Yesterday I decided it was time to get rid of the binkies. We had Marie and Peter throw them away in the garbage can outside of a store (so they could not be retrieved). Then, they each got to pick a toy. Marie picked a Jasmine doll. Peter picked James from the Thomas the Train series. They were all gung ho and said, "Bye, by binkie! Binkie in garbage!"
However, last night was the rude awakening. Peter sobbed and had a really hard time. He struggled to go to sleep, and Scott sat in the room with him so he'd go to sleep. Then, he woke up multiple times during the night. I ended up sitting by him at 5:00 in the morning so he could settle down. This morning I woke up to "Binkie in garbage" being repeated over and over.
Marie took it like a pro. We did have to convince her to take the binkie in the first place back when they were days old. Maybe that's part of the difference.
Hopefully tonight is better!
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