Hey Tanya,

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........

I feel your pain babe, I really do. xx