Oh bugger, Ds won't have his dummy

[nutcracker]

A while ago i had a prob with Ds and dummies as he decided he would only have a certain one, and all hell broke loose if we couldn't find it. Tried various other dummies but no luck.
Anyway, we had to stick to his preffered one (new ones of that particular one won't do) and just make sure we didn't lose it.

Now he won't have any dummy at all. I've just put him to bed and he's clamped his mouth tightly shut and is refusing it completly.
I know this should be a good thing, but i'm not sure i have the enrgy to cope with it at the mo.
He is crying now, what can i do ???

Have just been in and given him the entire contents of his dummy collection, but he's refusing them all.

I don't mind him not having one, it's a good thing, but how do i stop him crying about it.

cuddle and sing

Oh really, please say you are kidding.

He will think it's party time if i go and get him out and give him and cuddle, never mind start singing.

He has always been really good at bedtime, just put him in his cot and he's away, but thats with dummy not without.

It's my own fault i spose

Read a story?

How old is he Nutcracker?

He is 18mths.
He is used to no fuss at bedtime so i don't really want to change that.

I sound really mean don't i.

Earplugs and the door shut ?

Not at all!! I just ask because my ds is 2 months and at the moment we use a dummy to get him to sleep sometimes. Just wondered if we are setting ourselves up for bad times later but its just what ever works isn't it?!

Sorry Nut

Bad tonite but never give him it back. Tonight will be unbearable but don' give it back. He needs to learn to go asleep without it

Sorry. It's s**T tonite but will get beter

Very temting Lou

Vict17 - My Dds both had dummies and i never really had any probs with them. Dd2 was a bit reluctnant to give hers up, but we soon sorted it out.

Kalex - If he sleeps o.k without it tonight then i will throw them all in the bin (promise).

Agree with lou, but would add my SIL's saying: "if you can still hear them, the telly's not loud enough"

Thanks Nutcracker - we only use it at night in desperation, but quite often in the day... It's just one of those other things you feel guilt about as a mother

It has gone quiet.

I think his daytime nap will be the bigger problem as he's not usually really tired like he is at night so i think he will end up falling asleep 5 minutes before i need to wake him up.

No it hasn't gone quiet

Just thought i'd let you know how it's gone.

Basically since last monday he hasn't had it at all. He has been going to sleep fine, even in the day.
The only prob we had, was that he was waking up early and not going back to sleep. Usually we would have got up and given him his dummy and he would of had another hour.
I brought some more just to try him again, but he refused those too.
Yesterday morning and this morning though there was an improvement and he didn't wake until his normal time, so i think (hope) we've cracked it.

If i show him a dummy now, he shakes his head.