Rachel - Nicholas is exactly the same! He only has his dummy during the day, but not at night and he sleeps a lot better at night without it. I think when they have a dummy, then tend not to go into a deep sleep as they are constantly sucking. Then, when it falls out, they wake easily and cry for it. I have been considering trying to get rid of it all together, but haven't been dedicated enough to do it!

During his day sleeps, I give him the dummy, but I usually have to go and put it in a few times before he finally gets to sleep. In the last few days he has been sleeping really well during the day. I think I was putting him to bed too soon and he wasn't tired enough, so he would just nap. I now wait 1 1/2 - 2 hours after a feed to put him to bed. He has been sleeping up to 3 hours at a time during the day.