Bye Bye Binky

Jackson is our Binky Boy. His Binky is his comfort. It was suppose to be only for bedtime/nap time, but all too often it was just becoming an all day item (not really ALL day, but often enough). I knew it was time to ween him off it... I just didn't want to face it. We decided we would wait till after we got back from the Holidays so he could have it Grandma and Grandpa's house and on the plane if needs be. Well, something happened about a week before we left and the Binky went bye bye sooner than was anticipating.

I put him down for his nap and specifically moved a tub of eucerin cream out of his reach on his dresser. He happily and quietly stayed in his room for 2 hours, but never slept. I braced myself before walking in thinking that he probably found something to destroy; little did I know it was going to be this: His smiling face stripped down to his diaper (we are lucky he had his diaper on since that is usually missing as well. Oh yeah, that's because if you'll notice it is duck taped on. We tape it only at nap time because of another incident similar to this one but with poop.) But what is all over him you ask?! Yup. He found a way to get to that eucerin cream.
Under the crib lay some Tupperware containers full of baby clothes that were perfect stepping stools. It was ALL OVER his room. Literally. The pictures don't do justice. (Luckily it was on a weekend and Justin was there to help clean this up and Jonah was napping at the time. We made Jackson sit in the crib while we cleaned it. He kept wanting to talk and thought it was pretty fun, but we ignored him. We didn't even look at him in hopes that he would realize we were serious about how this was so not okay.)

Soon he comes up to me and says, "Uh Oh. Wash Binky." He dipped that Binky in the tub of cream and it was caked on. That is when we knew the Binky was a goner. I told him it was yucky and ruined and told him we had to get rid of it and throw it in the garbage. I made him hold it and throw it in so that he could see what was happening. (At first he threw it in the sink, but I told him I couldn't wash it)

He actually has done great without the Binky. At first when he would ask for it we would ask him to tell us where it was and he would say "Garbage." He sleeps good at night without it but ever since we have gotten rid of the Binky we have had NO NAPS!!! Yes, he isn't even 2 1/2 and he has dropped his naps. Ridiculous. We broke down once during Christmas when he was sick and bought him a new one, but once we left Grandma's we told him it had to stay there.

So, orange and turquoise Binky, farewell to you.