However, this certain three year old is also (currently) my youngest child, my only daughter, and my BAY-BEEEE.
Under my protest, her sitter weaned her off the bottle at 11 months.
She potty trained herself in a day (okay, three) right after she turned two.
Then about two weeks ago, she switched from crib to big-girl bed without so much as a whimper. Couldn't she at LEAST have given me a damn whimper?
But I still had one baby card in my pocket...the Binky.
When she would lose them (like, six times a day), I would make a trip to Walmart for "just some milk and bread, I swear!", and conveniently pick up some extra binkies until the old ones turned up.
Once, when there was no way to make a trip out for a replacement binky, I dug out a pastel blue newborn size binky from my son's baby memory box and let her have that.
And another time, when we forgot to pack a binky on an overnight trip to Grandma's house, I made my husband stop at a tourist-trap convenience store to pick up one of the dusty binkies that had surely been on their shelf for seven years.
Just call me the Binky Nazi.
When people say that their baby "won't take a binky", I say "HA! YOU are not trying HARD ENOUGH." Binky-addiction takes WORK, friends.
I TRAINED my children to love that binky, and it has served us well. I even shared my "just tap the end of the pacifier a little bit, and they'll just suck away!" tip with all of my new-mom friends.
And recently, since Laura is nearing three, we've been hearing lots of, "Oh, you're a big girl! You don't need that binky!" And that is partially true...LAURA may not need the binky, but what about MEEEEE?
So, knowing that the time was coming, I told her we would be "taking the binkies to the hospital, so that all the new babies would have a binky". We planned on taking the big trip on her third birthday.
But then. Then, she lost EVERY LAST BINKY (we still don't know where any of them are) about a week ago. My husband had to physically restrain me from going to Walmart in my pajamas at 9 pm for replacements (as many replacements as I can FIND, dammit, she's a BAY-BEEEE, and she needs her BINKYYYYYYYYY).
So, under husband's orders, we endured three nights of Laura's temper tantrums, screaming, bucking, and moaning, and two missed naptimes.
And this is how it all ended:
Wahhhh. My baby doesn't need a binky anymore. Weep with me.
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*Sniff, sniff, tear, tear**...
I was laughing at you being the Binky Nazi...TOO DAMN FUNNY!!!!
I tried EVERYTHING to get my son to take a soother - bought every single brand on the market, including a special imported one from AUSTRIA!!! And nada.
At one point I even tried to shove his own thumb in his mouth.
But no. He just wants me, all night long. His own personal human binky.
Wait 'til Liz reads this. She was the same way. I tried to take her daughter's binky away from her one day and LIZ freaked out. The daughter was fine, but Liz was like, give her her binky!!! It was funny.
And now I really really hate you b/c seriously!? Laura? Potty trained? Herself? In three days?
Will she PLEASE come teach Mia how to do that? Please!? (Just so you know, I'm on both knees begging.)
Ha, I tried to take Liz's daughter's binky away too and all I heard was "her mom still gives it to her" from her daddy! Daughter could've cared less. Thank God that thing is gone, lmao!
Stacey, before you know it, there will be another Bay-beee that wants a binky.
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I wish I would have had you over when B was born. Cause there is still nothing to soothe him, and he can scream all night long (Refer to Bedtime Blues post) I say they won't take the binky to Kindergarten and they won't be wearing diapers either. I'm glad Laura doesn't need her binky anymore, but what are you going to do if and when she finds them?
Growing up, we called pacifiers "noogies." I didn't hear about pacis and binkies until my friends started having kids. But they will always be known as noogies to me (the pacifiers, not the kids).
Congrats, Laura! And hang in there, Stacey! I'm sure you'll find the missing ones by the time the new baby arrives!
I can't wait to get my youngest off his pacifier...although I agree, they do help. A LOT.
Congrats to the 'baybee' on this milestone, it's a good thing Momma, hang in there!
The NEW BABY will need a binky!!!! Yippee! I love babies!
Oh Stacey I feel your pain. And my youngest is 16 years old. Pretty sad. None of my kids ever would take one,but my grandkids all did or do. They call them "choopies". Both my one yr old granddaughters are strung out on them and your story is theirs.Being in the car on a 1 hr road trip, no 7-11 or Walmart in sight and the Choopie can't be found.Oh Holy God! We have had to pull over on the highway and tear the car apart. Kinda like they do at the Border Patrol road block looking for drugs and illegal aliens.But once found and inserted in the screaming mouth of the child, all is well and peace is back. I wish my kids would have liked them. I served as the human pacifier.
3 nights? It's the thought of sleepness nights that has saved my 2 year old from losing her dummy. She uses it all the time and will steal one off her baby sister if she has forgotten her latest hiding place. I guess it would be smarted to just get both off at the same time. God, 3 nights. Yikes.
Ahh, the binky or "paa paa" as my almost three year old neice calls it. I don't even have a baby yet and Brian and I have already argued over this topic. I think binkies are adorable and my sister swears by them in making it easy to calm the baby down, not to mention the benefit of learning to suck when they are breast feeding. Don't feel bad, you did the right thing. BTW, Laura is adorable :-)
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