Bye Bye Binkie

Binkies are the best...they help soothe your baby, they are great distractions, they help babies fall asleep and for Jayden it helped her learn the sucking motion to drink milk from a bottle. Even though I'm super glad Jayden took a binkie from the beginning, now that she's (gasp!) almost 18 months, Jonathan and I decided it's time to take it away!

About a month ago we started only giving Jayden her binkie at bedtime and nap time. Before we put Jayden down last night, we decided at the last minute to try putting her down without it. Much to our surprise, she went down pretty quickly and slept through the night without it...and she even woke up in a good mood!

We're now about to hit the 24 hour marker and I'm happy to report Jayden is surviving...

oh and so am I :)