Getting rid of the dummy

[MadameChinLegs]

My DD is 4 1/2 mo. She wakes numerous times at night for her dummy (I have offered milk and she has took MAX 1oz so I really dont think it's hunger). She can't get it and put it back in her mouth herself. I do think that she is waking because her dummy is not in her mouth....i.e coming into a light sleep, realising and waking to get it back.

She's very very good at going to bed and down for naps. No shhhhing, rocking, etc, simply swaddle or grobag, dummy in and left to fall asleep (which she does within minutes). But the many wakings in the night are relatively new and (my opinion is that they are) caused by the dummy.

Can and how do I get rid of the dummy? Am I foolish for trying given that generally, she is very very good at going to sleep without much assistance (just a dummy)?

I thought I'd reply to say hello! I used to gently remove the dummy after baby had gone to sleep, with a possible hope the wouldn't become too reliant in having it in his gob all night.
It did also mean that if he did wake it, he seemed a bit more 'relieved' to have back his dummy and went back to sleep. Sometimes !!
But I know what you mean, it becomes tempting not to bother when you wonder if they're just losing it and wanting it back.

Thanks for replying, thought this post had disappeared into the ether.

We tried not giving her her dummy for a nap today and she cried. I tried to settle her with hugs and stuff, then DH couldnt bear listening so he put her dummy in. Tonight, we put her in her cot, gave her a teddy and put the dummy next to her. Turned down the lights and left her chatting to her little mouse teddy. I fully expected a shout to go in and give her the dummy (lazy bugger as she is!) but got nothing and she drifted off to sleep!!!!

Dont want to count my chickens but if she wakes now, tonight, I KNOW its not the dummy causing her a problem.

Plus, as you say, it's there to give them in the night isnt it.

Hello, I would do as the other poster said and use the dummy to help her settle then remove so she doesn't get reliant on it being there all the time iyswim?

I personally wouldn't get rid of it altogether as dummies for babies that like them/ will take one are imo a God send! And you can bet your bottom dollar that in a few months when she starts cutting teeth and screaming you will be really regretting not having a dummy to help!

She's teething like a maniac at the moment, poor Sophie the Giraffe so that may also be contributing to her waking.

If she likes Sophie the giraffe maybe the dummy is another chewy thing in her mouth that makes life more bearable at night....
On the teething note we discovered through DH reading all the packets on one desperate Saturday afternoon, that Boots own brand teething gel both has the highest active ingredient but also permits you to apply more often....

Ooh, thanks for the tip tell your DH