my husband's like "oh, he's not very attached, he only needs it when he's sleeping, it'll be easy." WRONG. The hardest part of the day are his naps and bedtime, we need that pacifier for our sanity and so does he to be able to sleep so, yes, he is attached.
i have multiple plushies for him to cuddle with to play substitute and it's gonna have to work because his pacifier dependency will not win.
for his first nap today, i gave him the binky cause i was just not ready to be dealing with that so early in the morning. his second nap was when i decided to give it a shot. oh my god, he lost his mind. he was crying for like five minutes even when i was there trying to console him and offer the plushie.
it went on like this for fifteen minutes and in the end i had to shush him a bit for him to close his eyes and drift off. i wanna say that it wasn't a bad first attempt, i thought it'd be worse. we'll see for his final nap and bedtime. i'm actually scared lollll.
I totally understand the fear of getting rid of the binky and the comfort given when you relent and give in, but it teaches your child that when they fuss, they get what they want!! You're a great parent for trying hard and doing what's best for your child!! Thank you for the post!!!
ReplyDeletethe fussing is constant, it's a miracle i haven't give in lol but thank you so much i needed to hear that!!
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