Bye Bye Binky

Monday was a BIG day in our house!  Not only was it the first day back to school for Reaggie after a VERY long Christmas break, but it was also the day I decided was going to be "bye, bye binky day!"  It was time, but I was DREADING it.  Landon, clearly, LOVED his binky, but at almost 3 1/2 years old, it was time.  We had been talking about it and talking about it, and finally we gave him the "warning" on Friday that Monday was it.  He took the news okay ;)

A quick LAST binky picture...this was his last piece of "baby" and he is my baby, so this was just as hard for me as it was for him, but we had a fun day planned to celebrate!

We went to the mall so that he could go to Target and the Disney Store to pick out a couple treats.  CRAZY to do this after Christmas when he NEEDED NOTHING, but you do what you gotta do :)  The first stop was riding a couple rides, that they so nicely have placed right in front of Target.

Success!  He found some fun treats..you'll never guess what...

Yup, NEW TRUCKS!  JUST what we needed :)

Bailey came with us to pick up Reaggie at school and this is how he sat the whole way home, he LOVES his Reaggie!

Landon had kind of been fighting naps over break and he was at the point where if he did nap he wouldn't go to bed until close to 9, which I am NOT a fan of.  SO we have now not only dropped the binky, but dropped naps too.  BOO HOO HOO!  Although, he does rest with the iPad now for about an hour or a little more, which still gives me a little breather before we pick up Reagan.

Mondays happen to be our crazy day (get R at school, come home for an hour, hip-hop and jazz are an hour, eat dinner, bath...), but we still made Landon his special "Happy No More Binky Day" cake and sang to him.  He insisted on blue icing...he really wanted a blue cake too, but I kind of forgot to add the food coloring and thankfully he didn't seem to care too much.

Yay Landon!!

SOO it's now been 3 nights of no bink and he's done better each night.  The first night was hard for him, it's like he didn't know how to go to sleep without it, but thankfully he still has his pillow and white love, which he loves to rub.  The second night I laid in bed with him until he fell asleep and last night we snuggled for a couple minutes, I left him and he went right to sleep.  My babies are just getting so big and I'm just SO proud of how well our Landon has handled this transition!  Good job buddy!  You're SUCH a  BIG BOY now!!