my 5.5 month old DD was doing the EXACT same thing, only she was waking almost hourly... and it started when she was around 4 months and progressively got worse.... i tried everything, and for a while having her sleep with me worked, but then she was waking every time i moved so it was really becoming quite an issue...

6 days ago i got rid of the dummy cold turkey.... it was hard and i had the help of someone with years of experience with me the first day... i felt i had tried everything else and had to at least try getting rid of the dummy.... the first night she woke up maybe twice (previously may have been 10+), the second night once, and the third night once..... last night she slept thru!!!!!!!!!!! for the first time since she was about 3 months old....

for me i am 110% positive the dummy was the problem in our case.... maybe worth considering.....? i suspected it was the dummy for a while, as all i really had to do each time she was waking was pop the dummy back in and give a little shhhh and a stroke of the cheek and she would close her eyes..... so to me i kind of suspected the dummy was a problem... but i was so scared of getting rid of it because i was concerned with what the hec i would do everytime she woke in the night....!!!! but it wasn't such a problem..... she seems to have now learned to sleep alot better... fingers crossed it lasts and isnt a fluke!