Goodbye Binkies

I know, I know...she's three years old.  I was one of those parents who said I would never let my child have a binky.  But Chandra was addicted.  Only at bedtime, but she absolutely loved her binky.  She'd ask to go to sleep just so she could have it.  We've been meaning to take it away from her...for the last two and a half years!! We had several attempts where we gave up.  But now the binkies are no more, and here's how it happened:

My awesome sister-in-law Sally called me one day and said, "I think you should get rid of Chandra's binkies." I told her I agreed but wondered why she'd called to tell me.  She'd just been to the orthodontist with her daughter who sucked her thumb, and was looking at spending $7200 for braces. And they're going to be the painful kind.

I told Chandra about this, and that we needed to get rid of her binkies soon.  That night she asked me for her binkies and I truthfully told her I didn't know where they were.  She got a sad look on her face and then said, "Oh, yeah, I know where they are.  They're in the garbage." She took me to the bathroom garbage and showed me her cut up binkies.  Apparently Bracken had overheard me tell Chandra about their cousin, and the two of them decided to cut them up and throw them away.

She was pretty sad that night, but Kinsey shared her soft pink blanket with the owl and that made Chandra cheer up.  She's named the owl Tweet-Tweet and sleeps with it each night.  So thanks to my kids making it happen....No more binkies.