my oldest is almost 3 and we have been meaning to take his binky away. he primarily uses it a night but he's smart enough to go get it out of bed and carry it around.

we decided this weekend would be good, since it's a 3 day weekend daddy will be home to help. we thought about balloons but decided to take him to the toy store and pay for a toy with his binky. saturday quickly got away from us and we missed the trip to the toy store.

as we put him to bed we decided to just try and see how it went. we talked up being a big boy and no more binkies. i laid down with him for a few minutes but when i got up to leave.

"but where's my binkies."

i laid back down.

"you're a big boy now. big boys don't need binkies. daddy doesn't have a binky. uncle lolo doesn't have a binky. spencer and eli don't have binkies. don't you want to be a big boy like them."

after a long pause....

"bye bye binkie. no more binkie."

could it be true! what i dreaded was THAT simple? just like his dad, he's a perfect little squirt.

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when i contacted happygreenbee i didn't know they were connected to burt's bees. turns out they were both started by the same woman, roxanne. so i'm giddy to be connected in a small way to burt's bees with babysteals.com.

love burt's bees, love happygreenbee.

please excuse the organic rant, here are more details:

Roxanne and Burt started Burt's Bees in 1989, a cottage industry which quickly evolved into an internationally renowned personal care company with a core commitment to pure ingredients, naturally efficacious formulas and earth-friendly packaging. As a mother designer and lifelong enviromentalist, Roxanne saw a void in children's clothing wear and a lack of awareness to the benefits of organic cotton. Thus she began to "sew" the seeds of her newest venture- happygreenbee, and all organic cotton clothing line created especially for kids.

happygreenbee has a simple philosophy; clothing that is comfortable, colorful, playful and ecologically responsible.

why choose organic cotton?

90 million acres of worldwide agricultural lands are devoted to the production of cotton, consuming 25% of all pesticides used on our planet.

Organically grown cotton is not treated with pesticides and herbicides.

Genetically modified seed accounts for 50% of cotton grown in the United States. We can only speculate about the unintended and unforseen consequences of genetic engineering.

organically grown cotton does not use genetically engineered seed.

Petroleum based hydocarbons (chemical fertilizers) are intensively applied to cotton crops to artifically speed up and otherwise "enhance" the plant's growth cycle and productivity. The runoff of these compounds pollutes our watersheds and food chains.

Organically grown cotton does not use petroleum based fertilizers.