Babies Born March 2006 #8

[Hoody]

Hello All,
My Name is Natalie and i have been keeping an eye on your thread for a couple of weeks now. I have a beautiful DD-11/03/06 and am pg with DD no 2 due end of Nov.
I was wondering if it was ok if i could join your thread? i also have a few questions and am open to lots of advice re my DD if anyone is able to help. Well firstly my DD has a dummy. Lately she has started to chew at the teet resulting in lots of popped ones. As soon as i notice they are damaged i bin them but yesterday she bit the teet clean off of one. I am paranoid about her choking! I put her to bed without one last night and she slept through but i dont know if this was just because she missed her day sleep and was overly tired. Today i tried for 2 hours to get her to go down for a nap without it without success. i would have let her stay up and just given her an early night but we have a dinner to go to tonight so i dont want her to be over tired b4 we get there. In other word i gave in and put her down with a dummy. Does anyone have any advice?
The other thing i am interested in hearing about is sleeping patterns. I have been very fortunate that Mia (dd) has always been a good sleeper through the night. Up until a fortnight ago she would have dinner at 4.30 then bath and bedtime was anywhere between 5-5.30pm she would sleep through until about 8am. She would have only one sleep during the day at about 12 for about 2 hrs. However this last week or so she is fighting me at lunch time and i can not get her to have a day nap. I have tried to put her to bed later about 6-6.30ish and waking her at 7.30am but she still wont sleep in the day it literally takes hrs to get her to go down and when she misses her day sleep she will go down as early as 4.30pm and happily sleep through! I go to a playgroup and the other mums think i am mad complaining about a day sleep when she is so good at night but i would rather her go to bed a bit later and get up a bit earlier and have her sleep in the day. It may sound selfish but i really would like (esp with no 2 on the way) to still have this hr or so to myself to get tea sorted etc. Again any advice? or should i just leave her be and be thankful she sleeps so well at night?
Well sorry its so long winded i really hope to get to know you all better and i look forward to hearing any thoughts on what i 've had to say
Nat