Hey all,
I appreciate not everyone will agree that I have decided to give up my daughter's dummy today, at 19 months - but that is our decision.
What I'm looking for is some advice on what to do in the night ahead.
Today she has been brilliant - been fine all day without her dummy. Bumped her head and was consoled with just her muslin (she would normally have both as 2 comforters but I'm only getting rid of the dummy). She had her daytime nap, falling alseep in the pushchair with no dummy and no problems.
She went into her cot at 7pm and grizzled and cried on and off till 7.40. She never went hysterical though, sometimes grizzling, other times talking but struggled to settle alone. She normally self settles with her dummy & snuggly, but she needed some help from me tonight, so I patted her back and after around 3 mins she was asleep.
What do I do in the night though, as I have no doubts she will wake up when she tries to find her dummy in her sleep!! I don't want to go from giving up the dummy to finding we always have to settle her. But I do need to realise she has used a dummy for 19 months and today has done soooooo well but I can't expect her to just get over it in a few hours.
What is the best way to deal with the nightime waking, without moving over to her always needing us to settle her in place of her dummy.
Please advise, thanks