There has been a tragic loss for our little lady this past weekend. Friday night Cody and I finally got up the guts to get rid of the binki. I'll be honest, we probably have been hanging on this long because of me, Cody wanted to get rid of it months ago but I convinced him to let things go a little longer. The deciding factor was that she had a complete meltdown the other night when she couldn't find her 'me' in her bed. It was pretty dramatic on her part. So, that brings us to Friday night. Cody kept her busy in the other room, I swept her room and gathered all the 'me's that I could find save one. That one was the sacrifice, we cut a big chunk off the end and left it for her to find in her bed. She happily popped it in her mouth, then quickly took it out and looked at it with this 'somthin' aint right here scruffy' look then looked up at Cody and I. We explained to her that her 'me' was broken, and that we were so sorry. We helped her lay down, gave her a blanket and her puppy and said 'night-night'. Well we got to listen to some wailing that went along the lines of "mmeeeeeeeee", "brrroookked" over and over. It really was sort of heartbreaking. I told Cody, I felt worse doing this to her than letting her cry it out to sleep through the night for the first time. After about 20 minutes or so she finally fell asleep. I was amazed, I was totally expecting an all out drama fest filled with emotion induced vomit. She woke up again at about 11-ish, crying for her broken 'me', and we have had some middle of the night comforting to do the last couple nights. For the most part nap time has been the hardest. The first two days naps included some pretty impressive screams of anger, and took about 40 minutes before she actually slept. Today has been very encouraging, nap had only mild protesting and last night was better as well. We'll cross our fingers that by the end of the week all of us will be sleeping better.
Monday, February 1, 2010
'Broked'
There has been a tragic loss for our little lady this past weekend. Friday night Cody and I finally got up the guts to get rid of the binki. I'll be honest, we probably have been hanging on this long because of me, Cody wanted to get rid of it months ago but I convinced him to let things go a little longer. The deciding factor was that she had a complete meltdown the other night when she couldn't find her 'me' in her bed. It was pretty dramatic on her part. So, that brings us to Friday night. Cody kept her busy in the other room, I swept her room and gathered all the 'me's that I could find save one. That one was the sacrifice, we cut a big chunk off the end and left it for her to find in her bed. She happily popped it in her mouth, then quickly took it out and looked at it with this 'somthin' aint right here scruffy' look then looked up at Cody and I. We explained to her that her 'me' was broken, and that we were so sorry. We helped her lay down, gave her a blanket and her puppy and said 'night-night'. Well we got to listen to some wailing that went along the lines of "mmeeeeeeeee", "brrroookked" over and over. It really was sort of heartbreaking. I told Cody, I felt worse doing this to her than letting her cry it out to sleep through the night for the first time. After about 20 minutes or so she finally fell asleep. I was amazed, I was totally expecting an all out drama fest filled with emotion induced vomit. She woke up again at about 11-ish, crying for her broken 'me', and we have had some middle of the night comforting to do the last couple nights. For the most part nap time has been the hardest. The first two days naps included some pretty impressive screams of anger, and took about 40 minutes before she actually slept. Today has been very encouraging, nap had only mild protesting and last night was better as well. We'll cross our fingers that by the end of the week all of us will be sleeping better.
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Way to go you guys! You do have a sweet and stubborn little girl on your hands and it sounds like things are already much better. I'm glad there was no emotion induced vomit fests. Best of luck in the coming week! I know this is hard for you guys but glad that you are getting through it...and also glad that we have your example to follow in coming months as well!
OH no! You are so much braver than I am. I can't bring myself to take Lincoln's away. I know it is time but I think it is a comfort to both of us and I know we are going to have the same crying episodes. Good Job!
Oh dear. Sorry Mya and Mommy and Daddy. That is hard. :( But you are awesome and so strong! Glad it ended up being encouraging for you.
Nice job! Keija didn't even like the binky until we brought home the little brother. I'm not looking forward to making it disappear. I'm going to throw them out at 2:)
We just got rid of ours also, (Dallins' and Mine, for him) It is hard!
Ohhhh! So sad! You know really it won't hurt them in the end but it just breaks your heart. I don't look forward to taking Currans Bink away either
All I can say is be lucky you can get rid of a binky, You can't throw away a thumb. I am embarassed to say Braxton still sucks his thumb.
We did the binky fairy with Jayden. It was not fun for a couple of nights, but they get over it quickly. It was funny though because we would peek in at him and his mouth and tongue would still be making the sucking motions because he was so used to it.
Oh no. I haven't done it yet. I can't. I don't want to deal with the anger and no sleeping. I've really been trying to put it off as long as possible. Good for you. I hope the wailing and nashing ends soon. ( and you and your teeny belly look cute)
I am proud of you. But that is so sad. It's hard to hear them when you know how sad they are over something. I hope it gets easier, and maybe she can find something to take it's place. good luck.
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