I gave the cut nee to Cayden and shut his bedroom door-barely escaping without cracking up. Brandon and I waited and it took only a second before we heard, "Mom, Mommy, Mommy, new nee, new nee, mommmy" So I went in there and he showed me his nee and said, "look rip, ugh, funny nee, new nee" I was laughing so hard at that point. He was not going to be happy with this nee and cried for awhile, so we decided we should try and cut a more inconspicuous part of another nee. The new cut was just a vertical slice without actually removing any part of the nee and it looked like this:
(see the slit between my fingers? You can only see the slit when it's pushed together)He didn't like this one either, b/c the suction is different, but when he asked for a new one I explained that it was his new one and offered him the cut off one. Every time he settled on the slit nee, but was never quite satisfied. Which I figured was good. We figured we'd let him go a few nights and then slit it some more.
He went a couple of nights with crying before going to sleep. Not a long time, I'd only let him cry for 15 minutes then go in and sit/talk with him and then leave. I had to do that twice on Saturday night (which was the worst it got) but both grandma's were there and they didn't make the evening any easier! :) Then he started going to bed without crying, but he talked longer than usual and his naps were shorter.
Today is Wednesday and he had 2 different friends over so his nap was very late 4:00pm. When I went to lay him down he said, "no nee" I said, "you want a new nee?" and he said, "no nee-rip" so as I laid him into his crib I asked if he wanted his ripped nee ( I wanted to be sure I was understanding him) he said, "no, more water" so I got him some water and he took his nap!
Tonight we had Brandon's cousins over and they played with Cayden until 9:30pm, I put him to bed without his nee, he didn't even ask for it and he went to bed pretty good. I think he's realized it's not satisfying anymore so why bother. Which is kind of sad in a way, but I do hope it means it's no longer an issue.
I don't want to say anything just yet, so stay tuned for further word on what this could mean:)
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Been there :-) We took Dawson's nuk away the day after his 2nd birthday, we were going to try it earlier, but we put him in a toddler bed at around 18 months or so, and didn't want to change too many things at one time. However, we didn't want to wait until Lainey was born to take his nuk away d/t so many changes so we opted for 2. Same thing, only took it at nap, and bed, and always went down so good. Our scenerio was about the same, we tried the cutting thing, but he would just walk to the trash and throw it away exclaiming it was broken. The night we took it away, we explained it was for the babies, and we needed to give it to them so they had one--he was fine with that. The first night we heard a little whinning, and then nothing the rest of the time. I was AMAZED! I think a parent knows when the time is right. So, whatever happens, good luck--I am interested to hear how it goes as every kid is so diff.
I laughed so hard picturing the story. Way to stick with it!
Krista did the same thing to Sabria, because the Nuk was starting to affect her teeth. Krista snipped it off and gave it back to Sabria, and she cried the first few times she went without it, but on the whole did really well. (She did walk around shaking her head and sadly saying, "Paci, broken. Paci broken.")
Hey!! Great idea! Sounds like you made it through! Amazing how they grow up so quickly!
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