Well, I attempted to get rid of Max's binkie a few months ago and didn't make it through him crying through a nap before I gave up.
This time I've got to stick to my guns. He can be such a little terror when he wants that blasted thing during the day, and he's woken up a few times this week crying for it (I go in and take it out after he's fallen asleep at night)...so I've decided that now is the time to do away with it.
Nows the time to do it since Miles isn't sleeping through the night yet. I don't want to go through it and mess up Miles' sleep once he's figured it out.
I'm also trying to get Miles into more of a bedtime routine at the same time each night. Last night was night 1 and he went from 6:15pm to 1:15am withought eating, which is a good start. He didn't fall asleep until 7:30, but that still is a decent stretch of sleep for him.
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Max didn't get his nap this afternoon so I brought him upstairs at 6pm tonight and read him "Goodnight Moon" three times before I put him in his crib. He was upset as soon as I stood up from the glider and wanted to continue sitting in "his chair" or go downstairs...but I went ahead and put him in his crib w/ his blankie (and even gave him his backup blankie...he has 2 so that I can wash one and still have another). He screamed for about 40 minutes and then crashed. It wasn't actually too terrible as I kept busy and bathed Miles and fed him during this time...so by the time Max settled down and fell asleep, Miles was ready for me to try to get him down for the night.
Right now they are both sound asleep....aahhhhh...I'd love to get a bowl of ice cream and veg on the couch...but I'm exhausted and my beds calling to me.
Hopefully we don't have too many screaming nights for Max before the binkie is a thing of the past!
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Lucy is almost a year older than Max and I haven't been brave enough to take away the binkies yet. She has only had them in her bed since before she was a year old, so we don't have to deal with them during the day. But she has to have them at night....at least 3 of them. One for her mouth, one to rub between her fingers in one hand, and one to rub against her nose. I'm so terrified of her not sleeping that I'm scared to even try to take them away. Maybe you'll be my inspiration....keep the positive stories about the experience coming!
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