On Thursday last week I put her new freshly washed bedding from Pottery Barn Teen on right before nap time. She was so excited she wanted to go to bed. Since Monday was a holiday (July 4) our trash pick up was delayed from Wednesday to Thursday. The trash always comes in the afternoon during naptime and has woken Raegan (and Kaylie) up numerous times. So as I am laying next to Raegan in her new bed reading her night night books, we hear the trash truck come up and down the street. We talked about the trash man and that he was taking our trash bye bye. We finish the books, sang our night night songs and she falls asleep... RIGHT AWAY... WITHOUT HER BINKY!!! I couldn't believe it. She didn't ask for binky, she didn't whine or cry. She was so excited for her bed she didn't realize it.
2 hours later, she wakes up, and asks for binky. I told her the trash man took it bye bye with all the trash. End of story. She was fine and didn't ask for it again. Who is this child? Where did my binky obsessed girl go? She really is growing up. She has asked for binky a couple of times since then and we just tell her the trash man took it and she is fine with it. It has been the easiest 5 days I ever could of imagined. I collected all 10 or so binkys from around the house and hid them- just in case. But I think tomorrow when the trash man actually comes tomorrow, that he really will take all the binkys this time.
I should also note that we have been weaning her off the binkys for a little while now. She use to seriously sleep with like 8 binkys. I cut her down to 3, one in her mouth and one for each hand. Total security for her. She then went to only 2 for bedtime and none in the car. She hasn't been allowed them during the day for quite some time now, only for naps and car rides. After a few days of the 2 binkys at bedtime, we went to just one. Then the trash man came. So we slowly weaned her and it was amazing. I am still in shock over how easy it was. She even saw babies with binkys the other day and didn't care or throw a fit about wanting one.
My sister couldn't believe that I told her the trash man took them, and that I didn't tell her something cute like the paci fairy came. But Raegan doesn't know what a fairy is. She knows to throw her trash away. She knows what the trash trucks are. It made sense and it worked... like a charm! Yay! Hopefully when the trash man comes tomorrow she wont throw a total fit wanting binky back.
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