Dooce writes about the saga of taking the binky away from her 4-month old.

Part 1. The day the binky died.

Our little Robert Downey Jr. has cried more in the last four days than she has in the last four months of her life on earth. She has used up all the crying. There is no more crying left in the world. Your baby shouldn’t cry anymore because Leta “The Gawker Squawker” Armstrong has cried enough for all the babies ever in the history of mankind and the universe.

Part 2. The Internet gets angry, but it doesn’t matter.

Maybe I should mention the email someone sent me a couple weeks ago suggesting that the reason Leta screamed so much was because I DIDN’T LOVE HER ENOUGH. That’s right, I don’t love her enough or “pick her up and comfort her.” PICK HER UP? WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT?? You’re supposed to pick these things up? Why don’t they tell you that at the hospital?

If you can’t tell already I’m a little grumpy. Okay, really grumpy. Monumentally grumpy, engaged in the redefinition of grumpy. I haven’t slept in almost seven days because of all the good times we’re having. But you know what? Do you want to guess what happened last night? Leta slept for 10 HOURS IN A ROW. TEN. T-E-N.

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