Our girl, she's growing up! I can't believe how she changes every day. We're about to try forcing a change on her... and I don't think this one is going to be very popular.
Now that we're in the third trimester of pregnancy number 2, things are in full swing to prepare for arrival of "baby brother." Ella has been sick a lot since Christmas. That's about the same time that one of her ear tubes "grew out." We're hoping she won't need to have it replaced, but in the meantime, we're trying to get her back into the habit of being a good sleeper.
A lot of the sleepless nights have come from being sick. She's congested, her throat hurts, she coughs, her ear hurts, etc... But, recently we've noticed that she wakes up several times at night, simply because she's lost her binky and can't find it in the bed.
We've been asking several other moms for advice, and the consensus seems to be that it's time to get rid of the binky. She doesn't use it during the daytime at Laura's house. Not even for naps. We've kept it for bedtime at home, because it really seemed to be a great tool for her to "self soothe."
Now, there's concern that she's too dependent on the binky, that she may try to take a binky from baby brother, etc... So we're going to give it a go and say "bye bye" to the binky this weekend.
At first, we'll give her the binky to fall asleep, then we'll go in and take it out of her crib. No more back-up binkys scattered around the bed. No more mommy and daddy coming to find the binky for her. She can rely on Elmo and Zoe and her blankie to help her get back to sleep. (and I"m sure we can rely on Ella to voice her displeasure with this decision)
We're sure to face a few more sleepless nights. We'll see is this trial period works... for all 3 of us!
Now that we're in the third trimester of pregnancy number 2, things are in full swing to prepare for arrival of "baby brother." Ella has been sick a lot since Christmas. That's about the same time that one of her ear tubes "grew out." We're hoping she won't need to have it replaced, but in the meantime, we're trying to get her back into the habit of being a good sleeper.
A lot of the sleepless nights have come from being sick. She's congested, her throat hurts, she coughs, her ear hurts, etc... But, recently we've noticed that she wakes up several times at night, simply because she's lost her binky and can't find it in the bed.
We've been asking several other moms for advice, and the consensus seems to be that it's time to get rid of the binky. She doesn't use it during the daytime at Laura's house. Not even for naps. We've kept it for bedtime at home, because it really seemed to be a great tool for her to "self soothe."
Now, there's concern that she's too dependent on the binky, that she may try to take a binky from baby brother, etc... So we're going to give it a go and say "bye bye" to the binky this weekend.
At first, we'll give her the binky to fall asleep, then we'll go in and take it out of her crib. No more back-up binkys scattered around the bed. No more mommy and daddy coming to find the binky for her. She can rely on Elmo and Zoe and her blankie to help her get back to sleep. (and I"m sure we can rely on Ella to voice her displeasure with this decision)
We're sure to face a few more sleepless nights. We'll see is this trial period works... for all 3 of us!
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