DS is 21 months and we’ve gone cold turkey with his dummy as he was becoming more and more attached to it. He falls asleep at nursery without it, 3 days a week. We started last night and it took him over an hour to fall asleep, shouting mummy so I eventually cuddled him almost to sleep and shushed at the side of the cot - felt like he was a few months old again. Tonight wasn’t much better but I went in to see him 3 times rather than 8!
We have given him a new cuddly toy which he seems to like but I’m not sure he’s old enough to fully understand. He was up at 5.30am after falling asleep at 8.30pm.
Please tell me this gets easier and better?! I’m not sure if I’m making it worse by cuddling/holding til he’s really sleepy, like I’m replacing one habit with another!