New milestone.
So, my son used pacifiers. Mostly to sleep.
He’s been hooked up to it since he was out of the womb!!! Actually all 3 ultrasounds we did, always showed him sucking his thumb.
Well, not anymore.
This last Friday, I asked the wife what she thought of it.
In 2 weeks we will have a new baby. And I thought this would be the last/best opportunity to get rid of it before the new baby is born.
The reason I thought time was perfect, was because this would be the last weekend we would have before things started changing – and fast.
Next weekend will be our last weekend without my mother-in-law (aka the devil).
We will be very busy finishing preparing the house in order to accommodate both babies (adding new cribs, washing newborn clothes, preparing for the hospital, etc), and also we would need as much rest as we can get, so we would rather it not endure 3 nights of hell (until he would get used to be without his pacifier) that close to the birth date.
It is also good to give some time for Kevin to forget about pacifiers, so he wouldn’t steal them from the newborn. :)
I told my wife on Friday night we could use the weekend as the days to try and set this up (friends told me it tkes about 3 days for the baby to forget about the pacifier). This way, even if he would not sleep, we could stay in bed until later those days and recover from a terrible night.
Of course, as the team player my wife is, she did not agree to start on Friday night. So we agreed to put only 1 pacifier in his crib (he usually has 3) and if he looses it or it falls, he would be on his own.
Saturday comes, and I put him to sleep his after-lunch nap without the pacifier. Now the fun thing is: He was not that tired. So, of course, he was not falling asleep right away. What does my wife do? Shows him the pacifier.
I was fucking pissed. I tell her to put it away, she starts telling me “I don’t see the point of…” I cut her right out with “The same point you did not see of letting him cry to learn how to sleep on his own??”. Now she is mad and she leaves the living room.
Comes night time, and I bathe him and put him to sleep (no pacifier). He does not cry at all (he did take a longer time to sleep, as he was half expecting me to give him his pacifier to sleep). I just waited until he was sleepy and put him in the crib). He looked for the pacifier, but didn't have energy to cry about not finding one.
Same for Sunday. I put him to sleep his nap time without it. No cry.
My wife finally gave in and put him to sleep without the pacifier on Sunday Night.
It is funny as only NOW she gets why it is better for him to not be hooked on pacifier.
And as usual, I have to endure not just the step ahead, but also a criticism of her that I just like to see my son suffer for no good reason (she never sees the point of those changes until after the change is done).
No matter what, I am damn proud of my son for taking the change like a man!!! :)
He’s been hooked up to it since he was out of the womb!!! Actually all 3 ultrasounds we did, always showed him sucking his thumb.
Well, not anymore.
This last Friday, I asked the wife what she thought of it.
In 2 weeks we will have a new baby. And I thought this would be the last/best opportunity to get rid of it before the new baby is born.
The reason I thought time was perfect, was because this would be the last weekend we would have before things started changing – and fast.
Next weekend will be our last weekend without my mother-in-law (aka the devil).
We will be very busy finishing preparing the house in order to accommodate both babies (adding new cribs, washing newborn clothes, preparing for the hospital, etc), and also we would need as much rest as we can get, so we would rather it not endure 3 nights of hell (until he would get used to be without his pacifier) that close to the birth date.
It is also good to give some time for Kevin to forget about pacifiers, so he wouldn’t steal them from the newborn. :)
I told my wife on Friday night we could use the weekend as the days to try and set this up (friends told me it tkes about 3 days for the baby to forget about the pacifier). This way, even if he would not sleep, we could stay in bed until later those days and recover from a terrible night.
Of course, as the team player my wife is, she did not agree to start on Friday night. So we agreed to put only 1 pacifier in his crib (he usually has 3) and if he looses it or it falls, he would be on his own.
Saturday comes, and I put him to sleep his after-lunch nap without the pacifier. Now the fun thing is: He was not that tired. So, of course, he was not falling asleep right away. What does my wife do? Shows him the pacifier.
I was fucking pissed. I tell her to put it away, she starts telling me “I don’t see the point of…” I cut her right out with “The same point you did not see of letting him cry to learn how to sleep on his own??”. Now she is mad and she leaves the living room.
Comes night time, and I bathe him and put him to sleep (no pacifier). He does not cry at all (he did take a longer time to sleep, as he was half expecting me to give him his pacifier to sleep). I just waited until he was sleepy and put him in the crib). He looked for the pacifier, but didn't have energy to cry about not finding one.
Same for Sunday. I put him to sleep his nap time without it. No cry.
My wife finally gave in and put him to sleep without the pacifier on Sunday Night.
It is funny as only NOW she gets why it is better for him to not be hooked on pacifier.
And as usual, I have to endure not just the step ahead, but also a criticism of her that I just like to see my son suffer for no good reason (she never sees the point of those changes until after the change is done).
No matter what, I am damn proud of my son for taking the change like a man!!! :)
posted by Cron at 2:59 PM
2 Comments:
Nice. Give the boy a tatoo now.
not until he can hold his beer :)
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