Dummies for … errr … dummies
Thursday, 9th August 2007 by tomWe’ve cracked it!
For the last few weeks getting Jonathan to sleep during the day has been getting increasingly tricky. This is not to say he isn’t tired – we’ve been giving him extra awake time. He’s not hungry or wet or dirty or sick… It’s just that he doesn’t like being put down when there’s so much interesting stuff happening out there in the big wide world.
The dummy has proved handy in this regard as it stops him getting frustrated. But it has a significant drawback in that it keeps popping out of his mouth through the gap left by the cleft lip. Then he gets angry again. And we’ve found that he needs to have it in for a good half hour before he’ll close his eyes. Once his eyes are closed he drops off really quickly. But who wants to hang around for half an hour holding a dummy in a baby’s mouth?
Cue a new technique… hold the dummy in his mouth and use your palm to block his vision at the same time. Then he very quickly loses interest, closes his eyes, and falls asleep. We discovered this trick two days ago and it’s worked like a charm since. What joy, now we can get on with all the things that need doing and spend our time with him when he’s fresh and happy.
