As Auntie Lori correctly pointed out, in yesterday's photo there is a binky even though Julie and I had previously decided to ban them except for bedtime. And now, after reviewing the photos from today, most of them show Lyla with two binkies. Did you know that with this whole parenting thing, Julie and I are making it up as we go?
So we're eventually going to de-binky this child. Someone suggested cutting off the tip of every binky in the house. The circumcised binkies will feel wonky to Lyla, and she'll kick her own habit. But it seems cruel to cut her off cold turkey while she's teething. Hey, I bet cold turkey would feel good on those gums.
But anyway, at night and during naps, Lyla still manages to lose the binky through the bars of the crib. When we respond to her cries, we often find her with her arms between the crib bars, straining futilely to reach to the floor. I think for her birthday on Friday I will buy her a small fishing pole.
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Can you de-binky the word "binky"? Oliver thinks "pacifier" sounds better.
Did you just refer to yourself in the third person? Comment fail.
By the way, didn't you used to go by the name Cindy Bloomfield? How's life in Lakeville?
A pacifier pacifies; a binky binks.
Yeah, maybe waiting until she gets all her teeth would be more humane. As for the binky dropping when she's in the crib, all you need to do is build a ledge around the crib so it won't fall all the way to the floor. Then she can reach it. Or duct tape a very shallow box along the edges of her crib. Or attach a helium balloon to each binky, but that could be a choking hazard. Or make a moat so the fallen binky will float and she can reach it. Or get a very large binky that can't fit through the bars. Or board over the bars with wood like windows in a haunted house. I could go on. Oh wait or how about just attach the binky to her shirt or blanket or something? I guess that is more practical than the moat idea. Btw, happy birthday, Julie!
If we build the moat, we could hire some helpful alligators to return binkies to Lyla.
It occurs to me that I am not sure if binkies even float. It seems the binky end of it would make it float, but I sort of think they sink. Please find out and report back.
One more idea. Have a little table right next to the crib, so she can reach through the bars to the top of the table, where a spare pile of binkies will be waiting just in case. Would she be flexible enough to think to get another one, or would she be too focused on the one that she has dropped? Please find out and report back.
You could also place other things on the table, such as puffs in case she is hungry or a spare pair of socks in case hers fall off and get lost. Perhaps a spare diaper so she can change herself in the morning and go back to sleep. These ideas are free.
It reminds me of my childhood bedside table, where I put my nightly thermos of water in case I got thirsty. When I shared a room with the cribbed Scott, he would reach between his bars, steal my thermos, and scurry to the far back corner of his crib where I couldn't reach. Little rascal.
Now that I think about it, I guess you could just keep a bunch of spare binkies in the actual crib, like in a little container. Does she need a tupperware of binkies for her birthday/Christmas, or would that send the wrong message? Let's wait til she's 2 to get rid of them, cuz that'd be a cool gift! *appoints self third parent of Lyla in order to grant her a binky extension*
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