Leaving the dentist last Monday the lady told me he has to get rid of his binky asap! Now keep in mind he only used it when he was sleeping at nap time and bed time and that is it -- zippo! Sometimes he may have had it here and there during the day when he was tired (esp on trips to IL or any other trip we took) but other then that he did not have it all day! With the dentist telling me this too -- it made me even more confident in this! Besides, we don't want his teeth to go bad too b/c of it which was the dentist's main concern as well! So Monday was when it dug deeper into me to work on this for my sweet lil man!
We started this out on Tuesday! The boys and I were snuggling in our bed room and after Zacary fell asleep in my arms (just love it!!!) and I took him to bed, Eli and I went into his room for a story and his nap time too! After reading a story and Eli talking away to me (just love it!!!) I decided to explain to him what we are gunna do with his good pal Mr Bink! I told him that big boys don't use binkys and that all the small babies like Baby Jayde (their new cousin who is 1 month old)! I told him big boys sleep with their pillows and blankets and their fave stuffed animal and if they ever wake up in the night scared or sad -- he can always come get Mommy and Daddy and always snuggle with his fave stuffed animal instead of using a binky! He listened to me very carefully! He was for sure taking in every word I was saying and it was so cute to see his lil face and to see him understand it all on how binkys work and what happens when you are a big boy! I told him big boys play with things like their race cars, baseball cards, play doh, play baseball and catch, color, go on special trips to places, etc. He was repeating this all to me and it was so darn sweet to hear him repeat what I had told him :]
He wanted binky at nap, so I let him... and he had small meltdowns during the day Tuesday and it broke my heart in 2. This has been just as hard on me if not harder! I am watching my baby grow even more, but at the same time it needed to be done! I wanted to so give in and give it to him and tell him he could have it but instead I had to stay strong and this was so so so hard for my baby who is crying to me and on my lap hugging me. We stayed strong tho -- as a team!
He had his binky Tues night at bed and I went into his room and snuck it out of his bed when I saw it fell out of his mouth! He slept all night just fine still like normal and Wednesday morning he was telling me all about how his binky was gone and he couldn't find it and how binkys are for small babies like Jayde and not big boys and they used their pillow and blanket and animals and get to play with alllll their toys! It was soooo stinkin adorable!!! He did good ALLLLLL morning! He never asked for it once and never even thought of it! If he mentioned it at all we both found things to do with baby brother too that kept our mind off of it! I then told him Wednesday I wanted to take him on a special trip for being such a BIG boy and doing sooooo good about his binky! I did not tell him where we were going... and it was so cute to see his lil face look out the car windows as I drove there trying to figure it out haha!!!! SO in love with my 2 handsome lil babies... they are the absolute best!!!! <3
I took the boys to a place called Jump 2 It (which is an inflatable place and an arcade) and it was soooo much fun! Zacary even had a good time and he is only 10 months old! We had an absolute blast and not only that but both boys and myself were free to get in so we did not spend a penny going and it was somewhere I will definitely take them to again!!! Eli would say "this is where big boys get to come" and it was sooo cute that he absolutely understood all that I told him!!!! :]
He didn't ask for a binky Weds at nap and Weds at bed, and the same for Thurs and Fri!!! I so bad wanted to offer him the binky but I had to stay strong and since he did not bring it up, I didn't as well! We stayed strong together and both did very good!!! It was tearing me up to go thru this for him and even though he did good about it, it still made me so sad! I am suuuuuch a sap hahahaha!!!
Friday we decided to go get a helium balloon and Eli said he was ready to tape all of his binkys to a balloon and send them off in the sky to all the small babies! Now of course the binkys would weigh the balloon down but we did get a cute pic of them taped to the balloon and then we "pretended" to put all the binkys inside of the balloon and Eli let go of the balloon and off they went!! He was so thrilled to do this and was never a bit upset during any of it! I couldn't believe we went thru this haha and made some rather funny faces myself in the pics (below) :] He did such a good job and would wave bye bye and say "bye byyyye binkys going to small binkys" and was such a good lil boy!!! He is wonderful -- both of my babies are absolutely wonderful!!! I know this is a novel post (shocker ha) but this is a biiiiig deal in the Zehr house! I am soooooo very proud of my lil man -- he did so good and is such a good lil boy always and growing soooo fast!!! I can't say enough how proud and happy I am with my sweet babies always -- they are soooooo awesome and the best!! I LOVE YOU SWEET BOYS always know that!!! I am so very proud of you in sooooo many ways and will do anything in this world for you!!!
So yes the binky is going... going... GONE!!! No more binkys in the Zehr house for now! Zacary hates binkys and spits them out and throws them haha! When we have other kids I am not sure if they will want them or not but for now zippo binkys are in our house and that is just so bittersweet to me!!! MY BABIES ARE GROWING SOOOOO FAST -- and the fact my Zacary Brenden is 1 in 6 weeks blows my mind!!! Soooo bittersweet!!! I love my lil men -- so so so much <3<3<3<3
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