bye bye binky...

jarad said after her birthday he wanted to get her off of her binky.  we were doing really well only using it for nap time, bed time and car rides.  but being so sick this winter really made bowie want her binky all the time and regress.  so you can imagine that i have been dreading this, but luckily it was only a short term pain when we gave up her bottle at 18 months, so i am hoping it will be a similar experience.

so this afternoon we went in the front yard and she threw them into the yard for the baby deer and goats.  she didn't ask for them at bed time and reminded us about the baby animals using them.  she had a hard time settling down to go to sleep, and we each took turns going into rock her.  she wasn't crying or upset, but just couldn't go to bed.  she woke up once in the middle of the night crying for her binky.  i rocked her and told her we all needed our sleep so we could have fun at the easter egg hunt the next day.  she calmed down and said she was ready to go back to bed.  and she did for the rest of the night. 

in the morning she didn't ask for it either nor at nap time either.  however, she tossed and turned at nap time and never fell asleep.  so it hasn't been too bad as she is not crying for it, but it is hard for her to settle down to sleep.  hoping that will won't last too much longer and we can all get the rest we need!