Bye-Bye Binky!

Jamie and I were putting Ryan to bed last night and realized his binky was in the living room, not in his bed. Jamie suggested that we put him to bed without it, and go cold turkey with the binky. Many of you know that I have been waffling on taking the binky away, but wasn't sure now was the right time. SO, I agreed and he did great last night. It took him longer to fall asleep than usual, but he went down with minimal fussing. I was a little nervous about naptime! I put him down for the morning nap and he is MAD! He has been crying for 20 minutes, so I turned off the monitor and came into the den so I couldn't hear him. I'm not going to give the binky back, but this is really bad timing! My mom is coming today, my final paper is due Monday and Ryan has his ear tube surgery on Monday. Then, a week from Tuesday is when I go back to work! I'm hoping that we can get him used to sleeping without it by then!

I'm staying strong, I'm not giving it back. I'm staying strong, I'm not giving it back....(I may have to just keep repeating this to myself!)

UPDATE: Ryan took 45 minutes this morning, but finally fell asleep. This afternoon, he was in his bed for 2 hours and NEVER slept. I think we are in for a rough ride.