Binky-Free Delson

Last night we finally took Delson's binkies away.  We wanted to get rid of them before he turned 2 which is next month and I thought it might be nice to have them gone before we go visit my parents in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving.  So.....we did it last night.  Like so many of my friends have done, we cut the nipple of the binkies off and then when we gave them to Delson, he said "Uh oh" because he knew they were broken and had to be thrown in the trash.  We threw them away and when he realized they were all gone, he was pretty sad.  He cried for about an hour and half before he finally fell asleep last night.  It was heart wrenching to listen to.  He kept crying out "B" because that is what he called them.  He is such a sweetheart and he was pretty much mourning over the loss of his comfort prop.  I only hope that if I was to die today and Alex told him I was all gone that Delson would cry like that over me. It was pretty pathetic.  It made me feel bad, but I know it is for the best.  He woke up one other time in the night and started crying, but I just went in and reminded him that they were broken and he laid right back down and went to sleep.  I was really nervous for nap time today too, but he only fussed for a very short while.  He is such a good boy and he is doing much better than I thought he would.  I am so proud of my Delson!  Yeah for no more binkies!  (At least for Delson....we'll still have to get rid of Kambria's at some point, but I don't even want to think about that right now.)