Quitting Cold Turkey

No, none of us are chain smokers. Sam is going sans binky! I must admit that this has been more of a struggle for me than for him, it is such a nice little crutch for a mother to lean on. However, it has been three nights and two naps now where Sam has slept without the pacifier. The first night he screamed in his crib for maybe 10 min before falling asleep. He was extremely exhausted as it was, so that helped. The next night he cried off and on for a half hour. Both of the naps he has cried for at least 15-20 minutes, and at one point during the first nap I made the mistake of going in his room because he had stopped crying so I assumed he was asleep but he wasn't. He saw me and immediately stood and stretched his arm towards the shelf where we usually keep the binkys and cried with huge tears, "Mama...jeejee...jeeJEEEEEEE!" (jeejee is how he says binky) and continued to cray for quite a while. I almost lost my nerve and caved...but Brian is thankfully stronger than I am. Its a good thing we started this on a weekend when Brian was home otherwise I never would have followed through on the naps. The first two nights and the first nap were shorter than I would like, and he was a bit cranky as a result, but his nap yesterday was almost 2 hours and he didn't wake up this morning until 7:30. And the most wonderful of all, last night Brian laid him down after reading him stories and he didn't even ask for his "jeejee". He looked a Brian and said, "bye" and we never heard another peep from him again. No whining, no screaming, no crying. MIRACLE!!!

So, I would like to say "Thank You" to my wonderful husband for making me go through with what I have been threatening to do for several months now. Otherwise, Sam might have grown up to be a thirty-year-old with a pacifier problem because it would have been more convenient for me.