Binky Withdrawal

Well, we are now more than 24 hours into Operation Lose the Binky (for Sabrina). And we are all still alive...for now. Seriously though it hasn't been that bad. She went to bed last night and took 2 naps today with minimal fussing. She did wake up once last night and when Mike went in to get her she was sitting up in her crib looking angry. He tried to pick her up but she threw herself down on the bed and he covered her up, patted her back and that was that. There were points during the day that I was wishing that I could just pop the thing in her mouth so she would stop crying - so it's probably been more traumatic for me than for her. We shall see...it's never been this easy before, so I'm not even cautiously optimistic yet.

And here's some cute pictures of her in the bath on Saturday. She got to take a bath all by herself on Saturday morning which NEVER happens. Grace threw up before Sabrina was even awake so that meant Breeny had the tub all to herself. Lately she likes to lay on her tummy for most of the time that she's in the bath, which I think is cute. Pardon the baby nudity...I think it's tasteful.

Mike just read the post and asked why I didn't write about all the throw-up at our house this weekend. So, I'll tell you all about it. Grace threw up on Saturday morning, Sabrina threw up on Saturday night...both of them threw up on me. The good news was that Mike was home both times and he cleaned it all up. I stayed home from church with them on Sunday, but they were both fine all day. So we thought we were done. Until 11pm Sunday night when Ben came out of his room without pants and underwear on and said "Daddy, I threw up." And boy did he. Mike was regretting giving him that red Crystal Light for dinner...I know, TMI. So Mike cleaned that one up too. And after like 12 loads of laundry between today and Saturday everything is now clean again. Ben was also fine today with no ill effects. So if we have to have the flu, this was the way to do it. Once per kid, Daddy cleans up the mess (thanks honey!), and we have our own washer and dryer to take care of the fall out.