DS is 9 weeks old and has had a dummy for about 4 weeks now. It took him a few days to get used to it but then was happy to use it. We only offered it at bedtimes because he had horrendous colic and it was the only way to calm him down before he exploded with his screams. It really was a saviour at times.
However, for the last 3 nights he has absolutely refused his dummy. As a result he is screaming and screaming for hours on end - it was 4 hours last night and ended up with me in absolute tears because I'm exhausted. For the last 3 nights I've been been getting about 3-4 hours interrupted sleep. He will sometimes accept it and suck it for about 5 seconds but then he either spits it out or rips it out his mouth with his hand.
Ironically he is constantly chewing on his hands - whenever he is awake he's got his fingers in his mouth, chomping on his fist etc and this is all new behaviour as well.
He used to self settle really well in his MB whereas now he just cries whenever he's in it. He used to be a settled baby in the day but now he spends lost his time crying and will only sleep in my arms.
I'm getting no respite during the day, I am 100%taken up by him! I'm exhausted and upset because I can't bear to see him like this. I just don't know what to do and I can't cope with him hearing him cry all the time.