I'm happy to report that Kylie has made it three days without her binkie or her blankie. THREE DAYS PEOPLE!!!! And without much fuss about it either. She was down to mostly using it at naps/bedtime and I really worried about how it would leave for good. Frankly I anticipated having five days of being tortured by hearing her cry herself to sleep. So I'm SO GLAD things are going the way they have and we didn't have to do that.
Over the past week or two she's started wanting to sleep in the other room, where the bed is. This is going to be her room soon. A few nights ago she accidentally fell asleep without her blanket. The next day I found it and put in the cupboard and wanted to see if she'd remember to ask for it. She didn't. Then I noticed she hadn't taken the bink to bed with her either. When she wasn't watching I rounded up the last two binks in the house and stashed them somewhere she wouldn't stumble on them. So this is our third night of being binkie, blanket and crib free. Somehow I think the change of moving her into the other bed has helped things along. Really I would have been find having her keep the blankie around, but I'm beginning to see that I can't keep that around because it remind her of her binkie!
The biggest drawback really is she screams a lot more now. Mostly in the car when we are driving. Still trying to figure out how to deal with that since delayed consequences don't work with a two year old. Her screams are well.... ear piercing. I'm all ears on ideas.
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My kids used to have "car only" toys and if they didn't behave (no screaming) I took it away....even if I had to pull over on the freeway. If they were going to scream with or without it, it didn't matter to me. They caught on pretty quick. I am so curious to see what other people say. Every kid is different and I have a little stinker of an 18 month old. I don't think the "car toy" is going to work with him. HELP!!!
Can you do a car chart or something like that? I would buy stickers that looked like a car and then let her put the sticker on it if she is quiet and good. After she earns so many maybe you can get her a yummy or prize. Maybe do a chart for Kipton and if he is quiet he gets one. This might encourage her to see that someone else is getting stickers and she will want the same.
I use to keep a bag of dum dum lolly pops in the car and would pop them in my boys mouths when they got fussy. Works for about 5 minutes. Or you could try playing toddler music and have her sing along. I would rather listen to "ring a round the roses" than high pitching screaming any day.
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