We finally decided enough was enough.
No more pacifier. Cold turkey.
She’s got to learn to live free of addiction.
So starting Sunday morning we just dealt with all the screaming. The naps on Sunday were torturous affairs of screaming and crying and generally lamenting the rotten state of the universe (and Siena wasn’t very happy either). I don’t think they were very happy with us at day care. But Monday night was amazing…she got to sleep in about 10 minutes, not all of it in sheer terror at being left without her soothie. (And no, it wasn’t from sheer exhaustion, she had some good-sized naps during the day.) And overnight she got up twice, maybe, but neither mom nor dad had to get out of bed for her to get back to sleep. Ah, blessed sleep!
Let’s hope for more of that.
February 27, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Yeah, until last night every time she woke up we had to get up just to pop the thing back in her mouth. She didn’t want us, didn’t want food, wasn’t asking to play, nope. Just wanted that little green piece of plastic. We’ll see tonight if last night was a fluke. . . .
March 12, 2007 at 10:38 am
GO little Girl!
You really don’t need that thing and i definately won’t show you that picture of your Dad with same item stuck in his mouth. But things were different way back then. Sleep can really be fun so have at it and let Mom and Dad get closer to that first night of sleeping through.