I have known for a while that I needed to get rid of Lincolns binky but kept on delaying for fear of the backlash that could happen. I wanted to make sure I would be able to still be a some what kind and patient Mom, even though I would probably have a non-stop screaming kid day and night for at least a good couple of weeks.
To mentally prepare myself & Lincoln I would tell him that after Daddy's birthday we are going to tie your binky's to Daddy's birthday balloons and have them float away high into the sky. I did this weeks in advance ( I really think it was more for me so that I couldn't chicken out).
Well the day came. After a few trial runs in the house I realized that one binky would take at least 2 balloons. So I told Lincoln he needed to throw his other one away in the big black garbage can. He did it no problem :)
The last binky around all tied up and ready for take off.
I had Lincoln let go of the balloons all by himself. I don't know if I would have let go.
Watching the balloons float away. It was a great success :) At least 15 times a day for about a week he would ask where his binky was. I would tell him it went high in the sky to Heaven "to Heaven" was his reply and then he would be okay. It went so much better than expected :) Things are still a little tricky in the car but nothing that a sucker can't solve!!
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