Do I give the dummy back?

[Sequin1]

Hi

My DD is 15 weeks and she has had a dummy but was waking so frequently in the night we decided to not give it to her anymore. Her night time sleep has improved 100% as she now goes to bed at 7pm, wakes for a feed at 11pm, then sleeps til 7am - before she stirred at 3am and I was popping the dummy back in from the onwards to 7am.

BUT her daytime naps have been terrible, she gets grouchy after 1.5hrs awake previously we would have given the dummy and she would go off relatively easily, now she has to have a good cry to get to sleep, she tries desperately to suck her fingers and that might help for a
Minute but then she can't do it so cries in frustration and sometimes she won't go to
Sleep as she gets herself so worked up.

This is causing so much stress in the daytime that I wonder if it's worth it and to go back to replugging in the night.

I ditched the dummy with DS at this age and don't remember it being do hard.

It has been a week now since we got rid of her dummy.

Any advice?

I've never really understood why dummies are 'a bad thing'. I'd much rather have a happy baby than stand on principle. :) I think weaning them off fingers is much harder.

Hi Sequin

I done exactly the same with you with DS (14 weeks) - and the first week or so he did have a cry before he went to sleep - generally only a couple of minutes then he would be conked out.

But now I can put him down in his cot and he will put himself to sleep after a couple of minutes chatting to his teddies.

I found if I put him down in time - ie before he was overtired it makes such a difference. Though there a couple of times where I have mis judged it and he has a little cry.

Stick with it though if you dont want to use a dummy. I found myself when using the dummy he would cry if the dummy fell out before he fell asleep - and if this happened a couple of times it would mean 'putting to bed' would drag on and on, where as now its a lot less painful!! Not against dummies myself though - just he seems happer without it.

Good luck !! :)

same AS you not with :S