Feeling Guilty!

After too many nights of having to get up and rescue Callie's dummy (pacifier to my American friends!) which keeps rolling out of her mouth and off the bed onto the floor, Jamie and I decided it had to go! Thursday night was crunch night after we were woken at least half a dozen times by angry squawking! Friday morning saw me furiously researching the internet to try to find a humane way of getting rid of dums but there was nothing obvious, so we just went for the inhumane route instead and poked a big hole in it! Friday afternoon we put Callie down with her "broken" dums.... She was NOT pleased! She realised straight away something wasn't right and kept taking it out of her mouth and handing it back, politely requesting another... Unfortunately, she was out of luck! We then endured approximately an hour of serious complaint, with Jamie wanting to cave around the 45 minute mark. Fortunately, me being so "hard and unsympathetic" (Jamie's words, or rather a more polite version of!) paid off and she dozed off roughly 20 minutes before her nap time would have been over. Success! Since then we have had minor histrionics but mostly Callie has gone off to bed without much fuss and has slept better through the night. Last night we didn't have to go in at all, woo hoo! All in all, although I still feel a bit guilty about taking away such a prized possession from such a little person, Mission Dums has been more successful and much less painful than anticipated. Well done Miss Callie! What a big girl!