it's time...

ok, we are for real getting rid of the nuk this weekend. we originally said we would do this at one year, but then that came and went. so now, here we are, almost 18 months and it's time. and i am d.r.e.a.d.i.n.g. it. bennett has been sleeping like a champ lately and i'm nervous that taking the nuk out of the equation could derail that completely. but i don't think that waiting another X amount of months would eliminate that fear. if it's going to be horrible, that will likely be the case now or 1, 2, 3 months from now. plus, if we don't do it before baby #2 comes then bennett will probably wind up having his nuk til he's like 16 because goodness knows i'm not doing it while i have an infant up multiple times a night.

so, now's the time. bennett is a little young, i think, to fully grasp what's going to happen, but we have been talking to him about it. "only X more sleeps til we have to say bye-bye to our nuk, buddy." he pretty much just looks at us like "yeah, yeah, gimme it." today while i was changing him before his nap he said "nuuut" (nuk), so i gave it to him and said "ok buddy, only 3 more sleeps and then we have to say bye-bye, nuk! the new baby will need nuks, don't you think?" he said "yeah" and then patted my belly and said "baby." if only i believed he meant it...

i'm thankful that he's attached to his binkie (his little packer blanket) so he still will have a comfort object. also ben falls asleep in the car without his nuk all the time so it's not like he can't sleep without it. can you tell i'm just giving myself a pep talk here?

pray for us. i think i have built it up in my mind that this is going to be such a nightmare that i'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised at how well it goes. naturally joe is like, "it's no big deal." ughh, joe and his stupid half-full glass...