After 2 1/2 years Ethan said goodbye to his binky. Ethan wasn't too excited to say goodbye and had many tears longing for his precious "pretty", but it had to be done. I tried Alicia's idea and put his binkys in an envelope and pretended to mail them, which eventually went into the garbage. Ethan didn't understand that concept and he still longed for his binky. He would start looking for it all over his bed and it didn't matter how many times I told him that it was gone he looked and asked for it. 2 weeks later, he doesn't ask for his pretty any more, but I know he is still missing it. Naptime and bedtime has been harder with him begging for cuddle time. It takes us over an hour sometimes to finally get him to sleep. Unfortunately, I have to become the mean mommy and send my baby to bed crying (which is something that is very hard for me to do). I hope Ethan will soon go back to his old sleep habits, which means, he liked naptime and bedtime and would stay in bed and go to sleep. But until then, at least I can say that the dreaded binky is gone! I think with my new little one I will make sure the binky is taken away before she is out of the crib, that way she can't escape...
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