Adriana has used a soother since she was a few weeks old. I was skeptical to give one to her in the first place but my mother insisted she needed it or else she would be using me to sooth herself. All in all I am happy with the decision that I made to allow her to use a soother. Derek and I used the soother as sparingly as possible and had soother time limited to nap time and bed time only. Now that I am on summer break I decided it would be a good time to break the soother habit. I started by cutting the tip of the soother off, the first couple of nights this technique didn’t seem to faze her, then she realized what we had done. We would give her her soother when going to bed and she would yell NOOOOOOO and throw it out of her crib. It was really quite funny to observe. I decided to just simply remove the soothers from the house and she would go to sleep without one. We had 3 night of 1 hour crying before falling asleep, but the soother weaning is officially over!
We now have a slightly new bedtime routine. Instead of popping in the soother and laying her down in her crib after reading we now have cuddle time. After we finish reading I will say cuddle time and Adriana will rest her head on my chest and wrap her arms around me and I will rock and sing to her. She is asleep in seconds. I very much enjoy this time with her.
I did keep her favourite soother. It is hidden in her jewlery box;)
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