Binky Boo

The time has come. I am cringing inside because the date is set and I am dreading the weeks ahead. Caleb's binks are going bye-bye and the poor little guy doesn't even know it's coming. I hate to rock the boat. He has such a good sleep routine going and he's such a little champ sleeper (at home). He loves his binkies so much. You can hear him outside his bedroom door humming away. Whenever he is upset and gets a hold of his bink he starts humming. The sweetest little sound. As soon as the bink is in his mouth he cuddles up to Dave or I. I don't want his little hums and cuddles to end with the bink. I am writing this down so I remember what it was like in a house with blue binks. And a little boy who has loved those binks since the first time we gave it to him.
The reason we have come to this heart-wrenching (I'm being a little dramatic I admit) decision is because we don't want Caleb and Baby #2 with binks at the same time. But we actually decided months ago before we were even pregnant that we wanted Caleb off the binks before he turned a year and a half. He mostly uses them just for sleep but if we are driving or he's in the stroller or church he also gets them if needed. If he's teething and really fussy, the bink comes out. As much as I want to let him have them still for sleeping I think, for us, it's better to get rid of them altogether. To be honest Dave and I use them as a crutch for all those fussy times and I'm not sure we'd stick to our guns and be consistent with sleep-only binks. So best for us to just get rid of them altogether. We want to do this before we transition Caleb to a bed this summer. All these transitions for our little guy before the biggest one yet comes this summer! Baby steps they say.
The binks with be replaced with a lovey. And my hope is that within a couple weeks Caleb will adjust and be okay sleeping again.
I am writing this so that I don't break down and cave! The date is set for Monday (after our trip down south)
Now that I am feeling better and not as tired and clutching the toilet every day and Caleb is feeling better, (teething and being sick on hold) we are ready! (I'm trying to be optimistic about this but I cringe!)
So long binks...we will miss you! The next week's posts may not be so happy. If anyone has any words of wisdom they'd like to offer up we'd gladly take them :)