When Rhett arrived, I half-heartedly pushed the binky. It was out of habit and without hope. To my surprise it took. He was officially a boy with a binky.
Binky + Boy = Love.
So I declared it…
Ryan had a teddy.
Reid had a blanket.
Rhett had a binky.
All was right with the world. I could keep up with three things. One special item for each boy. No problem.
And then Rhett decided that one binky just wasn’t enough. If more was better than four was best.
FOUR B’S!
So, four B’s it was. They were small. I could slip them into my purse or in a corner of the diaper bag.
Then he decided he needed animals to take a nap.
Not just one animal, but MANY animals.
Alright, animals. Animals we have. Animals he loves.
And then he decided he needed blankets.
Not just one blanket, but MANY blankets.
Alright, blankets we have. Blankets he loves.
The crib was crowded.
Crowded with love.
*Rewind*
One of these things is not like the other.
One of these things just doesn’t belong…
Oh, that is Rhett’s “hot dog”.
It is on the A-list of loveys.
Who can fall asleep without a hot dog?
Yep, Rhett’s “hot dog” is actually Shigella the microbe that causes a stomach ache.
Maybe Rhett’s family has attended one too many health profession vendor fairs…
My boy would LOVE that one. It would quickly make it to the top of the lovey list! Of course the lovey list just grows as he gets older, and his bed is full to exploding with them.
We have that elephant, too. The only beloved left for my almost 9yo. *sigh*
None of mine had a lovey or binky except #9. He took a binky from 2 months until 3 1/2 months? Once he found his thumb, the binky disappeared. He only sucked his thumb when I was at work. When mom the human pacifier was at home, he just nursed constantly. 🙂
Both my kids used pacifiers. And each of them has their stuffed animal they cannot live without. My youngest has added a blanket to the mix that is a required item while sleeping. It gets difficult keeping track of these things once they start dragging them around the house.
Love the “shigella”, and I can totally relate. My husband is a doctor and brings home some of the wierdest pharmaceutical rep give a ways you can imagine! The latest was a stuffed germ!!
LMAO! That is great!
J has his binky and “unny” (bunny)…we don’t go anywhere without them.
i’d like to order a stuffed flesh eating bacteria, please.
all your boys start with R, are you going to be like that couple on TLC with 17 children all named with J names, but with R? cuz i have ideas for you. i love naming things. children, animals, whatever.
I’d love to get a microscope to see what bacteria lie on that microbe. That’s exactly the kind of icky toy my child could not live without.
Oh and we’ve got a binky addict here. And the teeth to prove it! We call it “pluggy” as in The Plug.
Aw what a cute little stomach virus!
It amazes me what they will attach themselves too. Ben still loves a plastic pretend dog bone that he “stole” from the day care that he hasn’t atteneded in a year and half…