Hi,
I am in a quandry.
We moved our 26 month old daughter from her cot into her new bed last weekend and it has gone smoothly thank goodness. She is a good sleeper - only difference is she's waking about an hour ealier and I think that's due to losing her dummy and not being able to find it in the morning as it has fallen out the bed. I have also had to go up a couple of times in the night to find the lost dummy.
I think now may be a good time to ditch the dummy as my second baby is due in about 8 weeks, so I wonder if it is best to make the change now. My husband sees no rush but will basically go along with whatever I decide. But I CAN'T decide what to do! I had decided to do it this weekend and had bought the replacement teddy and then annoying Mother in Law decided to stick her oar in and make me doubt doing it by saying 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' and 'it gives her so much comfort - why not wait?'.
It does make getting her to go down at night and in the daytime for naps at weekends much easier but I guess she would just get used to not having it?
She sleeps at nursery with no dummy so I know she can...and I am prepared for a few disturbed nights whilst she adjusts (prob better to go through that now rather than when we have another child) but I just don't know whether it is too much change for her at once. Especially as we have to start potty training her within the next couple of weeks before baby comes - nursery have advised this.
I just don't want a load of hassle doing it when baby is here and nights are already broken...but I don't want to make too many huge changes in her little life at once.
So, do I do it now even with the 2 big changes of potty training and new baby arriving coming up or do I wait for 2 months after the baby comes? Or even wait until much later on in the year, i.e. when she turns 3 in December?
Thank you!