I need some help. I am having a hard time
letting go of the fact that Lincoln isn't going to
be the baby anymore so I have put off
doing a few things that need to be done before the
baby comes. We need to move Lincoln to
his big boy room and get rid of his Binky.
I am just wondering if I could get some
advice on how to do these two things and
when I should do them. The baby isn't
due until July but when should I move
him and should I try and get rid of his binky
now? What is your advice on these two things?
THANKS!
letting go of the fact that Lincoln isn't going to
be the baby anymore so I have put off
doing a few things that need to be done before the
baby comes. We need to move Lincoln to
his big boy room and get rid of his Binky.
I am just wondering if I could get some
advice on how to do these two things and
when I should do them. The baby isn't
due until July but when should I move
him and should I try and get rid of his binky
now? What is your advice on these two things?
THANKS!
8 comments:
With Jayden we tackled the binky first. We did the binky fairy and it worked great! He was about 2 years old when we did that. When he was used to that, we switched him to the big boy bed. That was not nearly as hard as I had anticipated. We just really talked it up for a while first so he was really excited and only fell out a few times. He had a bed rail, but fell out of the foot of the bed. We kept it surrounded by blankets for the first couple of months though to break his fall so he was okay. Good luck!
Both of those things were harder for me than they were for Spencer. We started only giving him his binky during naps and at bed time(we started that about 18 Mo) and then we just stopped giving it to him. He was about 2 when we did that and he asked for it the first night, the second night he did great! I kept it in a drawer, just in case, but we never got it out again....in fact he happened across it a week or so ago, I forgot it was even there, and he put it in his mouth but didn't really know what to do with it after that...it was really funny!
I would move rooms then take the binky away...that way he will have his "comfort" for the first little bit...besides you can always work on the binky after the baby comes if you have to.
Are you moving him into a different BED or just a different room? To tell the truth... Avrie is STILL in a crib and Boston has been sleeping in a pack and play for 4 months now (since we moved him out of the bassinet)! All my sister-in-laws who have 6 or 7 or 9 kids say to keep them in a crib as long as possible! The other day I told Aves she could take a nap in my bed. When I went in to check on her a while later, thinking she was asleep, she was playing on the floor. It made me really grateful that I can lay her in her crib for a nap and know that even if she plays for a while she can't get out and will fall asleep eventually. But it's just a personal preference... Good luck!
Well I don't have advice, because we were forced to put Sydney in her big girl bed because Nick taught her to jump out of her crib, and with the binky I took it away from her the week we had a hurricane hit. We were all miserable anyway, that it wasn't a big deal. Good luck, I know how hard it can be.
Only get rid of the binky when you really can stick with it. Cold turkey. With Shyler, we had Easton coming and we moved her into her big girl bed and said that she couldn't sleep in the big girl bed with a binky. We had her throw them away in the trash with us, so she saw that they really were thrown away. Then we just stuck with it. She struggled maybe two nights without it, and then the habit was gone and we've never looked back! Woohoo!!
With Katy, when she was about 20 months I told her she could only have it at nap time or bed time. If she found one during the day I told her that she could have it but she had to go and sit in her bed. One night I couldn't find them so I told her they were lost and she was fine. Sometimes she finds a spare binky that was lost and goes and puts it on her pillow but it is "lost" again and she doesn't ask for it.
With the bed we took the rails off her crib after the binky was gone. All I can say is Good luck. when I put her down for a nap and go in to get her, she has managed to destroy her room. It is amazing what she can do in an hour and a half.
I have put my kids in a big bed before I get rid of the binky. My kids loved to sleep with theirs, and I thought a new bed was a big enough transition on it's own. I got rid of the binky a few months after moving them into their beds.
With the binky I would just cold turkey it when you do get rid of it. It will suck for a couple days, but then they are over it.
Good Luck!!
I let Cambree have her binky until after my boys were born. I felt bad taking it away when she was going to have so much change with the twins and moving. Once we got settled in MT I asked her if she was ready to be a big girl so she threw her own binkies in the trash and was fine. I heard a really cute way that I will probably to with my boys. Right now I am just letting them have it at nap time and bed time but when they turn 2 I am going to get balloons and attach a few to each binky and then let them let the binky float into the air. My friend just did this with her little one and she said it worked great. I feel like 2 is the perfect age. I know this is a lot of advise but I would move him into the big boy bed first and get him use to that and then take the binky away. Move him into the asap because it took Cambree a while to get use to it. GOOD LUCK!
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