I thought I would start a new post - just so more people could read it.
Last night was night 2 of getting rid of the dummy and for the first time in weeks and weeks, she slept from 7 - 2 (ate full feed) then slept from 2.45 to 7.15. It seems like a miracle. Can hardly believe it! Previously she was waking every 2 hours, all night it was awful, I felt like a zombie all the time. We decided also to do away with the DF - this seemed to mess up her sleeping then she started waking for it - so over the past 2 nights we have just been seeing how it goes and I couldn't be more pleased.
Just wanted to say a huge huge thank you to all of those who have given support over the last weeks.
Hope that anyone else who is thinking that the dummy could be contributing - weaning it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be. The longest it took was 40 mins of crying using PU/PD and shush/pat - that was the very first time, after that it was less every time. Now it is less than one minute and she is calm enough to basically go to sleep on her own.
Any ups and downs, I shall keep you posted, but from one previously very tired exhausted mum to all of those dealing with NW - it will get better
Anja xx
