I know we are totally at fault for letting this go on this long but what can we say? It made life so much easier...
Brady was in love with his NUKs the kid had to go to bed with 2 every night from about the time he was 6 months old. Then some time last year he started chewing through them. At first I replaced them but after he chewed through the 4th NUK in so many days I decided to call it quits. I informed him that he had 3 NUKs left and after those were gone there were not going to be any more. Well, that seemed to work because he babied those NUKs and it took him a long time to get down to just 1.
After every NUK that was chewed through (aka broken) we had him help us throw it in the trash for the garbage man to come and take it. He loved that idea because he loved the garbage man.
So last night when I discovered that he chewed through his last NUK, I told him that we needed to throw it in the trash because it was broken and there weren’t any more NUKs left. He was a big boy now and didn’t need a NUK anyway. He nodded his head and helped me toss the NUK in the trash and said “the the the garbage man takes it now!” Didn’t cry didn’t fuss. We could not believe how well he was taking it.
Fast forward a couple hours later and he won’t go to sleep without his NUK (its way past his bedtime by the way). I told him it was in the trash and there weren’t anymore NUKs left and he started wailing.
Eventually I got him to go to sleep by telling him that if we went to the store tomorrow we would pick out a new one. I lied to him. I felt sort of bad but not really since I said IF and I really have no intentions of taking him to the store with me for a long time.
So then this morning he’s up at the crack of dawn wanting his NUK again and crying because he somehow smacked his face into his bedrail and his lips were bleeding. The morning went down hill from there. He sobbed for his NUK. Sobbed because his mouth hurt. Sobbed because he just wanted me to “hold you.” (he always says hold you instead of hold me) Sobbed because he was tired. He wouldn’t eat breakfast. His nose was running as bad as his eyes were and he couldn’t see because his glasses were foggy and tear splashed. Its a miracle that we all made it to our appropriate destinations in one piece. Poor daycare. He is going to be a crabby mess all day today.
How on earth am I going to deal with him tonight??? I think I might need to bribe him with the $50 waste of money excavator he's been wanting so bad.
I need super nanny. She can help me potty train him too.
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Stay strong, Jodie! You can do it...maybe you can tell him if he goes to bed for x amount of days without crying for his NUK, you will get the toy for him, and if he cries again while he has the toy than he will get IT taken away until he can go to sleep like a big boy without crying again. Just a thought. I know what it is like, Luke had a blankie that he used until it got so ragged that he was ripping the holes bigger and after the second or third time of sewing up the holes, and he tore almost the whole binding off it during one nap time, I said enough was enough and it's now in my dresser drawer waiting for postarity to reclaim it for him - MANY years from now! :) He STILL asks for it occationally and you have probably never seen a kid use so many blankets on his bed even in the heat of the summer, but it's no longer a security issue. But it wasn't an easy first couple of nights without it! :)
Jozie had a pasifier too and we SLOWLY weaned her off it - it wasn't so bad but she has always been a pretty easy kid.
Oh man. I think Risa gave great advice with the toy thing. He will eventually get used to it, but it may be rough for awhile. It was rough on Gabe when I weaned him (none of my kids have taken NUKS, I have been the NUK). But he got over it...although he does still need us to lay with him until he goes to sleep and still ends up in our bed at night... Guess I'm not in as much of a hurry to 'wean' him from this with no more baby on the way!
Hmmmm....just wondering if you've survived....
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