The binky fairy has come and gone...

A couple of weeks ago, we decided that it was time for Parks to give up his binky. He's always only wanted it for naps and bedtime...I didn't realize he NEEDED it for naptime and bedtime! We did the whole binky fairy thing where we put the binkies outside his door for the binky fairy to take to "the babies"...this worked well, especially since the binky fairy was leaving some pretty good little treats. He didn't seem to mourn the actual binky much, but he did have trouble falling asleep...this was new for us because God blessed up with good sleepers (thanks for that!!) The first few nights he thought of every excuse for us to come back in...water, music back on, cover his baby up, ect... When he ran out of excuses, the crying began. Poor guy just couldn't soothe himself with out his binky!! As you can see from the picture, he came up with creative ways to spend his time while trying to fall asleep. I went in to check on him one afternnon, thinking he was asleep since it had been so quiet for so long...WRONG!! He completely unstuffed his baseball pillow. I couldn't be mad...he almost never destroys things...who could blame him??!?! He's now adjusted and doesn't even seem tempted by his brother's binkies anymore...what a big boy:)