We Did It... Goodbye Binki

Today is the first day without a binki... Cold turkey. We talked with Max this morning and told him he was a big boy and it was time to start doing some more big boy things... Like getting rid of his binki. We asked him if he would like to trade out his binki for a toy of some sort. He was so excited!!! So we packed the binki's up in a plastic bag and set out for Target. We decided to stick to a stuffed animal so he could still sleep with something. He picked a cute dog and we named it Brownie. 

Here they are; so happy. 

When we got home I told him it was nap time. He went right to his bed, threw his other stuffed animals on the ground and laid on Brownie. Then he asked for his binki... I told him they were gone because we traded them for Brownie. (Insert big tears from Max.)

Here is the real challenge. Max now knows that the binki isn't coming back and he may struggle with it. He wimpered for a few minutes after I left him, but is fast asleep now. I'm curious how it's going to go tonight for bed time. 

I'm nervous, but glad that we are doing this at the same time. It is time. Here's to moving on to bigger and better things.