So, for those who even care, I recently took away Coop's binkie. I have to admit, I was scared to death to do this because he has been a binkie baby since the day he was born and it has always calmed him on the spot. He'd find it in his crib if he ever woke up in the night meaning I haven't woken up with him in almost a year...and I cherish my sleep. However, I felt it was time to do away with it so he would have a good couple months before he saw it in his little brother's mouth.
It was a week ago yesterday that I snipped off the end of the binkie and gave it to him. I told him it was broken and what do you think he did? Appropriate answers would be cry, throw a fit, roll on the ground, but no, the little guy just pointed at it and laughed. He tried sucking it once and then gave up like it was no big deal. What a reaction?! He still liked to hold it in his hands (must be a comfort thing) so I let him have it that night. He went down great, slept great, and I thought I had just over-worried about it...that is until the next day, and the next day, and the next day. What a little beast! He was awful, mainly because he was not getting good naps in the afternoon and he was starting to wake up at night as well. Sleep is everything to the little man! I told myself if he wasn't back to his normal, happy, sleeping self by the following Monday (yesterday) I was giving it back.
Well, taking a couple days to adjust, he is his happy self again and has since given up even caring about the binkie (it's lost now, I have no idea where it went) but you won't see him going anywhere in the house without his blanket and dog. I do not look forward to doing this again with the next one, and I may even wait longer to rid him of it, but for now, I'm glad it's over!
