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Can you get away with introducing a dummy in the day but not at night?

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 03/10/2008 15:09

DS is dreadful at settling for day time naps and has to be out and about or rocked for up to a hour.

Anyway - to cut a long story short, he's fantastic at night after the initial getting him to sleep at bed time - he just feeds and goes straight back down again.

I've given him a dummy for his day time naps today and it's really helped BUT I don't want to do it if it means he's going to start eneding one at night when he currently doesn't if you get my drift. I don't want to add any reasons for having to get up in the night (e.g. to pop it back in again).
What do you think?

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pookie81 · 03/10/2008 15:23

I had exactly that-DD had a dummy to start with in the day but as she grew older and wiser, she wanted it at night aswell whoch meant that when it fell out, I was forever popping it back in. She has just turned 2 and i'm going to try and take it away from her for good Cringe. I think if you give him it in the day, he will inevitably want it at night for comfort etc. They also tend to start getting attached to the taste (god knows why..yuk!)That's just my experience. How old is your DS?

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dandycandyjellybean · 03/10/2008 15:42

I did this, and never let my ds have it at night, i just repeated 'no sweetie, we don't have a dummy at night', and he did get it. He still has it for his day time naps and he will be 3 in a couple of weeks, but it definitely helps him nap. I fiugre when he drops his nap, he will drop his dummy. It can work, but you have to be absolutely resolved on the night time issue, give in once and you're stuffed!!!!

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castille · 03/10/2008 15:47

I did this with DD1 who had the most appalling colic in the evenings that nothing would cure except the dummy. So she only at for bedtime and not during the day.

She never seemed to want or need it for daytime naps and only ever used it to drop off at night, she never cried for it in the night.

If your DS never has it at night, he won't miss it, or need it, IME

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Thankyouandgoodnight · 03/10/2008 19:40

Thank you for your replies. He's 10 weeks old and DH is currently trying to get him down for the night - with the dummy. I have absolutely no intention of offering it to him later on. Oh dear - your replies haven't reassured me that this is a good idea at all.