The past few nights, Ciarrah has been waking up wanting more juice in her cup in the middle of the night. Yes I know this is one of the worst habits I could possible do. But when she was younger and sick, I let her take a cup to bed with her, and hence it went to bed every night with her for about a year. So now last night after some frequent wakings, we decided to stop giving it to her. Ive talked to a lot of moms about how they did this. In the end we just put her to bed last night without it. She cried and whined for about an hour or so. Since I am the softy, Michael got to be the mean guy. Which he doesn't mind, but Ciarrah knows now, that when Michael says something Mommy isn't going to give in, but she cries for Mommy even when Michael tells her no.
Last night, after she watched her bedtime cartoons, about 9pm, we got ready for bed. We brushed our teeth, told everyone good night. Then we went to bed. She didn't realize that she didn't have a cup for a while, but when she did, pretty much all, she went crazy. Crying and Whining. After multiple trips to in her room, to calmly tell her to go back to bed, she finally did it. AND GUESS WHAT.....She slept all night, and is still sleeping now as I write this. YEAH YEAH YEAH for her. I know this was a very hard thing for her to do. But she did it. I am so proud of her.
Now all we have to do is be continuous. This may get easier or harder I'm not really sure. But I'm guessing Ill soon find out at nap time and at bedtime.
Wish us luck.
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