De-Binkifying

Doesn't she look so cute and innocent...she is...sometimes!

De-Binkifying...I know I just made up a word but any mom who had a binki loving child knows what I am talking about. It is NOT a fun process. Sometimes it goes easy, sometimes not. Some people do the binki fairy some don't. Here's what you SHOULDN'T DO. Take it away and then leave town, it will not go well. We took the binki away Thursday and Thursday and Friday night were not bad...not great but not bad. Saturday night we were on the road and we of course did whatever it took to console her and the smart little two year old said, "hmm, rocking...patting my back...sleeping with you...I LIKE IT!". We have been paying for it since. Yesterday she cried/yelled/stood at gate in her doorway for 2 hours at nap time, 2 hours at bedtime and for 2 1/2 hours in the middle of the night. Well, Gracie Lou I have news for you we are not giving in. Binki is gone and we know you are capable of going to sleep all on your own so show us your stuff sista! In the meantime we pray this doesn't last much longer...we need SLEEP!At least this will all be behind us before another crummy sleeper is born. Yes I am 3 for 3 in the crummy sleeper department so I am honestly just expecting a 4th. I do plan to change some tactics...we'll see if it works for not.
For those of you who are LONG past this and might be amused by it, she does come up with clever things to yell from her gated room:
"I want this gate DOWN"
"MOMMM-EEEEEE"
"I need a kleenex"
"I bumped my nose"
"I want OUT"
"I want DADDEEEEE"
"I got to go POTTEEEE"
"I got to go POOOPYYY"
"I bite my finger!"
"Come GET ME!"

while it's not funny at 2am, I guess it's a little bit funny now. The girl has tenacity which my dear friend pointed out to me is actually a good trait to have...darn it!

by the way, what do you think of her new shades? she picked them out herself!