Why is my dd suddenly rejecting her dummy?

[francesrivis]

Hi, my dd2 is 10 wks old. We started using a dummy to help her settle to sleep at night when she was about 6 wks, and this worked well - we had to go back to her a lot to pop it back in initially, but gradually she settled more and more quickly. However, for the last few nights she has suddenly rejected the dummy and screams and screams at bedtime - I have only been able to settle her by feeding her to sleep. This seems like a backward step, and also takes a long time as she keeps waking up, realising my nipple is not in her mouth, and crying. In the day time she will not sleep at all unless she is in the car or I am 'wearing' her. We had major sleep issues with my dd1 and this, coupled with the fact that I have PND is causing me to be very anxious and upset about the situation. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas?

have you recently changed the type of dummy? My dd would only suck on rubber, cherry shaped teets! She spat out the silicon type ones!

I don't know if this helps, but approx 10 weeks there is a big growth spurt so the night time thing may be hunger. Feeling for you...

My DD did this too, I second what Glucose said. Try a different teat. Latex ones are easier to suck than silicone and the shape can make a big difference.

We haven't changed the type of dummy - we do have some other ones though, so will try these. Kitkat - once she goes to sleep at night she will usually sleep for a good eight hours, which makes me think the problem is not hunger. I know I really have nothing to complain about - I just feel so anxious about the feeding to sleep thing and whether it will cause problems later on.

Calm down. You need some perspective (I know, easier said than done) but she does not need a dummy, she will live without it, and so will you.

Address the real issue, ie, your very tired and need to sleep, and you're anxious.

Switching dummies is worth a go.

francesrivis, having a newborn is so hard. Try not to worry about feeding to sleep and forming bad habits, your baby is only tiny.
When you settle a bit you'll be able to tackle it if it becomes a problem.
You'll probably find that when your baby is less tiny and more alert you are able to settle her in other ways.
If feeding her to sleep is working, don't wind yourself up by trying to stop. Go easy on yourself.

She is fed up with the dummy which is fine - you need to find another way to settle her.

I know this message is late - I've been offline, but really, the feeding to sleep thing is not an issue with every child, I realise you had an issue with your other dc, but every child is different. With my 3 I found that I was better off feeding them to sleep, treating that time as my special one on one time with them before bed and I dealt with the going to sleep on their own bit later when they had more understanding.

Babies change their habits and routines every week or 2 at such an early age, the routine that she has now does not guarrantee the routine she will be in at 1 year or whatever. Try not to worry and go with the flow for a bit, I know that may be hard to do as you need to feel like you are in control(we all do), but you are doing brilliantly, your dd is obviously feeding v well and you should feel proud of yourself.