Advice needed please

[Taler]

My 22 wk old DD has recently moved into her own room. I of course appreciate that there was always going to be a settling in period as she's gone from a cosy Moses basket to a cot with loads of room around her.

Any way, for the past week and half of her being in there she has woken on average 3/4 times during the night wanting her dummy.

I would add before anyone maybe asks that she is never looking for food at these times.

Last night my DH was on 'night duty' and he informed me this morning that he was up and down ALL NIGHT!!! He said she wasn't distressed, wasn't looking for food, didn't need her nappy changed, didn't appear windy.

Hoping last night was a one-off but any advice from other parents who made the Moses basket - cot transition would be welcome.

[Deenamumof1]

Hi, I had the same with my now 23 month old, he was in his moses basket until he was 7 month old, I then moved him into a travel cot but still kept him in our bedroom until he was 10 months old he then went intonhis cot fine as he travel cot was the same size as his cot, hes now in a single bed and growing everyday! Best of luck x

[mummyxtwo]

Cot bumpers so the dummy doesn't fall out of the cot, and is more likely to remain within grasping distance. As she gets a little older she'll be able to reach around for it herself and put it back in her mouth if she wants it. On the odd occasion that we visited relatives and didn't have cot bumpers I was up and down all night with dd2 retrieving dummies and fetching fresh ones! Definitely recommend the bumpers. It will improve!

[whereisthewitch]

I remember this....eventually she will be able to get it herself. My solution was about 10 dummies in there with DD, so there was always one to hand.

[puntasticusername]

Be careful with cot bumpers, though, some kinds can be dangerous - can pose a suffocation risk, or tempt the child (once old enough!) to try and use them to stand on to climb up and out of the cot.

[Mummy23Monkeys]

You need to make what my children call a 'bed dummy'. I first did this for my DD as I was up and down all night finding her dummy as she was very dependant on it.

Get a muslin cloth and roll it up corner to corner, tie a big knot in the middle, then another knot part way down one side, thread the dummy handle onto the other end and tie a big knot round it. The child then has a bigger thing to reach out for in the dark and they don't tend to move about like a loose dummy does.

Worked almost instantly for my DD and have used the same for my further 2 children and never had a lost dummy problem at night.