Binky in the bed

Lyla uses a binky only in bed, which seems to me the addiction equivalent of chewing tobacco only at night, which has always been Julie's policy.

Just kidding.

Several weeks back, in a fit of baby psychology genius, Julie told Lyla to put her binky to bed. To this day, it works with no fussing. You hold her over the crib, tell her what to do, and seconds later the binky cheerfully lands among the half-dozen other binkies that live in the crib.

I wonder if we can eventually apply the concept to potty training. "Lyla, put your poop in the pool," and then ploppity plop plop ploppity. Well, that might have unsavory ramifications when we take her to the actual pool.