Tuesday, March 10, 2009

No More Soothers

Zoë was getting to a point where she would wake us up about 3 or 4 times in the night asking where her soother was and so we decided to get rid of them. She only had them when she went to sleep but Dreyton had his 24/7 so she would always steal his and hide. We made it a big deal saying we were giving them to cousin Drew since he's a baby. She packed them all up (minus 2 that are hidden in Dreytons bed which he still gets when he goes to sleep) and gave them to Drew. Afterwards we went and got a special present at toysrus because she gave them all away, she picked a puppy that acts like a real one. The first night was hard for her, she cried for about 3 hours until finally falling asleep. After that one night it's been great, she doesn't wake up in the night and she goes to sleep really good. It's a little harder for her to fall asleep at nap time so she doesn't have a nap often which was the case before the soothers anyways.

3 comments:

  1. Hey so you took my idea, it worked eh? I knew at her age bribery would work

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  2. Good! you got the soother problem licked. Very ingenious! There's nothing that looks sillier to me than a 4 or 5 year old with a soother stuck in its mouth. Heck, even a 3 yr. old, somehow they just look so NEEDY, as if they just can't function without that plug!

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  3. Yay Zoe! You're such a big girl!! Soothers are just like blankies, it's their comfort item for getting to sleep at night.

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