I haven't used dummies for my 3.....not that I am against them, but just never got round to it. So I can't offer much advice there. But my instinct would be to avoid it for Bonnie at this late stage.
I know its the wrong time of year (ie chilly!), and I know it's a pain, but do you have a chair in Bonnie's room that you can feed in?
The reason I ask is that Lexie did a very similar thing (ie would wake and then just want to be in bed with me and suck on me for hours). I am SURE it was to do with the smell of my milk.
So we experimented and put her bed (hammock) in our spare room and moved a chair in there for me to feed her in, and I hooked up the monitor so that when she properly woke for a feed I went and gave her a good feed, then tucked her back in her own bed, left the room with my fingers crossed.....(I also let her have her "blankie" in bed with her too.....which she is now addicted to, but I am OK with that....)
This literally stopped her "snacking" instantaniously: and she and I were both a lot happier........
Lucy, she is still in our room. Ans when she wakes she really cries and stands up. I leave her for a minute jic she decides she is still tired but she is persistant! LOL
I know she is just snacking and more or less sucking for comfort, but I have no idea what to do! All my kids had dummies and were sleeping soundly at night by this age, I seriously thik I have built a rod for my own back!
The night after my sook on here I decided I was not going to give in to a tired baby wanting to suck on me all night!.
I was up watching a movie (I should have been in bed) and she woke at 9:45. I fed her in hopes that would keep her satisfied for a few hours. After being in bed a sleep for about an hour she woke at 11:30. I just kept laying her down when she stood up giving her a pat. She eventually went off to sleep, but it was an hour later!! However she didn't wake again until 5:45
Last night she tossed and turned a bit but didn't get up. She eventually woke at 3:45. I fed her in bed and put her back when she was done. She woke again at 5am and after sooking for a couple of minutes stoop up against the rail sooking. I got up and laid her back down 'shhh'ing her... she went straight back to sleep. She then didn't wake until 8
Fingers crossed I haven't jinxed myself by telling you all this!!
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