As of August 2 we are paci FREE!!! It was not near as bad as I had thought, of course never is. Our problem is that we are not sleeping all night and he is having nightmares. He has started talking about ghost and monsters. My niece is the culprit there. And I guess the paci was such a comfort that when he had bad dreams before he just turned to the paci. Now he is waking and coming to our room(which all I do is comfort him and return him to his bed), or waking up screaming about the ghost and monsters. So I guess my question is.... Does all of this have a lot to do with taking the paci away and how do I help make it better? We reassure him every night.
He also has a teddy bear that he has had since birth that he sleeps with but it is not helping very much. I am so glad that the paci is gone, but will he ever sleep soundly again? And it breaks my heart that he is afraid and that I can not seem to help him.
Thank you for any advice
Heather