October 20, 2006
Spitting the Dummy
For about a month now Jacob has been using his dummy, or 'speen' as we call it at home, only at night time and for extra-serious falls or the bit in Barbar where the snake bites Madame. Last week his current dummy woke up one morning with a hole bitten in it and we were faced with the dilema of buying a new one or biting the bullet and moving into a dummy-free phase of life. Inspired by Jacob's sudden burst of maturity these last couple of weeks we decided to bite-the-bullet and try a dummy-free existence.
We've been a bit suprised at just how easy it has been. The first few nights Jacob asked for his dummy and we explained that it was broken and he couldn't have it. He accepted this very easily and went off to sleep without any great difficulty. Now he has been six nights and six days without it and has had only one difficult night when he was especially tired and loudly proclaimed, "I need something in my mouth" before falling asleep with only his tongue and teeth in the afore-said mouth.
We are now officially a dummy-free household!
Posted by Faith