Bye-Bye Binkie - Day Two
August 5th, 2008 by Jenni
On Monday, yesterday, I put all of Guenna’s precious binkies in my top drawer. All the binkie’s that I could find that is, I’m sure that several will turn up later on. Chris and I have been dreading this day, Guenna LOVES her binkies and has required at least two to sleep with for naps and bedtime. But mama got sick of hearing the fits and screaming, so I told Chris that I wanted to attempt a shot at getting rid of those precious little sucky things :)
I’ve asked several people to pray that this transition would be a somewhat easy one (though I really didn’t have much faith that it would help;) And I must say, I think the Lord has heard my prayers. So far Guenna has not cried one time for her binkies! I’ve made a good effort to be as positive and cheerful as possible, and tried to help her to be a positive and cheerful “big” girl. I’ve painted her fingernails and toenails and gave her a manicure today with lotion and pushed her little cuticles back, she loved it! Whenever she mentions wanting her bink, I say, “Oh, I know honey, sometimes it’s hard being a big girl isn’t it?” And then I change the subject to something more interesting or give her a “big girl” task to help mommy with the housework. Usually, unless it’s nap time, it does the trick. Naptime and bedtime have been surprisingly easy, she’s not thrown fits and has been fine with holding onto her babies instead.
So, we aren’t completely out of the woods, but I’m going to venture to say that we almost have three down, and one to go :) Aidan still sucks his thumb sometimes at night (but only if I forget to put a bandaid on his thumb, otherwise he does really well). Cait is a big thumb sucker, but I really don’t mind. She doesn’t throw fits about it, she never loses it and we don’t have to spend $20 a month replacing the ones that she drops out of the stroller! :)
I better get going, Chris came home sick today. He threw up on the way home :( He doesn’t get sick very often so I better see if he needs me.
Tell Guenna that Nana Judi is VERY proud of her!!
By the way, Jen, I just took a second look and that picture, you cut off more than just a couple inches of her hair! Did you cut off all the curls?! How does Chris like it?
Oh, I knew I should have explained that picture :) That was a picture I took with my phone, sometime last year, and I was emptying my phone of pictures and wanted to make sure I had that one saved in our flickr. No, I didn’t cut off all her curls, and you can’t even tell that I cut it unless you look really close :) I’ll have to post a picture of her new haircut soon.
I will tell her that Nana Judi is proud of her. We had a rough night tonight. But I sang to her and just sat by her bed while she cried, then as she settled down I prayed with her and told her how much I loved her and believed in her. She really responded well and was able to stop crying and be her cheerful self again. I’m learning how much my attitude affects my children, Lord help me to be more consistent in the grace, mercy and joy depts!
Jenni,
Both Ona and Elizabeth had pacifiers! We called them ‘Where’d it goes’ because they always needed to be found….we would search and find baskets full and by the end of the week they would need to be found again! The Ahearn’s will be praying for you…..and I am sure Ona and Elizabeth will be praying for Guenna for they know what she is “feeling”.
Love you
Kelley