First of all, we had a terrific night last night. I know this sounds odd with us trying to take the soother away and all, but two nurses had told me what they did for their children when it came to them crying out for soothers in the middle of the night: they put five or six of them in the crib so one was always within reach for the baby.
Well, just for the heck of it, we tried it last night. We didn't hear a peep from her from 8 PM until 6:30 AM. Not a single peep.
It's lovely and all, but I think our decision is still to take it away. Last night was just an experiment.
So apparently 3 days is the rule when training babies. It takes 3 days to sleep train, 3 days to potty train, etc. Today conveniently happens to be Friday, which means it's the perfect day to start this as we will probably lose a lot of sleep in the next 3 days. This is what we're gonna do: take the soother away cold turkey.
Six months is a perfect time to take it away as they no longer NEED to suck and are not as strongly attached as they could be at a year old or so. I think Gemma is already quite attached to it, so it might prove to be more difficult, but I think (and hope!) that we can pull this off. Luckily she gave us a great night's sleep last night to start this feeling refreshed.
I shall keep you posted. If not, it's because she isn't sleeping at all and I don't have the time to be on here blogging anymore. Again, wish us luck!
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