Jack went to bed without his dummy on Monday. He's outgrown (literally) all the dummies we could find in the shops. We'd been telling him for days that Monday was the big day. When the moment came to go to bed he realised the end was nigh, and threw a complete tantrum... A bit at my whit's end, I promised him 'gateau' for breakfast if he went to sleep without the dummy. Immediately, he was all smiles and fell asleep.

After a full night's sleep, he woke up and had his cake.

Now it's Friday and we've had a full week without the dummy.

Sounds promising, huh?

Yep, except that he's got an outbreak of what looks like stress-related eczema.

Equally, though, the eczema could be the result of him eating something that's not good for him...

you know, like too much cake?

:-) Either way, the boy's fine and will be fine.. and we're rid of that darn dummy.