Oh boy. First night without the pacifier...

firefightersgal

We only had one pacifier left and we lost it tonight.  Nora didn't nap today and was up past her bedtime, so I thought it would be okay.  Not.  She's up and asking for it.  What should I do?

amiamish

tell her its all gone... and give her a book, animal...anything she can sleep with.

It'll be tough- the first night was Jake's hardest, he cried about 10min looking for it. But it was over in a few days...TOTALLY worth it!

Good luck!

MelandJeff

You just need to get through tonight and it will get easier each night. I promise! Stick to it!

firefightersgal

I went in and rocked her until she fell back asleep.  When I put her back in bed, she asked for a bink again.  I told her they were all gone.  She wimpered a little bit, so I told her it would be okay.  She rolled over and (hopefully) went to sleep.  I sooo wish DH was home tonight!

amiamish

Just say it "matter of a fact" tone... like there is NO choice. She'll understand and it'll work-- stick with it (if you truly want to ditch the bink). Once she gets over tonight it should be downhill. Our first night without it was the hardest.

finallymarried

its the hospital one isnt it? you want ours? ds never used it, i know that ds will is not ready to give his up and i and not ready either.

firefightersgal

finallymarried:

its the hospital one isnt it? you want ours? ds never used it, i know that ds will is not ready to give his up and i and not ready either.

Yes, they were the Soothie ones.  I wasn't ready to get rid of them either (life savers from time to time!), but fate pushed us into this venture tonight.  Ugh.  I haven't heard any more from her, so she's probably good.  I may never get a nap out of her again, though.

isabella22

You always sound like such a sweet mom.  Nora is a lucky girl

Marce921

It'll be fine! But, I guess I'm just not understanding why you say fate pushed you into this? If you're not ready to be done with them, can't you just go buy some more?

firefightersgal

isabella22:

You always sound like such a sweet mom.  Nora is a lucky girl

*sniff, sniff*  Thank you!  That means a lot!

I should say I wasn't ready for the fight of getting rid of the bink.  Most of the time I wish we'd never started with them.  Nothing is easy when it comes to being a parent, is it?  LOL.