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There comes a time in the life of our little ones where it's time for them to part ways with one of the things that is most dear to them:  their binky.  Or in Emma's case, as she calls it, her "boppy".  Now, to most people a boppy is a nursing pillow, but here in our home a boppy is her pacifier and her beloved blanket. Her blanket used to be referred to as "poppy", however, somewhere along the way she merged the two into one all inclusive title.  Now we are always left scratching our heads and wondering which boppy it is that she wants.

Em is very, very, very attached to her boppy.  We had no idea how attached to a boppy a kid could be until we met Em.  We thought Grace was attached to her binky.  Not compared to Em.  She is going to be much, much harder to break of this boppy habit, as is clearly evident in the pictures below. 





























 

Tuesdays and Thursdays are my least favorite days of the week.  I absolutely loath preschool mornings.  This former teacher has not enjoyed having two days of our week start out crummy and feel rushed.  I cannot imagine how people do this everyday of the week, nor can I imagine feeling like this everyday of the week for the like next gazillion years, but that is a blog post for another time.  The only good thing about preschool days is that it gives Em and I some one on one time, which is why today seemed like it would be a good day to implement Mission: Boppy Jar. 

We found this approach to be very effective with Princess Grace and are hoping that it works just as well for The Divine Miss Em.  We saved a plastic mayonnaise jar for just this occasion.  Once it's all cleaned up (via the dishwasher) we sit down and talk about how they are big girls and big girls don't use boppies (binkies, whatever you call it) and how we are going to start only using a boppy at naptime and bedtime.  They then get to decorate their jar anyway their hearts desire.  We use stickers since it's the easiest and does not require drying time, but you could use markers or paint along with any other fun craft item that sparks your little ones interest.

I gave the jar and stickers to Emma and she got right down to the business, asking every now and again for help with a certain sticker.