Going Binkyless!

Well, we have been noticing that Kyle is just using the binky as a security thing - well not really. It is hard to explain. Maybe it would be best to describe it as a bad habit. He has the thing in his mouth all day long, which Keith and I both agree has stunted his language skills. Even with him sucking on it though he still gets his crying fits. He will cry and the thing will balance in his mouth and not fall. But, it isn't working to pacify him anymore. I think it may also be damaging his teeth!

Again last night he cried and cried even though that darn binky was in his mouth. Kevin cried through the night (as a little boy), but at the time was in another room. Kaela sucked on a bottle or two nightly. As a result, she was a bit heavier then Kevin and Kyle were at that age. With Kyle still in our room, the 30 minutes of crying seemed like the entire night. With all that crying he did, you'd think he'd be tried this morning. But no! He woke up at 6:51am. Not enough sleep for Mommy who stayed up until almost 2am listening to him cry.

This morning when we woke it was still dark. Kyle right away wanted that binky. He had it in for about 10 minutes when I pulled it out of his mouth. I have decided that enough is enough and he doesn't need the thing. Well, it has been almost four hours since he hasn't used it and he really is doing well. Kevin and Kaela are playing with him, so I think that is a good distraction. Well, at the moment Kaela is the only one playing with him. Kevin is once again playing Zoo Tycoon. He is addicted to that game.

One of our New Year policies is less TV and computer time. More play time. One of my goals is to finally get their toys in order. That means put away in bins, like toys to like toys, and to actually enforce putting them back in their rightful and appropriate spots. It also means going through the toys and getting rid of the ones with missing and damaged parts and to give some away to the Goodwill.