Binkie Weaning: Day 3

Jake's been a bit grumpier than usual, but so far we haven't even given him the plug when he goes to bed at night.
He is drinking more from his sippy cup and nursing a bit more.

Otherwise, I think the binkie days are FINISHED!

From this:

To this: (and yes, he is SPITTING in this picture)

Binkie Weaning: Day 2

Nap times for the past few days have been a LITTLE rough, but nothing too hard to handle. Although I was tempted to just get the dang thing and plug his mouth so he'd stop squirming so much. Eventually, after many position shifts and lots of calming and soothing naps DID happen.

One thing I've noticed Jake doing more is babbling. He's SO noisy! I never realized it before because he had his mouth plugged up with the binkie. Family Home Evening last night was so hard to hear! The kid was constantly "BUH buh BUHHHH!! Ma-ma DAAAAAAA!! Guuuh!! Mama!!" At one point, after throwing something on the floor, he babbled a bit and then yelled, "MAMA!!" I guess that was MY cue to pick it up for him! *eye roll*

Anyway, he's also learning to spit with his tongue. He's getting pretty good at it too. Cameron's never gotten that down...and it's an important developmental step for speaking. (NO, seriously!!) He's just a cute, ENERGETIC boy!

Binkie Weaning: Day One

I'm tired of Jake dragging his binkie across the floor, and I also think he's getting a little too old to be contantly popping his binkie into his mouth (even in his sleep...) So I've decided that he will only have the binkie at bedtime. (Not even naptime, because the kid sleeps SO much...)

So far, he's doing well....but naptime WAS a bit rough!