what are we doing?!

we threw all percy's dummies in the bin today.

gasp.


anyone who has a baby that just won't sleep will understand what this action means. paul is trying to get her to sleep right now. so far we've only been going 27 minutes. however percy has been screaming so hard i'm sure her throat is raw.
we made the decision that the dummies have to go because her sleep is so badly dependant on them. aside from that four and half hours i mentioned earlier in the week she has been atrocious- i've been up at one and half hour intervals for either feeding her or to replace the dummy she has lost and can't find by herself nearly every nite. we think if she doesn't have the dummy going to sleep she'll not be wanting it later in the nite. if we haven't gone mental over nite i'll let you know how the nite progressed tomorrow.

the day today was not an encouraging beginning. she took 40 minutes to fall asleep for her morning nap and after 50 minutes of unhappiness we got her up without her sleeping at all in the afternoon. i subsequently took her out for a walk which saw her fall asleep before i got two blocks; she slept an hour. (the thing about walking in the rain is you've got the footpaths and parks all to yourself!)

hi, back. paul did his best for 35 minutes. then it was my turn. talk about a mummy's girl! she took awhile but she is asleep now. considering someone recently told me she did this for five hours one nite we doing alright so far. but let's not jinx it! she might awaken in ten minutes.

anyways, the line is crossed. there are no dummies in this house and all the shops are shut. see you in the morning.... hopefully!