Today, Sesame Street is all about babies.

Oh, I love babies, don't you?

Well, here to tell us about babies

is a baby!

Go ahead Emerson.

Tell us about babies!

Oh, you don't say.

Oh, well you know what?

I think that says it all.

Let us see more babies today on Sesame Street!

Oh, that was fascinating.

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away ♪

♪ On my way to where the air is sweet ♪

♪ Where the air is sweet ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

- Oh, hi, hi Baby Bear!

Oh, hi Curly.

Whatcha doin'?

- Well, Curly Bear says she wants

to give up her binky.

Then she says she doesn't wanna give up her binky.

I'm so confused!

- Oh, well Elmo understands.

- You do?

But you don't use a pacifier Elmo!

- Oh well, Elmo did Baby Bear,

but not anymore.

- Hey, you hear that Curly Bear?

Elmo used a binky too!

(Curly Bear mumbling)

Yeah, you see that's the other issue here.

We can't understand a word she's saying

with that binky in her mouth!

- Oh, well Elmo understands Curly Bear.

- You do?

- Yeah, yeah.

Elmo speaks binky.

Curly Bear asked how Elmo stopped needing binkies.

- She did?

(Curly Bear mumbling)

- Yeah, Curly Bear is right.

- She is?

- Well, yeah.

Giving up binky is really hard Baby Bear.

It was hard for Elmo too.

Elmo tried a bunch of different ways!

- What'd she say now?

- Oh, Curly Bear said, "Mm-hmm."

- What we have here is a failure to communicate.

(Curly Bear mumbling) - Oh yeah, yeah.

Curly Bear really wants to know

how Elmo was able to stop.

- Well, tell us what you did Elmo!

Maybe it'll work for Curly Bear too.

- Oh, oh, okay, Baby Bear.

Elmo remembers like it was yesterday.

(dreamy music)

- The first thing Elmo did was to give away

all of Elmo's binkies to a new baby.

Okay.

Leela, thanks for helping Elmo decorate the box.

- Absolutely, Elmo.

I am so glad that you're ready to do this today.

- Yeah, well Elmo's a big monster now

and he's ready to stop using binkies.

- Alright, so,

you put them in the box

and I will give them to my sister's new baby.

- Elmo can do this.

Look, Leela.

This is Elmo's napping binky.

Napping binky always helped Elmo go to sleep.

Aw, Reddy.

Reddy's Elmo's favorite binky.

Elmo's ready for anything with Reddy. (laughs)

- Hey, you sure you're ready

to give up your binky, Elmo?

- Yes.

Elmo's ready to say goodbye to Reddy.

(Leela clear's throat)

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Thanks for all the good times, Reddy.

- The new baby is gonna love your binky gift, Elmo.

I'll see you later.

- Bye, Leela.

Bye binkies.

Elmo loves you.

(dreamy music)

- What a great idea, Elmo!

We can give Curly Bear's binkies to a new baby!

What do you say, Curly Bear?

We can decorate the box together!

(Curly bear mumbling)

Was that a yes?

- No. - Mm-mm.

- It's okay, Curly Bear.

Elmo understands.

- Well, you, you, you do?

But, but I thought you gave all your binkies to a baby!

- Well Baby Bear, not exactly.

(dreamy music)

- Okay Elmo, you can exchange your yellow binky

for any one of these stuffed animals.

- Really?

- One toy for one binky.

- Yeah well, Elmo really wants to stop

using a binky this time.

- Oh, great, well then here's your chance!

You can exchange for any one of these

huggable stuffed animals.

And whenever you want your binky,

just hug into one of these toys instead.

- Okay, well maybe Elmo wants the-

Oh, wants to take the bunny!

- The bunny, ah! - The bunny.

- Here you go, buddy.

Okay, nice choice.

All righty- - Oh, I- oh-oh-

Chris? - Huh?

- You'll take good care of yellow binky, won't you?

- Absolutely!

- Okay then here's one binky.

- Okay.

- For one bunny.

Come on bunny, let's bunny hop!

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop!

(dreamy music)

- Hey, how about we try that Curly Bear?

We can go to Hooper's store right now!

Yeah, Chris still has lots of huggable toys there!

- Mm-mm.

- I take it that was a no.

- Oh, Elmo understands Curly Bear.

A new toy didn't work for Elmo either.

- It didn't?

But I thought you traded your binky

for a wee little huggable bunny?

- Emma played with Bunny for a little while.

(dreamy music)

Bunny is very huggable.

But Bunny isn't yellow binky.

Oh, Chris, Chris!

Chris! - What is it, Elmo?

- What's Hooper's return policy?

- Excuse me?

- Elmo's not ready!

Elmo wants yellow binky back, please!

- Okay, buddy, no problem. - Please?

Hurry up, Chris. - Okay, okay, okay.

I'm just rinsing it!

All right.

Okay, buddy.

Here you go.

(Elmo sucks on binky)

How's that?

- Here's bunny back.

- Elmo, you know what?

You keep the bunny, okay?

And when you're ready

you can just bring me back the binky.

- Oh, okay. - All right.

(dreamy music)

- Okay, let me get this straight.

So the bunny didn't wo- (Elmo suckles)

Ah, Elmo?

Elmo?

- Oh, sorry Baby Bear!

- So, so the bunny didn't work?

This is getting very disheartening!

(Curly Bear mumbles)

- Well, Elmo had a talk with Gordon.

(dreamy music)

- So Elmo, you're having a really tough time

giving up your binky, huh?

(Elmo mumbling)

How's that?

- But most of Elmo's friends don't need one anymore!

And Elmo doesn't wanna use one.

What can Elmo do?

- Well, you know what?

Maybe you can start out by only using your binky

some of the time, you know, like when you're going to sleep.

- Elmo could try that.

- And before you know it, you'll be ready.

And then you'll say bye bye binky.

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Elmo will try ♪

♪ When Elmo was little ♪

♪ And could only babble ♪

♪ Binky was a special friend ♪

♪ To comfort Elmo in the dark ♪

♪ Or on a car ride to the park ♪

♪ When Elmo was blue, only binky would do ♪

♪ So now you're ready, ready to do ♪

♪ Grown up things like tying your shoe ♪

♪ Monster sleepovers and preschool ♪

♪ Standing at the sink without a stool ♪

♪ And if you fall and scrape your knee ♪

♪ Elmo doesn't need a binky ♪

♪ So bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Elmo won't cry ♪

♪ Your days together were grand ♪

♪ But Elmo wants to talk so people understand ♪

- That's right, Elmo!

- ♪ Binky you should know ♪

♪ Elmo loved you so ♪

♪ But Elmo's not a baby ♪

♪ So maybe Elmo thinks, today is the day ♪

♪ To give up the binky ♪

- Really?

- Gordon can give binky to Chris.

- You sure?

- Elmo's sure.

- Okay then.

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Your days together were grand ♪

♪ But Elmo wanted to talk so people understand ♪

- I ready stop now.

- Curly, I understood you!

You're ready?

Are you sure?

- Yeah, I sure.

Yeah.

- Ha!

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

♪ Bye bye binky ♪

♪ Binky bye bye ♪

- I go and tell Mama Bear, Papa Bear.

- Yeah, you know what Curly Bear?

They are going to be so proud of you!

And hey, Elmo?

Thanks for your help!

- Ah, sure.

Elmo so proud of Curly Bear too.

- Thank Elmo. (kisses)

(upbeat music)

- ♪ Jump up, get down ♪

♪ Come dance with Elmo ♪

♪ We're moving our body to the ABC's ♪

♪ Dance nearby, w-o-o-o-o-oah ♪

♪ Dance far away, now clap your hands ♪

♪ To the letter of the day, clap, clap ♪

♪ What's the letter, clap, clap ♪

♪ What's the letter, clap, clap, clap, clap ♪

♪ What's the letter ♪

♪ What's the letter ♪

♪ What's the letter, what's the letter, what's the letter ♪

♪ The letter of the day is ♪

- B!

♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter of the day ♪

♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter of the day ♪

♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter ♪

♪ It's the letter, it's the letter of the day ♪

♪ It's the letter of the day ♪

♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter of the day ♪

♪ Clap, clap, 'ay, 'ay ♪

- [Elmo] B!

B is for baby!

(upbeat music)

♪ This rhyme is coming to you from your nursery ♪

♪ Because baby is the word that begins with B ♪

♪ From the smallest member of your family tree ♪

♪ Baby is a word that begins with B ♪

♪ Who's hanging in the crib with a teddy ♪

♪ It starts with B, baby ♪