Another dummy question...

Hey girlies,

I think there's been a post like this or similar before, just can't find it, having one of those days LOL. Ok here goes, any advice would be much appreciated..

Ava-Jayde is just over 5 months old and at night time dp and I are up like 50 times putting in the dummy. And it's not that she's still hungry cause it happens straight after a feed. She has learnt to put the dummy back into her mouth, but ONLY if it's in her hands ie: she's taken it out herself. IF it falls on the cot, like next to her head she can't put it back in. My question is, if I take away the dummy from her does that mean i'm going to have to let her cry it out? OR is there an easy way to save the house a bit of sanity. Ta...

Something to try- next time it falls out gently pat her back to sleep. Hopefully it is not in the middle of the night and that you can sit next to the cot with gentle rhythmical patting. It may take some time and quite a few sessions and then you can decrease it so that she hasn't quite fallen asleep when you stop patting as you are trying to get her to fall asleep on her own eventually. So no, you don't have to let her cry it out...

My DS uses a dummy to go to sleep, but doesn't need it to sleep. He had one in yesterday when he was tired & found a second one in his cot, so he tried to shove that one in too!

Anyway. Have you tried getting her to sleep without it? ie rocking, stroking, patting, walking? Maybe if she doesn't actually go to sleep with it she won't wake when she looses it iykwim

Ooooh that is soo why i didnt get isabell dependant on the dummy!!! Must be a PITA esp now after she has slept thru the night for so long :hug:

I think what the girls above have suggested is great, but i guess it really depends on how you want to approach it. If your ok with starting to soothe her to sleep in another way such as patting her, rocking her, stroking, walking etc then that would probably be best, to stop her dependance of the dummy.

Other than that i guess you could persist and get rid of the dummy when she is a bit more understanding, and she could give it to santa or the likes..
Good luck hun

Yeah, I think I wrote that earlier post you were referring to KL, "up a million times to put the dummy in" or something similar.

Wish I had a great answer for you- after a while Peter stopped waking up so much for the dummy, he just seemed to pass that phase. Now its like once a night rather than 5 times. I'm sure the phase will return...sigh.

When I spoke to my MCHN about it, she suggested giving him the dummy to settle himself, but taking it out before he actually fell asleep, thereby breaking the dummy- sleep link. I tried it once or twice but could never get the timing right!! :cryinglaugh:

Good luck and let me know if anything works!

We had the same issue with DD. I got hold of this thing called a Binkie and it lets you attach the dummy to your bub's outfil, so if it falls out, they can find it at the other end of the cord. No pins or anything and the first night I used it with DD she slept through again ( I was at my absolute wits ende and ready to go to trescilian when this happened) and we haven't looked back. It has velcro at one end that you thread through the ring on the end of hte dummy and then a little clip (like what you would attach braces to your trousers with) and you can attach it to their sleeping bag.
They sell them at thekidsstore.com.au

Good luck!

Bellabub- at what age did this work for your little one? At my son's age (3 months) I find the Binkie/clip thing more of a problem than its worth because he thinks the chain is fun to play with and just pulls his dummy out and doesn't realise what he's doing. He just isn't old enough to understand yet!

Charlie's dummy has been attached to his sleeping bag now for 12months & it works great for us. He only on very rare occasions gets confused & can't find it......not often at all. He can always find it & it works for us, if you want to take the dummy away that's fine...just the suggestion for if you wish to keep it. You do what works for you, some people like them & some don't. Charlie only has it for sleep so I'm not worried atm.