When you become a parent one of the first things many of us say is 'we won't use a dummy!' and before you know it, somehow, it has appeared! All well and good and research has proven that babies who sleep with a dummy reduce the risk of cot death. However, getting the little nipper off it is a different matter!
We spoke to the health visitor a few weeks ago about it and her advice was to just get rid of it and get ready for a couple of days of hell!
Marianne refers to her dummy as 'bubba', her bugs bunny is called 'ya ya' and her eeyore is called, well, 'eeyore'. When she gets upset you can guarantee the sentence of 'ya ya bubba eeyore' will come out. (Wendy and I refer to it as the unholy trinity!)
Yesterday I was in a tired and crap mood and Marianne was winding me up, so when she wanted her 'bubba' I told her she was a big girl and only babies have dummies. And you know what? It worked! She has occassionaly asked for it but I just shake my head and she replies 'Marianne big girl, bubba's for babies'. I'm sooooo chuffed. She's really advanced with her word skills and this will help her even more. It makes it soooo much easier to understand her.
I love coming home from work and talking to her about her day. She's two years three months and a bit and I can honestly say we can spend ten minutes having a conversation. Ok, she's not into full gramatically perfect sentences but it makes me smile and so proud.
We spoke to the health visitor a few weeks ago about it and her advice was to just get rid of it and get ready for a couple of days of hell!
Marianne refers to her dummy as 'bubba', her bugs bunny is called 'ya ya' and her eeyore is called, well, 'eeyore'. When she gets upset you can guarantee the sentence of 'ya ya bubba eeyore' will come out. (Wendy and I refer to it as the unholy trinity!)
Yesterday I was in a tired and crap mood and Marianne was winding me up, so when she wanted her 'bubba' I told her she was a big girl and only babies have dummies. And you know what? It worked! She has occassionaly asked for it but I just shake my head and she replies 'Marianne big girl, bubba's for babies'. I'm sooooo chuffed. She's really advanced with her word skills and this will help her even more. It makes it soooo much easier to understand her.
I love coming home from work and talking to her about her day. She's two years three months and a bit and I can honestly say we can spend ten minutes having a conversation. Ok, she's not into full gramatically perfect sentences but it makes me smile and so proud.
1 comment:
Well done for perservering. We made our boys go cold turkey to help them give up their num nums and it only took a couple days for them both to get over it.
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