We said goodbye to Little MPB’s soother this weekend! It was somewhat unplanned. We knew we were getting rid of it before the end of the year, but we didn’t know exactly when.
But three things encouraged us to try this weekend.
First, late last week someone commented on my blog post with the idea of trading a soother for a toy at bedtime. It worked perfectly for her and seemed rather painless for everyone. For some reason this idea just spoke to us. So, we decided we’d give it a try once we were committed to actually taking the soother away.
Then, on Saturday, Little MPB found a soother in his playroom. As he isn’t allowed them during the day, we normally just take it away from him. But, Mr. MPB took a different approach. He explained to Little MPB that he would read stories but only if Little MPB didn’t have a soother in his mouth. And so Little MPB happily went and put his soother on his book shelf and returned to Mr. MPB with a book. Of course they then proceed to read stories together. So, clearly Little MPB understands not having a soother and is willing to part with it.
Oh, and both Mr. MPB and I were both home to suffer through the horrible sleepless nights that were bound to happen.
So, it was time.
Then, at bedtime we simply offered Little MPB a stuffed bunny rabbit in exchange for his soother. He took the bait! He handed over the soother and promptly snuggled the bunny. He was asleep within 5 minutes and he slept through the entire night. Absolutely no issues. (As a bonus the bunny was a baby gift that was at the bottom of his toy bin which meant it was something he already owned and just forgot about. So, it was actually a free bribery toy!)
Sunday nap time did not go so well. There were lots of tears and not a lot of sleep.
But, as we are committed to this now, Sunday night we stuck to our decision. As we put Little MPB to bed, we gave him his bunny and told him to snuggle his bunny tonight. Little MPB didn’t even ask for his soother and instead he went right to sleep. Once again, he slept through the entire night.
As of this morning, we no longer have any soothers in the house. I threw them all out. So, here’s to hoping tonight goes well, because there is no going back now!
And I have to admit, I’m feeling a little sad right now. This is just one more sign that my baby boy is truly growing up.
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It’s turned into one of those weeks. You know the kind….where we seem to be running a string of bad luck. I feel as though it would be best if we just stayed home and hid from the world for a little bit.
Here’s my list of things that suck at the moment:
- Obviously our hearts are breaking for our little nephew.
- I’m sick. Again. I’m beyond frustrated. Mr. MPB is frustrated and voicing his displeasure rather strongly – as if that will somehow magically make me healthy.
- I have a throbbing headache. Some might call it a migraine. For me, this is not as bad as my normal migraines, so I’m not going to call it a migraine. Instead I’m just going to complain that my head if killing me and I wish I didn’t have to work at a computer all day.
- Mr. MPB was rear-ended not once, but rather twice in the span of two days! Like seriously, what are the chances of that happening? And even more randomly, both happened while he was parked in parking lots while sitting in his vehicle. He’s fine. Thankfully. But, his vehicle is not. And, so we are now waiting for insurance to sort everything out. And, then we have to deal with taking his vehicle in for repairs likely next week or the following week. And, we also have to pay our deductible that we should eventually get reimbursed for. And, we have to get a new car seat for his car, because Little MPB’s safety is paramount. And our crazy to-do list just keeps getting long and longer at a time when we really don’t have the spare time to deal with all of this.
- I have to spend tomorrow in a course. Again. I’m so tired of these courses. Yes, they are good for my career. But right now, 4 straight weekends of courses, I’m tired of them. Arg!
I’d love to paint a pretty picture of how great life is, but in all honesty this week has been tough. And I don’t really have the energy at the moment to find the positives. So, I’m going to go hug my little boy and hope he is the pick-up I need right now.
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