from baby to Big Girl is complete!
Before we left Bloomington, we decided that we needed to do one of two things, either potty train Makenna OR get rid of her binki. Well, we went for the potty training, knowing that she was ready, and not wanting to A) potty train her at my parents' house on their nice carpet, or B) wait until the end of the summer and maybe miss her "readiness window".
Potty training Makenna went so well, and was SO much easier than I ever thought it would be, so after a week, we decided that we should get rid of her binki too. We told Makenna that it was time for her to give her binkis to the Binki Fairy to take to new little babies who didn't have any binkis, and in exchange, the Binki Fairy would bring her a new Big Girl toy.
So the stage was set, and Makenna was super excited to package up her binkis and put them on the doorstep for the Binki Fairy.
And was even more excited about her new Big Girl toy; a doggie which she named Elle.
So all was well until it was time to go to bed. Makenna yelled, screamed, and cried for an hour and a half before finally falling asleep around 11. The only way that I was able to resist running to the garbage can and retrieving her binkis is because she was more mad than sad. She wasn't acting devastated, but more just really, really mad. Luckily she only did that for one night, and has since adjusted well.
I am glad to only have one baby with diapers and binkis now.
2 comments:
I love the "Binki Fairy"--what a great idea! Glad it worked so well for you guys!
Austin had to throw his binki away to go trick or treating. Ask him where his binki's are and he'll still go to the trash can.
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