BINKY, WHATS THAT ???? Funny Story!

Just for fun, I wanted to see how JA would react to seeing a binky, after he's been binky-free for almost 2months.
(Might I add, Im so proud of him )

He never had fits or showed signs of wanting it as we weaned him from it. It was a pretty seamless transition.

So today, we had the camera rolling, and let him play with his toys, spoke to him, asked him questions, as he repeated everything we said (or tried to ). Then I handed him the binky...
It was the funniest thing. He looked at it like it was a new, strange toy... He threw it on the floor, threw it into his basketball hoop and then into his Lego Truck
He picked it up again, and threw it to the floor.
Well over five minutes into this, he put it near his mouth, 'tasted it' as if it were something he might want to put into his mouth..and then made a funny face as if it tasted sour or something...
Then he brought his big Elmo doll over to daddy, and we put it in Elmo's mouth.. He took it out and put it back into ELmo's mouth several times...but he never once put it back into his mouth...

It seems we weaned him at a perfect time. Before he was able to 'name it' and ask for it by name It did bring him 13 months of comfort and dreamy nights, so I will absolutely let baby#2 have one but Im also glad I wont have a preschooler speaking through a binky

Thanks for listening to my silly story.. I was hoping it wouldnt end up backfiring and BACK TO BINKY...

Oh, the trials and tribulations of a toddler

How soon he forgot an old friend!!

This is the cutest story Anna. I just hate to see kids with pacifiers in their mouth when they are like 4! No joke, I think I saw a kid that probably was 6 or so with one!!! You must have weened him at the right time, that is great!

I also hate to see an older child with a binky in their mouth. I am glad your little one found new ways to play with it

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Hi Anna that is a sweet story...I wish Mia would take the 'binky' I call it a bo bo ..

She has never taken it and now that she's teething I was hoping she would at least take a teething ring, anything...she seems to find comfort in her fist

Hug to JA! and we are so proud of him.

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Posted by NuBride

Hi Anna that is a sweet story...I wish Mia would take the 'binky' I call it a bo bo ..

She has never taken it and now that she's teething I was hoping she would at least take a teething ring, anything...she seems to find comfort in her fist

Hug to JA! and we are so proud of him.

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I wonder if that has to do with being BF? Damien will not have anything to do with a binky either. Hr does however suck his thumb on occasion.


That's such a cute story Anna

Awww ... that's cute Anna.

Is that basketball hoop the one that we gave him. I'm glad he's enjoying it!

Stacey, I know that is weird...she has had her thumb in her mouth on occasion but nothing permenant....I wish she would suck something else besides Mommy!!

Glad the binky reunion went well.

Adeline won't really take one either, only when she is really tired. We've tried to give it to her every once and a while but sometimes it just seems to piss her off. She would rather stick her fists in her mouth (sometimes both at the same time) Maybe it does have something to do with BFing?

I wonder if not taking the binky has to do with BFing. That would be interesting to do research on

My nephew (BF baby) is also a HUGE thumbsucker and my sis is worried that you cant take that away

Good boy JA!!!!! How cute is that???!!! My goddaughter was a big binkie baby and she looked ridiculous at 4 with that thing in her mouth!!! She still carries it around in her backpack, but thank God she doesn't use it anymore.

My friend did this to her son, who wouldn't get rid of it, she put oregano on it and said it was bugs and the kid took it, threw it in the garbage and that was that!!!

Gianna doesn't use the 'regular' binky -- she refuses to use it. She only takes this big gigunda one from the hospital and only for a few seconds at a time -- she SPITS it out when she doesn't want it. Right now when she takes it, she just uses it to gnaw away on the side!!

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Posted by bearsbabe_113
My friend did this to her son, who wouldn't get rid of it, she put oregano on it and said it was bugs and the kid took it, threw it in the garbage and that was that!!!

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That's hillarious!!!!!

Hi Jen!! Wasn't that funny? I told both my sister and my cousin to try it, but neither one listened to me!!!

Deb, thats SOO CUTE that she only wants the BIG HUGE one from the hospita!
and its a good sign that she spits it out (isnt that the cutest thing too???) and its a good sign that she just gnaws on the sides of her mouth, because she's using it more to soothe her gums than her sucking reflex (but im no expert )...

I cant wait to meet her !!!!!!

Now she's discovered her thumb and I have to keep taking it out of her mouth!! I don't want all those dental bills ahead of me, ya know!!

I love when babies play with their hands and try to shove them in their mouth -- and in my bear cub's case, gags herself!! I don't like that, I like the before the gagging part!!!

Edited to say: yes Missy, hopefully we'll get our acts together soon and GTG!!!!

Aw! 2 months binky-free! I still give Luke the binky. I considered weaning him but I changed my mind for now. He's been so amazingly adaptable with everything else so far, I am not worried about him having trouble weaning.

That's a cute story. Elmo gets a taste of the binky over here too.