About 3 weeks ago now we took away Harper's binky.
Adjustments for her have always been relatively easy...
from breastfeeding to formula, formula to milk, bottle to sippy cup, crib to big girl bed,
but taking away the beloved binky was
absolutely awful!
We decided that cutting it would be the best, so she could decide she no longer wanted it, rather than it me taken from her.
Well it didn't make things easier
AT ALL.
She wanted it fixed as soon as we handed it to her.
She cried and cried and cried.
Which I was prepared for, but I was not prepared for her broken heart.
She held it close to her heart and said, "but I love him"
At two and a half she had her first broken heart and I couldn't help but feel that it was ALL my fault.
I laid in her bed and cried right there with her.
She sobbed for us to make her "feel all better"
We tried to reason with her, explained that everyone's binky breaks at some point...
She would seem ok, we would walk out and the sobbing would start all over again.
We went in and out of her room that time about a 100 times that night.
Sleep for the next week was rough.
We let her sleep with the binky, but it was still broken and she never did put it back in her mouth.
Tonight I finally took it out of her bed. It had been stuck in the crack between the mattress and the bed for 2 weeks now, so I figure she is over it.
I am keeping it for her baby book though.
She is back to normal and we are both so glad this transition is over with.
I just had to document it, but I am pretty sure I will never forget it :(
Love this girl
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