Getting rid of the dummy! Ups and downs!

I thought I would do a blog whilst we're getting rid of the dummy!!! 

After 11 months of constant wake ups it's about time to get rid of it so there's no waking up for it. (Wish me luck! Even thought by the time I post this I hope we're dummy free!) 

Health visitors advice - take away the dummy at nap times in the day first. It will be hell and you need to be strong in yourself to do it and have a good support system to have someone to coach you along if your funding it hard! (Firstly. I'm not strong lol and secondly were is this support system!!) 

DAY 1- 

Attempt 1- first nap of the day. 9.00am exactly. So off we go. We're lying on the sofa as usual. And instantly Logan's searching for him dummy. Screaming away. 

9.10am. Still screaming. The occasional "mums killing me" scream added in. (I'm waiting for social services to come knocking) Eyes closed now and everytime I move his mouth is hunting for his dummy. 

9.11am. Drifted into sleep then attempted sucking his dummy. There isn't one. So screaming again. 

9.12am. Asleep yay! 

10.00am awake and wanting dummy (if dummy was given hed of gone back to sleep) but no dummy so crying instead 

13.45. Nap two time. Crying and searching for his dummy 

13.50. Stops crying and starts babbling to himself. 

13.53. Asleep :) 

15.41  awake. He woke up a couple of times but I held his hand and he stayed asleep (just cut my hand off for bed shall I and were sorted?!)

I couldn't record the exact times as I fell asleep too! Oooopsiiii 

Bedtime is creeping up now and I'm getting nervous (ahhhhh) were going cold turkey and I'm going to not let him have it (I hope)! 

19.45 bedtime. 

20.07 searching for something to suck. No crying yet. Just babbling and constantly getting up

20.30. Finally starting to drift off. Keeps smacking his lips then cries for his dummy. 

(It seems scratching is settling him, slightly annoying as I don't want him scratching himself all night, but I do remember when he was a new born and didn't have a dummy he would constantly scratch. Like even me! He would scratch my hands etc and it seemed to settle him) 

20.35 Asleep :)  

9.35 wakes up looks around goes back to sleep (not looking forward to tonight. We usually have 4-6 wake ups) 

NEXT DAY! 

6.15am. Logan is still asleep (hehe)

6.26am. Logan wakes up for the first time! 

A whole night!! No dummy!!! No wake ups!!! 

9.00am. Nap time. Crying looking for dummy. 

9.07am asleep :) 

10.00 awake 

(Mini nap in the car whilst out) 

15.27 Nap time 

(Pretty awful scream and dummy hunt for about 30 seconds) 

15.32. Asleep 

20.06. Bedtime 

(Babbling away, rolling around with his donkey laughing)

20.27. Asleep. No crying for dummy :) 

2.45 I fall over going for a wee and woke him up. But he went back down ok with a sip of water (we're also dropping night feeds in this) 

5.10am wake up :( 

7.00am nap time - no crying for dummy 

7.10 asleep (woken up by dad at 7.30) 

3.30 nap time no crying for dummy 

5.10 wake up 

8.05 bedtime 

No crying. Chatting to himself. 

8.14 asleep :)! 

I cannot believe how easy it's been to be dummy free. I was expecting absolute hell! From listening to the health visitors and peoples failed attempts at getting rid of it I thought it would be impossible. But here we are :) and I am soooo proud of myself!!! (And Logan lol) 

DAY 4! (There wasn't supposed to be a day 4)

I was hoping that was the end of my dummy journey. Until Logan woke at 1.30am last night and screamed mentally for 45 minutes. To the point he clearly wanted his dummy. Refused the bottle but was excited by the idea of sucking. It was heart breaking so. I caved. I'm so so so sad about it and so gutted. But i couldn't let him scream the way he was. I'm hoping it was just a little set back. And from now it will be back to the easy side of life! 

(It was a little set back! He's asleep without it now) 

Good luck to anyone trying it! And wish me luck for the rest of my journey. 

Thanks for reading! Xxx