Tuesday night we lost Zack's last binky. It really is a good thing, but we still looked everywhere for it... and it's gone.
Bedtime for Zack has been fairly easy (give or take a few days). At about 9:00 we try to give him some milk before he goes to bed, we brush his teeth, give him his blankie and his binkie and put him into his crib. He usually cries for a few minutes but then he's quite.
Tuesday not so much.
Without his binky he cried for over 1/2 hour. This is not very common and I know that most parents will just let them cry but once he gets into the really hard crying he won't stop. And yeah we might be softies, so we went in to get him. We cuddled with him for a few minutes on the couch and then eventually sent him back to bed (at 10:00). He cried a little bit but he did fall asleep (it was way past his bedtime).
At the babysitters on Wednesday he had a hard time going down for his nap without a binky and he didn't sleep for as long. His 2nd nap (yes he gets two naps if we can a day) he cried really hard (I actually think he hurt himself somehow), I cuddled him for a minute then laid him back down to sleep. He fell asleep fairly easy. But that night I went to my mom's house to print some pictures only to get a phone desperate phone call regarding Zack. He was inconsolable (sometimes he gets this way and only the binky will calm him down). We needed new binky's ASAP! So on my way home I stopped at Walmart and bought (ugh) some new binkies. I actually don't think he likes them very much so hopefully we will be able to get ride of them quicker. I hate that Zack has become so dependent on that stupid binky!
Any suggestions -- I just don't think the cold turkey approach is going to work for our sanity as well as his.
There are SOO many ideas out there. My goal was to get rid of the binky at age 2. So we started only using it for naps and bed time. And then right before her b-day I just started talking to her about going to get a toy and that we would exchange it for the binky. I let her pick it out and when we got home she threw it away herself- of course with my help saying..its ok, we don't need it. Then that night she asked for it and I simply said oh remember we threw it away because we got "Pucci" (the new toy) and she was fine. But, you just need to find a way that works for you guys. Good luck!! :)
ReplyDeletebinki retiering is so hard! my 5 year old still asks for a binki, of course i don't let her have one, at some point you'll realize that it's doing them harm so you'll just have to take it away, for olivia we only let her have it when she slept anyway, so that was easy (it also makes for great nappers, sounds like you know :))anyway then when she was old enough to understand the differance we only let her have it at naps and not night time, along with this we moved her to a toddler bed, told her she was a big girl in a big girl bed so she didnt need her binki at night. Only at naps was great and hard to get rid of because she napped so well with it and wouldn't nap without it. later she got better but like i say, even now if she's really tierd or feeling insecure she'll ask for one. jus be sure that your consistant. if you say no and give in it'll be really hard then next 50 times. It's really hard though! good luck! Mackenzie still has hers so let me know if you come up with any amazing weaning techniques. :)
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