Bye Bye Binkies!

Tonight we (mainly me) helped convince Sweet E it was time to say, "Bye-Bye Binkies." We are still paying the price for not taking them away from Mr. C sooner. He has some speech issues that we are pretty sure are linked to him learning to talk with a binkie in his mouth. Anyway, with the birth of a new little baby cousin we decided to tell Sweet E that poor Baby L needed some binkies, and that she was getting too old for binkies and she should share her binkies with Baby L. From the day Baby L was born I have been trying to convince her that that would be the nice thing to do. Today, she FINALLY conceded that maybe she could do it for a price. Like her brother, she has mad bargaining skills. So tomorrow, if she makes it through the night, she gets to go to Target and get a princess toy. However, the knowledge of a princess toy on the horizon doesn't make binkie withdrawal any easier. Tonight as we were prepping for bed, Daddy slipped and gave her a binkie (in his defense he did not know we were SERIOUS this time about NO MORE BINKIES)....anyway that set off a sting of bad events. I sent the boys out and held Sweet E on my lap trying to console her broken spirit. In the process her tears became so bad that she began to start to choke....which resulted in her gagging. She started crying, "no no me not going to throw up!" I calmed her down and tried to sing to her.....but then the gagging started again.....I got up and ran to the bathroom. Once in the bathroom she calmed down again....I picked her up and was hugging her when she decided she would show me how unhappy she was.....she PUKED ALL OVER MY SHOULDER and ARM!! S-I-C-K!!!! I quickly turned her and got a majority of the mess in the toilet. She is in her room crying herself to sleep....the bathroom is disinfected....the laundry is started.....and I feel like a mean mom!! But it is for her good. However, it is a little bittersweet.....her binkie was one of the last "baby" things that kept her in the "baby" category. Next up is potty training....I think we may need to give it a week before we spring that one on her. It is a sad day....for the first time in over 4 years we don't have a baby drifting off to sleep with the aid of a binkie....sniff, sniff, sniff. My little girl is growing up!

PS. I almost forgot when Sweet E was in the bathroom making her mess, Mr.C came in and looked at her and said, "I'm going to throw up!!" I quickly told him to go get back in bed.....I can just imagine the mess I could have had....because if you remember Mr.C is my special child that can throw up on command. Yeah I know.....he is talented....I am SO lucky!! Thank heavens tonight was only 98% chaos not....100%!! So much for getting to sit down and watch a show, motherhood is so TOTALLY AWESOME sometimes!! :-)