FiWil
Tue 07-Feb-12 20:56:33
HI
advice please! having had the joy of baby sleeping through at 7 months she has become dummy dependent which has got worse and worse since start of 2012 to the extent we are up and down 10 times+ between 11pm and 7am.
Please can someone suggest how we carry out control crying to reverse this situation - namely do we stop using a dummy and then gradually leave more and more time between going into to comfort her?
Thanks
Does she have it in the daytime or only at night? The first thing to do would be take it away apart from bedtime. Once she is used to that I would take it away altogether. It will be hard at first so maybe put her to bed later (and more tired) the first few times.
Both of mine had it until they were about 2 though so if you think she is a bit young you could get her one of those clip-on things so if it falls out of her mouth in the night, it is still attached and hopefully she can get it herself.
Cj1981
Wed 08-Feb-12 18:49:34
My DD was exactly the same at that age. Fast forward a month or 2 and suddenly she stopped waking for it. She'd go to sleep with it in her mouth and it would fall out but she'd sleep through it. No idea why the change but very pleased as had been considering and dreading controlled crying. Might be worth investing in a sleepy tot if things don't improve and you don't want to go down the controlled crying route.
