Goodbye Dummy

Well we have decided to say goodbye to the old faithful dummy. Mark had not been sleeping that well at night anymore, and we thought maybe the dummy had something to do with it. About a week ago we made the decision to try to stop dummy use. Since this time Mark has slept a bit better. I think the main thing is that he no longer sleeps as long during the day, so that is probably helping him sleep at night. Though it can lead to a bit more grumpiness eg. if he wakes too early from a sleep and won't go back down, I used to re-settle him with the dummy, but now he just has to get up! I must say we have still used it once or twice eg. when he has woken at 5.30am, or when he has been cranky waiting for a feed.