Binki baby

Grayden is definitely a binki baby. All my kids have loved their binki's but Grayden is literally obsessed. Lauren had her binki until she was two years old. She was our "Manipulator." One night, as she had done on several previous nights, she threw her binki out of the crib after she had been put to bed in an effort to get us back into the room to get it for her. On this one night Jason decided he was fed up with the routine and went in as usual to get the binki only this time he took it with him and shut the door. She screamed her head off for a LONG time that night. But that was the end of the binki for her. Nathan was our binki lover. He used to walk around the house going "bee are u?" Over and over and over until we would all join in on the search to find it. One day when he was three years old and we had done the "bee are u" search with no luck he had to go to bed without it. I promised him we would look again the next day. Of course we didn't find it then either. He was pretty melancholy for a few days but eventually got over it. Then about a week later Lauren and Nate were playing in the toy room and I hear Lauren shout with joy, "Mom, I found it!" I ran upstairs to see Nathan with the binki back in his mouth. I quickly took it away because I knew I didn't want to break it of him again. Luke was my easiest going about the binki. He got to an age where he was fine leaving it in the crib in the morning and only having it at naps and bedtime. When he was a little over three we decided that we should have him give Santa Clause his binkis and Santa would bring him presents. As I sat there that Christmas Eve and watched him contemplate this decision, tears filled MY eyes when he set them all down on the plate with the cookies. I'm not sure how Grayden's story is going to end...do they have binki rehab, binki AA, or self help books on ditching the binki? All I know is it's not going to be easy. But you know what they always say "He won't go to Kindergarten with his binki!" Oh wait, that saying is for potty training.