So we decided that it was time to get rid of Jack's binkey's for good. We wanted him to be way over them before this baby comes. We tried to prepare Jack and talked to him about how the Binkey Fairy would be coming to our house to collect all of his binkeys and take them to the little babies who really need them. And in return, she would leave him a special treat. So finally the night was here and he put all of them in a gift bag which he hung in the hallway for the Fairy to come and get. He was super excited about it until it was actually time to go to sleep without them. He cried and cried and cried! We put the gate up on his door so that he couldn't get out. (Otherwise, he would have been coming downstairs all night long!) He cried for almost 3 hours and finally fell asleep on the floor by the gate around 10:30pm.
The next morning he woke up bright and early and came running to Justin saying "Treat and presents and treats!!" He had not forgotten what we had told him.
He was super excited to see what the Fairy left him and didn't seem to hold a grudge about us ignoring him while he cried for 3 hours. He has asked for his binkey a few times since the long night of crying but we just remind him that the fairy took them to all the babies and he usually says, "Yeah! Big boys don't need binkeys!" And then he is fine. It was a lot easier than I was expecting. I am glad that we did it the way we did, but part of me is sad that he is such a big boy and doesn't need them anymore. The next step....Potty Training! Yuck.
Doesn't seem like a bad trade to me! That Fairy is pretty generous!
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Haha... I love this idea and I'll have to save it for future use! I'm glad that after the crying it ended up working out. AND YES, the binky fairy was VERY generous! :)
I'm glad that worked! We cut the tip of one of Megan's binkies and told her they were broken. We had her throw it away and after that if she asked for it (which turned out to only be a couple times) we reminded her it was broken. No problems. And that was a pretty generous Binkey Fairy!
yeah for jack! i'd say he got a pretty fair trade. good work guys!
great idea. You are too clever. He sure looked cute on the floor. Did you put him back in bed and did he wake up again? So glad the binkie seperation went so well and hopefully the potty training will go as good. Mom H.
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