Case Life: The Binky..

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Binky..

This is going to be a weird post, but I want it documented. I have a love/hate relationship with.. the binky. Both of my girls have been pacifier addicts so I understand everything that goes with it. We got rid of Bailee's when she was about 2 and 3/4 years old. We put all of her binkies in a ziploc baggie and brought them to ToysRus. We had already searched out something I really wanted (a kids kitchen that we now have no room for in our apartment and is being stored at the grandparents..) oh.. and Bailee wanted it, too. We showed it to her and she loved it! We told her she could "buy" it with her binkies and she wanted to do it. We went up to the cashier and Bailee gave her the bag and then I secretly gave her my card and we bought the kitchen. Bailee asked for her binky for a couple of days and I just reminded her that she has the kitchen and that was it. oh.. and she stopped taking naps. major bummer. I told myself after that that I would not have another binky baby.. hmm I should have known by then to never say never when it comes to kids. Afton did not want any kind of binky or bottle in her mouth. She just wanted a certain part of me if you know what i mean. I was her binky and I hated it, so I did end up trying the binky thing on her. she did not like it. by the time she was 1 year old I had accepted that she was not a binky baby and was liking the idea of her not needing something like that to calm her down or put her to sleep. she was also weaned off of me by about 13 months so that was not a problem anymore. but. she found a binky laying around in the house from when I was trying to get her to take them. and she loved it. so she became addicted later than most kids and she is more attached to it now than Bailee ever was. now to my love/hate relationship. I love that it will calm her down pretty much anytime.. cuz boy that girl can have an awful tantrum lately. I love that it will put her to sleep pretty fast. I love that they are coming up with some cute designs for binkies lately. thats about it for the loves. I hate that she HAS to have it in order to calm down from a tantrum. I hate that she HAS to have it in order to fall asleep anywhere besides the car or my arms. I hate that it gets so gross looking. I hate how expensive they are. I hate losing them all over the place and then as soon as i break down and buy more, the next day I find like 5. I hate that I am almost just as attached to them as she is and the thought of giving them up after the plane ride to Florida scares me to death. I feel sooo bad for my future neighbors in Florida that will have to hear her scream for hours for her binky when she is sad, mad, or tired. but is has to be done. I think I have decided that it is more a hate/love relationship since I have more hates than loves. I tell Bailee not to use the word hate, so sorry if that is too strong, but i really do hate all those things about a binky. I almost put that my next child will not have a binky... but I know better now. sorry no pictures, my computer here doesn't upload them without the cords, and I don't know where those darn things are. hope all is well.

2 comments:

Emma said...: I know what you mean about the binky!!! My boys boys gave it up pretty easy at about 18 or 19 months. But I knew Amy would be a challenge. She is 20 months old. We've restricted it to nap time and bed time for now, and it took about a week, but now she doesn't ask for it unless she's tired. I'm still dreading taking it away completely.

Good luck!; May 17, 2010 at 8:38 AM
erica said...: boston is the same way with his bottle. he always is wanting his "ba ba!" it's so hard, i totally know.; May 17, 2010 at 12:58 PM

Bailee-isms

12/20/08 We were at the annual Case Christmas party. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne were nice enough to buy us Sizzler lunch and then had a program at their home. Before I tell the story, I need to clarify that Grandma Betty is from England and still has her accent - which I love! Bailee wanted to ride in Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne's car from Sizzler but we told her no since her car seat was already in ours. Bailee: "I just want to go with them because I love them so much." Grandma Sue : " I know, and they love you, too." Bailee: "But Grandma Betty says it weiood" (wierd without the "r" sound)
11/10/08 We were "puppy sitting" for Dave and Sue overnight so they could spend a night in Midway. Part of Bailee's bedtime routine is that she gets to have "snuggle-wuggles" right before bed every night. Snuggle wuggles started as being a Backyardigans show but has evolved to being a choice between playing make believe with toys, a show, or something else she really wants to do before bed. Well this particular night I gave her the choice between Dragon Tales or going to the store with me and she chose the show. When it was over and I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, she started to cry and throw one of her tantrums. She said she wanted to go to the store with me, I then reminded her that she chose the show over going to the store. She replied very seriously that when she chose the show, she was just teasing me. Very smart response.. it didn't fly and she was not a happy girl going to bed that night
11/12/08 We were driving home from Dave and Sue's and Bailee said "What does 'age' mean?" Dan and I weren't quite sure what she said, so we asked her to repeat it and she did. We still weren't sure if she said "H" or "age." Usually she can explain what she is saying by thinking of another word or saying it in a sentence. We asked her to say it in a sentence or tell us when and how she heard it. She stammered a little, then said "You know, like my feet are big." Dan and I tried very hard not to laugh and she finally said "Like I am a big girl." So then I said.. "Okay, you mean 'age'. That is like how old you are, so your age would be 3. When someone asks you what your age is, you would say 3." So Dan said "Yeah. It is like someone asking you how old you are. What are you going to say when someone asks you what your age is?" and Bailee said, "That I am a big girl!" Maybe you had to be there or it was pretty late, but it was very funny.
Grandma Sue bought a doctors kit for the grandkids. It came with a couple of cards that showed what to do with the "tools" - kind of like directions. When we were cleaning up all the parts to it, Bai couldn't find the cards and she was saying over and over.. "where are the indirections? " I think she was mixing up the words "instructions" and "directions." It is very cute that her vocabulary is growing so fast that she just has a ton of information to sort through. I am biased, but I definitely think she is a smartie!
Bailee was trying to get Dan to fill up her aqua-doodle pen with water so she could color on her mat, but apparently Dan wasn't jumping on the task. He continued to get ready for work and gather his things when Bailee said very demandingly "Dad, when you are all done with this world stuff, will you please fill this up with water?!" It definitely got his attention and he filled it up with water and she went on her way.
Bailee was talking with her cousin, Aliyah, and her grandma Packer about places they have been and things they have seen. My mom brought up that Aliyah was in a whale's mouth at Storybook land and Bai was in a shark's mouth in Disneyworld. They were laughing about that and my mom said, "Weren't you scared in the mouth?" and Bailee looked at my mom with her index finger pointed at her and said, " Remember grandma, those things are just PRETEND!" My mom thought it was very cute how Bailee was trying to comfort her on the scary pretend things that are out there.
Bailee is pretty much a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat - except for chicken nuggets and taco soup). In colorado, they took out a lunchable jr. and she wouldn't eat the meat. Well, someone told her that the meat would make her jump higher. She had a couple bites of the meat and walked away. Sue asked "Did you like it?" and Bai said "yeah, I am going to see if I can jump higher now, though." She jumped and everyone cheered - Maybe she will continue to eat meat and end up in the olympics!
Bailee was riding home from a dinner in the back seat of papa Dave and grandma Sue's car. Her uncle Andy was sitting next to her talking to her when the sun came shining into the car all of a sudden and her grandparents both burst into song "Here Comes the Sun, do do do do.." Uncle Andy then whispered to Bai "Grandma and Grandpa are getting old." and bailee replied, "Grandma's not old, but Papa is."
Being the great English buff that he is, Bailee's uncle Jason was trying to enhance Bailee's vocabulary by teaching her some new words. One of the words was "plump." He told her about having a nice, big, juicy, plump apple. Then he went on to explain that it meant "big." Bailee then was able to catch on and said, "Like you, uncle Jason?"
When Bailee says prayers, she really lets Heavenly Father into her heart. She has said things like, "please bless that I can watch a movie tomorrow. Please bless that I can get tinkerbell makeup at the store. Please bless I can sleep the whole night in my bed. Please bless we will grow up healthy and go to heaven."
Bai was helping grandma Sue wrap some baptism gifts and asked her what they were for. Sue said that they were for her primary kids who were going to be baptized and when Bailee turned 8, she would also be baptized. Bai looked at grandma like she was out in the night and said " Oh, no, grandma, I am going to be a doctor when I grow up!"
We were leaving grandma Sue and papa Dave's so Bai went and hugged grandma and said "I love you, grandma." Dan told her to go and tell grandpa the same thing so she went and hugged grandpa and said " Papa, I love grandma."
Bailee thought her pee would be pink after she drank her strawberry milk. After I told her it would still be yellow or clear, she still had her hopes up. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom to go potty and we heard her disappointed voice come from the bathroom saying "Yep, it's still yellow."