursing is hard and it comes with the same side effects. I've had two thumbsuckers, so that made for some fairly easy consolation. Good luck! Fortunately, they do forget quickly.
Well I guess there is an upside to my little dude not taking the binki at all... there will be no getting rid of it! well I hope all is well other then dealing with a sad little dude!
Oh, so sad. I'm scared of the day we have to get rid of Mckenna's. I'm going to start trying at a year but I might not be brave enough. I've heard the first week is really hard, and then it gets better. Is it true, does it ever get better?
I have never had a binkie baby (two thumb suckers and a finger sucker instead) so I just have no advice or help. Anson was 6+ before he "stopped" sucking his thumb. I say "stopped" because I still catch him every now and then and he'll be 8 next month!
Oh I can so relate!!! We just phased out the binky for Baby Boy...sad times for us all :(
Poor guy! Poor you! It's tough.
Hang in there! It is so hard! You're happy guy will be back soon! (Once he is done mourning!)
All I can say is that when my oldest gave his to the garbage man, he cried as if he had lost his best friend, and I still feel like a horrible person for taking it from him. (Had to be done, glad I did, but it was horrible) and my third child still askes if his binkis are fixed yet and sucks his tongue at night. (They have been gone for over 2 years.) I feel for you. Hang in there.
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