[catalyst]

New thread time ladies

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GOLD

OMG have a toddler refusing to sleep today because we are getting rid of the dummy. He is in his room screaming "My want a dummy!". I have told him its broken and he said to me "Go get more dummies" LOL.

What to do what to do?
I wonder what tonight will bring He is going to be one tired boy!

[Summerlover]

Oh J hope your night time was better. I spent about 3 weeks weaning Yas off the dummy during the day time. I left it on her bed and she was only allowed to have it in her bed. Sometimes she would get upset and point to her room and say 'dubby?' and I told her she could have it but only on her bed she couldn't bring it out so sometimes she would play in her room with her dummy and come back out when she was ready without it. Then after all of that we stopped it at night and she asked for it and cracked the first night but not that bad and she woke through the night yelling for me but still asleep but just over a week later I think its out of her system. It took 3 nights for her to stop looking for it on her bed when she went to bed.

If you are going cold turkey and have continued to do so - then just keep it up, it will pay off. If you caved in because he was uncontrollable then a couple of suggestions to me were to buy a different shape dummy (ie smaller size, different shape) and he won't like it and wean himself or convince him he is a big boy and he needs to swap his dummy for a new toy and get him to throw his dummies in a clean bin in order to get the toy and say bye-bye to his dummy (make sure its a clean bag in the bin and just put the dummies somewhere away).

Good luck
Hel x

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Hel: Thanks the problem is he had all different dummies different sizes and he only ever had it to sleep. So it is his total sleep cue. Nightimes have been better because he is completely shattered. But daytimes he is shocking!

What we did was cut the end off one of his dummies and showed him that it was broken. Then we did the whole talk about dummy is broken and I asked him to put it in the bin which he did. But we are day 3 now and he is refusing to go to sleep during the day!

He just said to me after his lunch "No nonies, No dummy, my got outside". Meaning I am not going to sleep because there is no dummy so I am going outside to play instead!!!!
The cheek of him

[Summerlover]

Oh you poor things - gosh I thought I had problems as Yas was so attached to her dummy due to all the upheaval of moving etc it was the only thing that comforted her. Sounds like you have done everything you can - hang in there best now than later on when he can really tell you what he thinks!!!! least he is sleeping at night time.

Hel

[TrickyRicky]

Oh J I couldnt think of anything worse, but if you want to get rid of it you have to be strong and keep going. I waited until Ricky was 3 1/2 and he gave it to Santa, I found that he understood alot better and it was easy as handing it over. Casey has it for sleeps also but does have it every now and then when he is being painful, keeps him quiet

Shell - How are things going with Sus, is she well?? I also wanted to chat to you about Avon and make sure you still wanted the Mascara as I will be ordering on Wednesday.

US - Well Casey was so whingy and crying all morning and on the way to school, he finally let go of me and I went off to work, within 1/2hr I had a call from childcare saying that Casey has gastric!! OMG I could not believe it, it seems that whenever he is there he always gets it!! anyway it was only once so I didnt have to pick him up.

I've got an exam on Friday so this week after work I will be revising for it, I feel like I dont know where to start though as I did have alot of issues with the assessments on this one so I am a little scared I really dont know if I will understand everything and be able to remember without referring to the text book

well I suppose I better get back to it, casey is hanging off me and I cant concentrate!

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Urs: I know Eli was the same I was happy for him to keep his dummy but DH put the foot down! And I am a control freak so I thought I would let DH win one parenting battle LOL
Hard work though. Don't freak yourself out about your exam just study up and stay calm you can only do your best (oops sorry teacher voice there he he).

Thanks Hel xoxox

p.s. I think I may be winning the battle today anyway. He had a day sleep and went to bed no fuss YAY!

[Summerlover]

Hey girls

J - good on you for sticking to it - he'll get there and sounds like he is. Yeah sometimes when its not a major problem I agree with Urs about keeping it but 1/ I hate seeing a young child with a dummy in there mouth at the best of times and I cringed when I saw photos of beautiful Yas's face with a dummy in it and 2/ she was reliant on it when upset and I didn't like that - she would push us away and choose her dummy and 3/ she couldn't talk properly with it (we couldn't understand her). Now when I take photos there is no dummy and she always comes for a cuddle to either of us when she is upset. There are pros & cons depending on you and how the child is using the dummy I reckon. Its like every step of the babies growing up - every family works differently!!!

Urs - I do Avon as well !! have a good little customer base and I like it mainly cause the money I make out of it pays for some things like toiletries & makeup etc plus some cheap deals come through for the reps. Good luck with your exam, sounds hairy.

I have passed all my assignments now - just waiting for the certificate, whooooohooooo. Also we are moving on the 16th of August to a new house, this house sold and we found a house that I actually liked not far from here - very different house to the 'norm' rentals that you get and $40 a week cheaper!! Not leaving much room to get organised for the arrival of bubs but hey at least we are moving before she arrives hey???

Apart from that Yasmin is a complete handful and I don't know whats harder - dealing with her now in the late stages of pregnancy or dealing with her and sleep deprivation and a crying newborn??????? Oh boy this will be my biggest challenge in life yet and thats saying something for all I've done over the past 40 years

Okay off to bed - DH is on nightshift tonight so I may get a good nights sleep with no snoring to contend with and the whole bed to myself

J - keep meaning to ask you, are you going to find out the sex of this bub?? I know you want a girl but I'm sure you won't be disappointed either way will you??

Hel xx

This post has been edited by Summerlover: 19/07/2010, 09:06 PM

[MrsHayley]

YAAAYYYY!!! I am back online - sorry it took so long girls

Helen - Congratulations on passing all of your course How are you feeling? Not long to go now??? And well done on getting rid of Yas' dummy. Millie is pretty good with hers and really only uses it when she sleeps or is inconsolable, so I can cope with that. How did your DH go with his 4 days away?

J - How are you feeling? I am with Helen....are you finding out what you are having? And more importantly, will you be telling us? Well done to you too, on getting rid of Eli's dummy

Urs - How are your gorgeous boys going?

Us - Well if you didn't see it on my FB, I had an audition this afternoon for The Biggest Loser! It was pretty scary. When we walked in, there were all these lights and a camera It went for about 45mins, and we basically just told them about our lives, our families and our battle with weight. We should know in a few weeks if we made it or not. Pretty scary. But then even more exciting than that.....after the audition, my sister and I went and had some dinner next to the Jam Factory - who were holding the premiere for Ashton Kutcher's new movie. Turns out it was the same time we were there, so we walked over to see Ashton Kutcher!!!! OMG, he is so handsome, and he shook my hand And I then got a photo with the Director of the movie and he gave me 2 free tickets to see the movie - YAY!

Amelia - is going soooooo well. Talking so so much - it's crazy. I often forget that she is 2yo She is still going to the toilet, but not quite ready to go full time into knickers - so once the weather is a little bit warmer, she will go cold turkey into knickers. Her hair is growing really really long, and she is looking just gorgeous I often pinch myself, that she is my daughter...

Harrison - Also going well. We have had a rough trot with teething and an ear infection that won't go away, but hopefully all of that is on the mend now. He is crawling like a mad man, and yesterday started standing with furniture - I am stoked that he is finally standing, but also scared on the other end because I know it means he is one step closer to walking, which means he is 1 step closer to making my life very hectic
Oh, and also.....he is turning 1 in 2 and a half weeks

Anyway...... to everyone, and I am so excited to be back

This post has been edited by MrsHayley: 20/07/2010, 08:30 PM

[MrsHayley]

YAAAYYYY!!!!! Harrison slept through the night last night After about 1 month of constant waking and then staying awake for 2-3hrs, it finally happened