My problem is, DD finds sucking VERY soothing. Her eyes will roll back (like when she's about to go to sleep) when she's having a bottle, even if she just woke up. She loves to suck on anything, but the dummy holds a special place.
The reason I'm considering this insanity - frequent wakings from sleep (not just at night). I can be up usually 5+ times a night just to put in her dummy! And the day sleeps are not much better. I hover around her bedroom door at the end of her sleep cycle in order to put her dummy back in before she wakes too much and doesn't resettle .
She has been in bed since about 7 tonight and I have already been back in 3 times to put her dummy back in .
How can I get rid of it? If I go cold turkey, how many (sleepless) days and nights am I looking at? Any advise will be appreciated.
at her age I would say a lot.
If you do decide to do it good luck! I wouldn't ... but that's me.
If it's any help she will be putting it back in herself soon I think the boys were around the 6 month mark when they would find the clip and put it in themselves.
Hi pinklilly, I realy think that at this age you will only be looking at two nights maybe three and they probibly wont be any worse than the sleepless nights that you are getting now, and it will be so much harder when she gets older, it is hard until they learn to find the dummy and put it in themsleves.
Good luck
I tried to remove my sons dummy when he was 5 months because ppl said it was bad blah blah and it was hell for a week until I gave it back. When I took both the boys dummies away (at the same time to the dummy fairy) they were older and we had 5 minutes the first night, they asked the next day and that was it
It takes 3 days to change a baby's routine...so Id say around 3 days to get rid of the dummy (coz its part of a routine).
I would personally do it. Does your DD suck her fingers? Or would she?
She does suck her fingers already, and my fingers, and her bunny....you get the idea. She just loves to suck!
I think we are going to give it a go. I have spoken to DH and we have agreed that if she is still really unsettled after 4 days (and nights) we will give it back and just have to ride it out till she can find the dummy herself....
Do I dare???
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I think the boys were around the 6 month mark when they would find the clip and put it in themselves.
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