At the beginning of October Kenzie gave up her binky on her own. I didn't know when it would ever happen. She was so attached to it and I didn't want to make her so sad by taking it away. Plus she occasionally would still take a nap with it, and I had said I wasn't taking it away until she was done taking naps. I just hoped someday she would just give it up and realize she was too old for (Doug was more worried than me that she wouldn't because I still have my baby blanket :) But blankets are different than binkies, right?) But one day, when she was having quiet time in her room while I was homeschooling the boys, she had gone to the bathroom and on her way back was telling me something. I wasn't sure what she said, but I thought she was telling me she didn't bring her binky to the bathroom. Later that night when we were getting ready for bed, I saw it in the garbage in the bathroom. I asked her if she threw it away because it had a hole in it and she said yes. She hasn't cried about it at all, which I still thought she would. She did tell me the next few nights that she would scared without it. She sleeps with her unicorn light (that Aunt Cindy had given her for her birthday, right before Kenzie gave up her binky... It was perfect timing!) and that helps her to not be scared at night :)
Sometimes when I give Kenzie a kiss on the cheek when we check on her before going to bed, she smiles. She had been doing it this night, but stopped by the time I got the camera. I think she's kind of awake when she does that, but not enough to open her eyes. It's always so cute.
Such a big girl!
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