It’s time. I’ve been dreading it, but it is time. Ethan has lots of teeth now and this process will only get worse the longer I delay it. So, I’ve decided to try this week. I say try, because I am not at all confident that I will succeed. I hope I won’t cave, but really I know it’s totally possible. I hate hearing him cry. I hate it. Especially when one little thing will fix it. But, I have to do it sometime. So…
Day One—
First nap without the pacifier did not go well. He cried, and cried, and cried for about an hour. I went in several times laid him down and gave him his bear that he sleeps with (I can’t take everything away!) Finally, I went in and held him. It still took him a long time to calm down enough to sleep. Poor kid was rubbing his eyes like crazy and yawning in between his sobs. I even got a little teary eyed holding him. It ended up being a short nap. It always is when he goes down so hard. Bedtime tonight will be the real test…
Bedtime wasn’t as bad as I expected, maybe because he was exhausted from earlier today. He cried for 35 minutes and I checked on him twice, but I didn’t pick him up. He went to sleep and I am proud of him. I hope he stays asleep all night.
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You're a good momma, Laci! Little Stinker with those big crocodile tears...
Aw Lou, I'm sorry! Hang in there!! Claudine STILL sleeps with an animal-it's been that scruffy stuffed tiger she got at the zoo in Omaha-and Eli sleeps with and drags around that stuffed frog you got him when he was born (I've even driven back to Judy's a couple of times when we've forgotten it there at the end of a day!). I think they all need a little something. Let the little man keep his bear!
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