Emma - Nicholas is exactly the same. I was planning to get rid of the dummy over the weekend as he had a cold and couldn't really breathe through his nose with the dummy in. Also, it was causing problems through the day sleeps as as soon as it fell out, he would cry for it.I have found that he has a really big mouth (in the nicest possible way of course) and I have changed his dummies to these huge 12month size ones so he can actually keep it in his mouth. My DD had a dummy until she was 2 1/2 and then threw them out herself. She only ever had them for sleep and it was never an issue.
i have decided not to worry about the dummy now, and leave him with it. He usually spits it out when he is sound asleep anyway, and I am hoping that this waking every 1/2 hour is just a phase! It can't last forever (god I hope not anyway). I give Nic his last feed at 6.30pm and he usually goes through to 7am. Even now that he is waking all night, I don't feed him unless nothing else works. Good luck.
well last night she had her last feed at about 9.30pm, she slept for half an hour then crying.... i was adamant that i was not going to give her dummy, well she cried and cried and cried, and then was inconsolable... my partner ended up giving her the dummy but by then it was no use, she was so worked up... so he rocked her for a while to calm her down, and by the time she went to sleep it was after midnight... she woke twice at about 1.15am and he put the dummy back in, then she woke at 3.30am and i thought id feed her to see if that made a difference, she was unwrapped, and i put the dummy in while i got her bottle made, but then i didnt hear a sound from her, so i went back to bed.... the next time i heard from her it was 8am!! she slept (i assume) unwrapped from about 4am to 8am.... usually she will not sleep unless she is all wrapped up, albeit she does try to escape from her wrap.... i am thinking maybe she will sleep better not wrapped anymore, but it will be so hard to actually get her to sleep unless she is wrapped, if that makes any sense at all.
i hear you on not feeding unless nothing else works... i am really paranoid about introducing middle of the night feeds again, as i know she can go from 9pm ish til morning without.... wow you are so lucky, him having last feed at 6.30pm - what time does he go down after this?
i am at present trying to get her to have her nap and i have not wrapped her, and i can hear her in there playing.... i cant see her dropping off to sleep, but i guess i just have to try it.
Hi Emma, My son had a dummy until about 8 months old. We took it off him as he too would wake 8-10 times a night for me to put it back in. He is now 16 months old and still wakes through the night. We are still giving him a bottle o/n and he goes straight back to sleep until morning. I know all the books and CHN say they don't need o/n feeds but I'm expecting #2 in November and its easier for us to get up once feed him change his nappy and be back in bed. It only takes 15-20 minutes and everyone's happy. Do what works for you and not what books or professionals say. If your little one needs a feed then I say let her have it, it won't last forever, the night sleeps will come. Ewan sleeps through now from 7.30pm to 6-7am a few times a week so we are making progress and neither he nor I are hysterical and sleepless through the night.
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