Welcome Nat! Congrats on the pregnancy! Your DD is born 1 day after my youngest son. She sounds like she is coming into the stage where she wants to become a bit more independent. DS3 is doing that now. He is very adamant that he doesn't want to have a sleep after lunch, he wants one at 3pm. Which is alright I guess but then he is grumpy for most of the late afternoon. Like you I have been blessed with wonderful sleepers, They all sleep from about 7:30-8pm to 8:30-9am. I have been wearing DS3 out just before lunch so that once he eats and is nice and full he goes down for a sleep quite well. It's working wonders for me! Must be the age for sleep problems, a friend has a boy born the same day as DS3 and he is doing the same type of thing. I don't know if I can help you with the dummy problem, my boys only had the dummy for a short period of time. DS1 had a dummy til 5 months when he got a tooth and didn't want the dummy anymore, my other 2 sons had dummies for about 3 weeks. They just spat it out, I have been lucky. My cousins boy has only just given up his dummy at 4! The only advice that I can give ~ and I am not sure how helpful it would be ~ is to take it away and replace it with something else, a new teddy or doll, or maybe a blanky. DS2 has a blanky, he drags it every where. Hopefully some of the other mums in here have better advice for you! Looking forward to hearing more about you and your family in the future!