The Original Binki

 So, here's how the story begins...

Not long before giving birth to Quincey, I was told (I can't remember by who) that giving a baby a pacifier, AKA a binki, would be counterproductive and potential create nipple confusion causing her to not want to nurse.  I had never heard this before and had already gotten binkis for her but, alas, I took all that i read and heard as facts rather than suggestions so therefore, we weren't going to give Quincey a binki.  

However, before she was even born, in all of her ultrasounds, she was either sucking on her thumb or sucking on the placenta.  Within minutes of being born, she began to suck on her thumb which, interestingly enough, she has never done since but, she was obviously a "sucker" and took to breast feeding quite well.  

I think it was the second day in the hospital when we asked one of the nurses if they had a pacifier.  I hadn't even packed on in the hospital bag because I didn't think we would use them.  The nurse looked at us with disdain and stated that they really frown upon them being used but if we insisted she could try to see if she could find one.  Of course, we immediately backed down and put the idea out of our heads.

So that was were the story ends until you fast forward to our second day of being home...

I was napping and Joe was watching Quincey for the first time with me out of the picture.  When I woke up and ventured out of my room, low and behold.... There was Quincey being held by her daddy with a binki in her mouth!  She was sucking away on it and was happy as could be.  Joe just turned to me and said, "Sorry honey.  I had to.  She kept just wanting something to suck on." Joe found them in the drawer in her room, opened the package, and gave her the first one he saw.  It was bright pink. 

I had no complaints and it became apparent very quickly that giving Quincey a binki caused no nipple confusion as she still nursed just fine.  

And, ever since, binkis have been a saving grace for us.  She only gets them when it's sleep time and I can't say I'm looking forward to take them away from her but they have proved to be a very useful tool for us.

Being as sentimental as I am, I was pretty bummed with I couldn't find the original binki months after she had it.  She had an original blue, green, pink, and purple binki.  Once she had to move on to bigger binkis I packaged the all those others up and put them in her special box.  I have looked and looked for that pink binki and have since kept my eye out for it to no avail. Until....

Last weekend Quincey was walking around in our back yard playing in dirt, crawling over rocks, picking up sticks when I happened to look and, to my amazement, there was her binki!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I couldn't believe it.  It had obviously been out there for months which was apparent by the disappearance of the bright pink and the dirt that had embedded it's way in.  But who cares... It's been located and I was thrilled.  It's now safe and sound with all her other original binkis.