Heidi LOVES her binky. It is her little friend. We have tried hard to limit her use of it, but recently, she started hiding them, and keeping them handy for whenever she needed it. Heidi's speech therapist's suggested that it was probably time to cut ties, just to make sure that it didn't get in the way while she is learning to talk more. So. . .
I spent a couple of days making sure they were all gathered in but one. And then, I gave it the snip and left it out for her to find. When she picked it up and popped it in, you should have seen her sad little face! It was broken!!! After a bit of shoulder shrugging (what happened?) and explaining that it must have broken, she made a few frowns of disappointment, then walked it right over to the trash and tossed it in, and ran off to play. It made me sad and happy all at the same time.
The first night she whined for a few minutes but that seems to be about it.
As you can see, she is a happy, binkyless girl.
It's always more dreadful in my mind than in reality when we pull a binky. One step closer to waving goodbye to the baby years is probably why it's the hardest for mom. Great job Heidi!
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I can vouch that this was harder for Heidi's Mother than it was for Heidi... :)
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