A Special Fairy has payed us a visit!

After a trip to the dentist a few weeks back we were told that William was going to have problems with the way his teeth are as he has gap when he bites down on his back teeth. She asked if he was a dummy sucker which I said he was and she said that it was not going to help his problem and that this problem could cause him to have speech problems later on. So after a little thought and a memory of something I had seen on Super Nanny we decided to talk to Will about the dummy fairy! We told him on Saturday that tonight when he went to bed that he was going to leave a special package of his dummies out for the dummy fairy who would in turn leave him a special present. We told him that the dummy fairy needs the dummies to give to the new little babies that are too little to have the special big boy toys that he would get as a treat for helping her out. He was really excited in wrapping the dummies and then writing a letter to the dummy fairy, he even decided to choose a special place that they would be put for her to collect in the garden under the big tree.

So after a little talk we got him to lay down in his bed, he asked about his dummy and I told him that the dummy fairy would be coming during the night when he was asleep to collect them. He did at one stage ask if he could be a baby still and I reminded him that little babies couldn't do much! The only way he would fall asleep was for me to lay on the floor next to his bed, which I didn't mind at all, it actually brought back the memories of when we would do it with Amelia, mind you we were doing this up until she was about 6 or 7! He finally went to sleep and he stayed put for a couple of hours then just after we went to bed he got a little upset and wouldn't settle so he came in and slept with us. I think he woke another 2 or 3 times during the night but overall he was not too bad.

On Sunday morning he was excited to get up and see what the fairy had left. She was pretty cleaver and even left fairy powder. She also left him a very special Wiggles Microphone that he can use to talk into as well as to get it to play some Wiggle songs. He thought it was great and apart from church used it all day! Last night when he went to bed he asked about the dummy again and I reminded him that the dummy fairy had left him his Wiggle toy and he went to sleep holding on very tight to his microphone last night again with me on the floor next to him. He had a much better night last night and managed to sleep all night without worrying about the dummy! I have my fingers crossed for a repeat tonight!