Finkie No More!

I am so happy today! Why you ask? Well, my sweet little daughter came into this world with a huge need to suck. And not just when she's nursing. She wants to suck ALL DAY LONG. But, little Emilee has had an aversion to every Binky we have tried to give her. So, how does she get her sucking fix? I've been operating as the 9 fingered woman for the past two months plus. An upside down finger is the only thing she would take! I've been attached to Emilee by the finger since she came home. I even had to employ Aidan to give her the "finkie" as we came to call it while I did tasks that couldn't be put off until her sucking fix was had.

But yesterday, we had a breakthrough!!! In a desperate attempt to get myself up to all 10 fingers again and increase my productivity, I bought the last Binky I could find that we hadn't tried. And guess what. . . She took it! And took it, and took it! And she's taking it again today! It's a funny looking little one that looks like a butterfly. I'm trying NOT to think about the "silence of the lambs" poster every time I see it in her mouth.

Hurray!!! I hope she keeps it up, perhaps I'll FINALLY get the house put back together! Here is the pile of rejected Binky's we've collected over the years. It got really big with all of Emilee's rejects!