Today was a day of resolve. I took Gracie's binky away for good. She has had it only for sleeping for a while now, but today I decided to get rid of it for good! After her nap we said good bye to the binky and it disappeared.

All was well until bed time when she was requesting it as usual...

She still snuggled up to me while we sang and rocked, but there was a lot of chatter where silence usually reigned. Then I put her in bed and instead of laying right down, she held her head up as she felt around the crib for the missing binky- so sad. At first she just talked and played with her stuffed animals and pj's. Then she started to whine and whimper a little. I went in to lay her back down and she again requested her binky and started feeling around for it. The whimpering continued...she usually lays right down and falls to sleep immediately...it was heart breaking to listen to this sad change of behavior!

She did fall asleep eventually.

When Tim and I checked on her later, she stirred and began to feel around her crib (in her sleep) for her binky. Yep, this was harder on me than I realized it would be.