Should I make Santa the bad guy?

Well it all started out as a silly conversation Hannah and I were having. I was telling her how we were going to give the binkies to a binky fairy blah, blah, blah and she was adamantly opposed to that idea. So as I was driving and having this conversation with her, I am throwing out all these names of people we can give the binkies to (Grandma, no; Auntie, no; Cookie Monster; no) when I mentioned giving them to Santa. She immediately said, "RIGHT!" She started going off about how we were going to give Santa the binkies so he could give them to the babies (like I was telling her the Binky Fairy would do). Then Santa would bring her a toy. She has it all figured out. She brings it up regularly to anyone willing to listen that she will be giving Santa her binkies. She even cornered the cat last night, grabbing his cheeks and looking him in the eye to explain how Santa will be taking the binkies. When I ask her to tell me about it, she has the whole scenario down, and even can explain that when she goes to bed that night she won't have the binkies anymore because Santa will have them.

Soooooooooooo, my question is, would you make Santa the bad guy? She is already deathly afraid of the man in person, but eats him up in conversation, books, movies, etc. So I know she won't go near him. BUT, I think that if she has a purpose, she will willingly hand over the plugs, even if that means she does not sit in his lap. I just don't know if I want to make him do my dirty work and have it bite me in the end.

If it makes a difference, we go visit Santa at my mom's work. I can talk to Santa ahead of time and explain the scenario so that he plays along with me. And if I do go through with this, do they have to wait until Christmas to get their present or can Santa bring them an early one in exchange for their 42 binkies (half of which I have to fish out of the couch cushions and under the furniture)?

 

I think that is really cute!!! Maybe you can talk to Santa at your mother's work, you never know he just might go along with it.

 

I vote to do whatever it takes...and she gets a present when she hands them over (that way there is a bargaining tool should she change her mind)

 

QUOTE(twoin2005 @ Oct 29 2007, 03:02 PM) [snapback]472465[/snapback]
She even cornered the cat last night, grabbing his cheeks and looking him in the eye to explain how Santa will be taking the binkies. When I ask her to tell me about it, she has the whole scenario down, and even can explain that when she goes to bed that night she won't have the binkies anymore because Santa will have them.

Alright, the cat thing totally cracked me up!!! Too cute!!

Sounds like in her eyes, she likes the idea that she would GIVE santa her binkie. (Not that Santa would TAKE her binkie against her will)

Sounds like a plan to me!!

 

Kate, I think it sounds like a great plan! If she won't give them to Santa at your Mom's work then I would leave them with the cookies and milk for him before bedtime! That's great!

 

my GF did that but the Easter bunny was the bad guy. they hung the binkies from the tree outside and the Easter bunny left something in its place. it worked great for her. the garbage man took my kids (their bottles too). damn those garbage men!! hehehe

 

That sounds like a great idea. I may have to steal it next year!

 

Kate-We gave Caroline's paci to Santa and it worked GREAT!!! I highly recommend it. She really got into it. We talked it up, I would start now telling them about it and what you will do. I talked about it all the time from Oct. to Christmas so she knew what would be happening. Christmas Eve we put all the pacis in a bag and put them under the tree and we wrote a note to Santa saying she was giving him her pacis because she was a big girl now and he could give them to other babies who needed them. After she went to bed, I threw them all away!!! Santa left her a special present under the tree for giving him her pacis and a note telling her about it. It was good to because when shed asked about it we could remind her she gave them to Santa and he gave her the special doll clothes to thank her. She asked for them for about a week and that was it. It worked great!!!

 

What a cute idea. Just one suggestion. If she is afraid of Santa in person why not wrap the binkies up and leave them with the cookies and milk for santa on X-mas eve for him to take away. Then leave a special gift by the plate for when she gets up in the morning.

 

My neighbor told her little girl that they had to take the binky's to all the babies at the hospital. She was ok with it, so they wrapped them up in a box.

I think that the Santa idea is great if she is so willing. I would wrap them up and leave them with the cookie and milk.

Let us know how it goes!!

 

We put ours in a box and mailed them to a friend that was having a baby. It worked out really well, just made the agreement with the friend to pitch them when they got to her. It was a big deal packing them and helping out the baby. Taking them to the post office was an even bigger thing.
Then no one was the bad guy because babies need them!

 

I think it is a great idea! If she is willing to GIVE them, I think that is the key. As long as he is not TAKING them I think its great!

 

I think this is the cutest thing I ever heard!!!

Your dd sounds so adorable! Sounds like in her mind, Santa will be the good guy because he is giving the binky's to other babies. That is a great thing to do. :good:

 

I love that she explained the whole thing to the cat! I would leave them out with Santa's milk and cookies so there's no trauma with actually seeing him since she is scared of him in person. Maybe he could leave her a short note along with the present too.

 

I vote do it with the cookies and milk. That way you don't have the wait between seeing Santa and the present for giving them up. She also won't have to face her fear of getting next to him if she doesn't want to.

 

I think giving them to Santa is fine. I say do whatever it takes!!

 

I think it's a great idea, especially as she seems so taken with it. I agree with leaving them out on Christmas eve, then you don't risk her getting upset on seeing him and clinging onto them.

One thing a friend of my mum did when her daughters gave their dummies to Santa was to keep one back each and paint it gold. Then she told them that Santa had turned them to gold and they hung them on the Christmas tree. I thought that was a cute idea.

 

It was partly Hannah's idea. I say go for it. Yes, she should get the present right there. Just make sure you have all 42 of them or else that is going to suck if she comes home and finds one later.
Let us know how it goes
Good Luck
Cari

 

We did something similar. I would agree with leaving them with the milk and cookies. That way it is all part of the magic of giving on Christmas and she cannot pull out at the last minute. You wouldn't want her to be scared of him and then him having to take the box away from her when she may be crying. The excitement of christmas eve and leaving the binkies with the cookes will be very exciting.

 

Thanks for the great suggestions!!! I think that the milk and cookies idea is a good one. Maybe with all the excitement of Christmas day, they will be too busy to miss them.

Now I just have to figure out how to get Ben on board.

 

I think it sounds like a great idea, Kate! If Hannah is so gung-ho about it, then RUN with it! Good luck getting Ben on board, too!

Now, if I could just figure out how to get my son to stop sucking his fingers for Santa, we'd have it made!

 

I think that if it will work, then do it!! She seems pretty gung ho about it, so I don't see the harm. If she is telling the cat, maybe SHE can convince Ben . Good Luck!!

 

So we did. We made Santa the bad guy. Actually, they handed them over quite willingly and eagerly.

On Saturday we visited Santa at the mall. DH fished out 17 binkies in total, the kids divided them up, and then chose a cute Santa gift bag to "wrap" them in. Even though we explained to Santa's chief elf our plan, Santa was a little clueless...he didn't seem to understand that the binkies were for him to give to the babies, and not for Santa himself. But I intervened and translated for my kids and he was quite appreciative. We even got a hearty HO, HO, HO out of him.

The kids have been great. Ben has asked for them a couple times but when I remind him he says, "Ohhh," like "Duh, I forgot!" Hannah hasn't asked at all. She totally understands the finality of it all. Their sleep has suffered, they have had many tantrums, but overall I have expected this all. Hannah seems satisfied to steal her baby doll's binkies for a quick fix, but they are ridiculously small and totally ineffective.

Good luck to other moms thinking of doing the same thing!!!!

 

thats awsome.. we went to see santa and mommy.. thats me.. forgot the binkies..

your one step ahead of me

 

QUOTE(twoin2005 @ Dec 10 2007, 04:18 PM) [snapback]527685[/snapback]
Hannah seems satisfied to steal her baby doll's binkies for a quick fix, but they are ridiculously small and totally ineffective.


How cute! :laughing:

Glad that worked for you guys!!!

 

Good job Ben and Hannah!! Good job Kate!! I thought about you guys all weekend. I am so glad it worked out. As for the tantrums and sleeping it will get better. Did they get gifts for doing it?

Cari

 

WTG Ben and Hannah! :banana: It will get better as time passes- I promise!

 

QUOTE(K*D*B @ Dec 10 2007, 09:24 AM) [snapback]527792[/snapback]
Good job Ben and Hannah!! Good job Kate!! I thought about you guys all weekend. I am so glad it worked out. As for the tantrums and sleeping it will get better. Did they get gifts for doing it?

Cari


You are too sweet. I had gifts ready and wrapped for them, but they never really seemed to need them. Then my MIL, who was with us, took them to the Disney store and let them pick out a present. Ben picked out the same thing I bought and wrapped for him!!!! So needless to say, I took it back.

 

Glad to hear it went well Kate! Good job Ben & Hannah!!!

 

Good job! Glad it went smoothly