Who you calling a dummy!?

I made the decision last week, it was time to get rid of the dummies.
I hate them. I hate the dependance on them and I hate the having to get up at 3am, because it's fallen down the side of the bed. At 4 and 3, it was time. They only had them in bed, but still. They needed to go.

I always knew it would be a fight, especially with Number 1, who is so ridiculously attached to her deedee, we used to find them stashed around the house. Number 2, wasn't as attcthed but still wanted it, every night and even had a favourite one (the purple cat one...).

I took the plunge because Number 1, had bitten through another one and I point blank refused to buy anymore. I told them at 5pm, that dummies were gone and we were going to bed, like big girls, without them. I told them they didn't need them and fed them all the lines, about their friends and cousins, not having them. The response I kept getting - "well, Number 3 has one". I had to explain that at only 13 weeks old, she had one as she still had bottles. They didn't have bottles, so they didn't need a dummy. Didn't work. Still got the moans and the squinting, about they they needed them and how they loved them! I was sticking to my guns. No deedees, anymore. I wasn't bundging on this one. I was standing my ground... 

We eventually compromised on a comic and sweets, if they slept all night without them.

Off they trundled to bed, for the first time without their beloved. I wondered how many times, I would see them again that night. I wondered how many tears I would wipe away and I wondered if I'd eventually give, them back just to get some sleep.

I shouldnt have wondered. No once did they get up. Not once did they cry. I didn't have to give in!! What a turn up!! No fights, no tears and no tantrums. Just solid sleep, with no reliance on dummies!!! MUMMY WINS!!!

The next morning, the second they opened their little eyes, I was greeted with a chorus of 'can I have my comic now, can we go to the shop now!' I couldn't believe they'd done it and done it with no fight! Why had I waited so long to even try!?

The problem with promising rewards, became obvious the next night. All they wanted to know, was what reward they would get next. As I can't afford comic prices, for the next week (jeez, why is a paper book so expensive. I can literally buy a proper book cheaper!) we settled on a toy, if they could last one week without them.

It seems to be working and we are 6 days in, with no deedees. They havent even asked for them! Reliance for 4 years, on a peice of plastic and then bam! Gone, just like that! No fuss, no bother!

This time the odds, were on my side. For now, I'm taking this win and I'm going celebrate it! I know full well, the next fight is round the corner and that one, might not go as well!!

Parents - May the odds, be ever in your favour!