Do you know what this is????
It's my baby sleeping without her pacifier. I noticed on Sunday that her front teeth were starting to push forward...so we decided it was time to get rid of the paci. Here's how that went:
Sunday night: We said "bye bye" to her paci, then she saw me hide in on her dresser. That was at 7:00pm. At 9:00pm, she was still up. Not crying or anything...just standing there staring at the direction of the paci. What did I do? Gave it back to her.....
Monday nap time: Decided to be firm and not give it back. She again never napped, but never cried...just stood in her crib. I realized that the paci signaled sleep time. She was just looking at me like "What? I can't go to bed cause I'm missing something...."
Monday night: I told myself, "Self....she's not crying, she's not in danger...she's fine. Eventually she'll get tired enough and go to sleep." That was at 7:00. 7:30-still up. 8:00-still up. 8:30.....SLEEPING! Thank goodness because her not sleeping was really interfering with my Bachelor watching....I needed peace, quiet, and wine to enjoy Emily and Jake fall in love! :)
Tuesday nap: Fell asleep in car, but without paci and stayed sleeping in bed when I moved her.
Tuesday night: I wasn't home, but when I got home at 8:30, she was sleeping!
Wednesday nap: See picture above!
I'm so happy we stuck with it. I can see how the older she got, the harder it would be. She is really attached to Glowie, the Gloworm, but I'll take it!!!
Did I mention I'm still a little sad....I sort of want her to stay a baby forever and so I secretly LOVED the paci because she still looked like a baby with it in....I miss it, more than she does!
2 comments:
Good call doing it when you did. Audrey was ambivalent about hers until she hit 18 months and then became obsessed with it. I want to ditch it soon.
Way to go Caitlin!! You are becoming such a big girl!!
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