We are officially a binky-free household! This may seem insignificant to many who have not dealt with pacifier addiction and withdrawls, but it is a big deal for us. Gage has been without the binky for over two weeks now and we have all lived to tell about it. We wanted to do away with the stinky binky for a while because Gage has only one type of binky he will take, and the company who made it discontinued it so we were down to our last one. It was ratty, discolored, chewed on, stinky and just all around horrible, but Gage could not go to bed without it. So one day (of course he picked the weekend that Kyle was out of town), Gage bit off the sucky part of the binky and that was the end of Mr. Stinky Binky.
The end.
Ha, ha. I wish that were the end. What really happened afterward was that I had to lean over the side of Gage's crib (a difficult position for a largely pregnant woman) that night and rub his back for 3 hours before he even came close to falling asleep. And ever since then his two naps a day have ceased to exist and have been replaced by a tired and cranky little boy. It's been a tough couple of weeks, but it can only get better, right?
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Ammendment: I wrote the above post a week ago, at a time when I really didn't think it could get worse. But a couple days later, Gage learned how to climb out of his crib. So now we are not only battling the binky withdrawl, but we can't keep our monkey child in his bed. None of us are ever going to sleep again. Now, it can only get better, right???
The end.
Ha, ha. I wish that were the end. What really happened afterward was that I had to lean over the side of Gage's crib (a difficult position for a largely pregnant woman) that night and rub his back for 3 hours before he even came close to falling asleep. And ever since then his two naps a day have ceased to exist and have been replaced by a tired and cranky little boy. It's been a tough couple of weeks, but it can only get better, right?
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Ammendment: I wrote the above post a week ago, at a time when I really didn't think it could get worse. But a couple days later, Gage learned how to climb out of his crib. So now we are not only battling the binky withdrawl, but we can't keep our monkey child in his bed. None of us are ever going to sleep again. Now, it can only get better, right???
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