Hi All,
I've posted on here before about the dummy and the overall consensus was to keep the dummy.
My daughter is 4.5months so we are in the midst of the sleep regression and is a complete dummy addict. She has it for all naps and night time sleep. However she's waking quite often for us to pop the dummy back in, only to take it out her mouth and cry, so it's a battle to get her back to sleep as she can't fall asleep without the dummy but seems to get frustrated during the night when we put it in.
I don't want to get rid of the dummy completely as she obviously gets comfort from it and I know with all the other sleep challenges/regressions coming our way it's a valuable tool for us to be able to use. However I hate that she's getting such broken sleep at night and is catnapping during the day. I'm wondering if anyone else has had success partially removing it I.e getting bubba to sleep at night without it but still using it to settle them at night when needed? Everything I read seems to suggest cold turkey but like I say everyone's views were that the dummy will come into its own when she can replace it herself - I guess my question is can I get her less dependent on it without removing it completely or replacing it with another sleep prop like feeding to sleep. She's in a sleeping bag, we use white noise and I've started trying to introduce a comforter to her.
Thanks
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EmW1987 · 19/03/2017 14:14
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