Update on Jakes sleeping issues

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   Well a wee update.

I have been working with Tracie Martin for a while now, and we are having some great progress with Jacob.  He is sleeping through at least once a week now, which is awesome, and in the last week, I have managed to get him to go back to sleep, if he has woken, without "boobie" twice, which is great.  

Mainly what I am doing is changing my behaviour with him during the day, and trying really hard not to say no and use words like naughty.  I find if we have had an afternoon where I am telling him off all the time, he sleeps worse than the days when we have lots of fun and laugh and play and not so much of the telling off.

I try to say things like "I can see ow much fun you are having hitting the coffee table with your spoon, it makes a good noise.  How bout you try it on this (insert object here) and see what the noise is.  It is hard and I really have to think about what to say, but I am noticing results and am finding I feel calmer with him.  Not to say there is no yelling or telling off anymore (there so is!) and no stress (there is sooooo stress sometimes, but not as much)

The main difference in him that I have noticed is how much more loving and affectionate he is.  He has always given kisses and cuddles if I ask, but now he comes up and does it spontainiously. AND he gets really excited when I collect him from daycare and comes to me for cuddles and kisses when he is upset and hurt instead of daddy or not at all.

In the next few weeks, we are going to send the bottles to the "bottle fairy" and the bottle fairy is going to leave a big sandpit for him.  We are at the moment cutting the milk down, weaning him off it, so fingers crossed.

Thanks again for all your help and support when I needed it the most, you guys ROCK!