Big girl "lipstick"

So it really isn't lipstick per se, though it is maybe a little stickier and pinker than I originally thought upon purchase.
But it doesn't really matter because the purpose with which it serves is worth the gummy mess it leaves behind.
You see, it was the motivating factor behind finally ridding ourselves of the binky.
Yes, *shrug,* she still used a binky ... but only at night.
However, a 3 1/2-year-old holding a binky in her mouth is quite ridiculous-looking.
Even a very beautiful 3 1/2-year-old.
So I sat her down and we talked about why binkies are really for babies.
And you certainly aren't a baby.
You are a sunbeam, you go potty in the toilet, and can write, and color, and call people on the phone.
Babies cannot do those things.
"And babies cannot wear lipstick," she replied.
Yes! That's it.
She loves "lipstick," which is basically Auntie's lip gloss.
So I promised she could pick out a pink, shiny "lipstick" to use at night instead of a binky.
And that was that.
I have heard only a few times that she still loves her binky "so much" and misses it.
But no tantrums, hysterical fits or fighting over that darn binky.
Better late than never.
And now we are free!