Back in December Ben and I had been talking about saying good bye to his pacifiers. We discussed how he can use them to buy toys when he was all done with them. He was very excited about this and we put all his binkies in a bag and took off to the store.
Once we got to the store, he picked out the big yellow dump truck but at check out time, he got a case of cold feet. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago and he was ready to try again. This time he about hit the cashier in the head with his bag of "monies" as he threw them on the counter. Saying "Good-bye bebe's, I am a big boy!" He was thrilled with his new cars and track.
Up until bed time. Then came the crying. It was easy to remind him that he decided to give them away to get the cars. He responded with sobs of "why??" I held him and laid with him till he fell asleep. The next morning he was up early, we are talking 5am early. Lights on and pulling all the blankets off his bed, searching for a bink. More tears. It took a few nights of tears before bed, and a few more "why's??", then on the third night he told me "I don't have by bebe's, they are at the store.", and we haven't had a tear since. We do now have a little boy who for the first time doesn't want to go to sleep at night, or take naps. He is talking more and seems so much more 'grown up'. Now it's mom pulling the covers off of the bed, and crying "why??" Why do they grow up so fast?
Ben is Potty trained, Pacifier free, and packs more attitude then all four of his siblings combined.
