hi ladies,

I was talked into using a dummy for DD2 (didn't use one with DD1) because she has reflux, and admittedly it did help with her reflux if sleeping after a feed. But it seems we have become a little too attached to it for my liking. She now will not go to sleep without it, and is now also waking up if it falls out/is gone and will settle if it is replaced - before I could take it out when she fell asleep and that would be that. She doesn't have it at other times, I don't ever give it to her if she is not going down for a sleep.

So, am I right in wanting to wean her from this - I would like her to be able to sleep for a full sleep without having to replace the dummy. And I would like to be able to get her off to sleep without the dummy (or feeding - happy to give cuddles and rocks etc).

In the evenings, she will go off to sleep without it, but is instead feeding to sleep.
And when we are out, she will go off to sleep without it (in either the car, carrier or pram), so potentially she can, right?

So I tried today to wean her off it, and she just wouldn't go to sleep at all, just cried and cried despite lots of cuddles and rocks by mum, in the end I gave her another feed, and she dropped right off (this should have been her second sleep time, but was only having her first)

so did i make it worse by substituting dummy for boob?
how long does it take to wean from a dummy? i have heard 3 days but that seems awfully optimistic.
and how do you wean from a dummy, bear in mind that she is 7 months old (no controlled crying suggestions please).