Bye Bye Binky!

My goal was to have the binky disappear this summer, before Nolan went back to school. In case her screaming kept him awake and than he'd be tired at school. I was putting this off until Annika's molars came in, but than her eyeteeth were coming in so I decided to wait a little longer.

Last night I started the bedtime process like normal. She likes to snuggle on top of me for a few minutes before I put her in her own bed to fall asleep. I gave her the binky like normal and she was being goofy with it, trying to stick it in my mouth, etc. I said, "Oh, are you all done with binky?" I decided this would be a good weekend to take it away completely. I said, "Okay, bye bye binky." I finished snuggling with her, than put her in her bed with her favorite snuggle buddies. She was pretty quiet for a few minutes. Than, the screaming started. And it got worse. I went out to the garden to weed. She wouldn't quit screaming. I almost gave up, but new I needed to do this. It was time. Finally, I decided to take her out of her bed and let her play until she passed out. She finally passed out around 10:30. That's 3 1/2 hours passed the time she normally falls asleep. :P Throughout the night wasn't as bad as I was thinking. She woke up crying a couple of times, but nothing too bad. We survived the first night.

She fell asleep for her nap on the way to Adam's work. I was actually not even going to give her a nap today so she'd be REALLY tired by bedtime tonight. She didn't sleep long though, so she was pretty tired by bedtime anyway. I didn't want to hear all the screaming again tonight, so I let Annika snuggle on me until she fell asleep all the way. Which, normally she wouldn't even do that without her binky. So, we are making good progress for only night 2. Tomorrow, I'll try putting her in bed before she's completely asleep. Actually, she might just fall asleep on the way home from Pioneer Day. Than, hopefully by Sunday night, she will be a pro!