weaning 7 month old off dummy-constant night weakening

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Exhausted wakening up multiple times to put DS's dummy back in. Considering weaning him off it.
Is this against SIDs guidelines?
Is it a bit cruel?
Help!!

Wakening not weakening obviously

Get the glow in the dark ones
so baby can retrieve themself?

I honestly don't even think he would attempt to look for it!! Maybe an older baby?

By 8 months mine were finding them!! Put a few in there!!

Cheers. Off to buy a load of glow In the dark ones tomorrow and will hang in there another month 🙏🏻 would feel guilty taking it off him at this stage

I used to put about 3 in the cot with them so they could find them in the night. If they can roll around, they can look for them themselves!

@Fatted he is a lazy wee lump. Will only roll about the floor during the day to get to things he really wants such as my phone or the tv remote 🤣 lies on his back to sleep and does not budge.

Also another thing is he doesn't waken completely. Will cry with his eyes closed. If I put dummy back in he goes straight back to sleep. So I'm reluctant to make him wake up completely to look for the dummy himself in case he won't go back over 😬.

I bought my daughter a sleepy tot at this age which she still loves and uses when she can't immediately find the other loose dummies in the bed!

We attached the dummy to his comforter and shoved about three spares in.

What I would say, is that if you can get it off them now then do it. My 3.5 year old still has a dummy for bed and I wish id taken it off him sooner!

Yep chuck a load of them in there. Mine found them in the night.

Yes I would do it . A couple of disturbed nights then all done.

I am not anti dummy btw just think they should actually be a help not a hindrance

Now I don't know what to do 🙈😂

I'm currently trying to get my 4month old off his dummies. Its been 3 days so far and it's been pretty rough.
White noise seems to do the trick though. However, I'm wary that I've swapped one sleep aid for another. The good thing with white noise is that it can't fall out of DS mouth, it can't get dirty, it eont affect his speech and wont cause an overbite.
I dont think it's cruel to wean him off the dummy at this age. I read its best to get them off before 6months where they become seriously attached. They're more likely to get over the loss of their dummy the younger they are.

Teething babies need a dummy ime!!
Most need a prop of some sort for comfort, reduced mine after a year to sleep time only. Never had an issue binning them with dc consent before 3.. None had speech /teeth issues.

I usually put 5 in my DD's cot! Lol!

Sleepy tot a great idea!

he only takes a dummy for naps and bedtime so im probably expecting a bit much.

Did try putting a few dummies around him today for naps and then I didn't go straight back in to put the dummy back in for him. No joy. Hysterical until I put it in for him.

Trying to teach him how to put it in himself. He can actually do it no problem he just hasn't figured out to look for it yet.

Already use white noise and a comforter.

We had this problem, multiple night wakings at 10 months for the flipping dummy!!

In the end we couldn't take anymore and just took it away and she went cold turkey. The first night was awful but then she self settled and was fine. Glad we did it then.

She's 4 now and I'm 20 weeks with number 2. I will not be giving this one a dummy!

Good luck x

Hi OP

I weaned DD off the dummy at about the same age,
I just took it away, it was a hard 24 hours, but one night of every hour, second night 3 times resettled, and after that she was absolutely fine.

If it's something you want to do can you do it over the weekend for example so someone can help?

I agree with the idea of leaving several dummies in the cot. Worked for our dummy loving sons. What about instead of you putting the dummy back in his mouth, you brush it against his hand until he grabs it? Might take a bit of coaching over a couple of nights/days but babies can always find their mouth with their fist.

Thanks all. Dummies are a curse 🙈 but I definitely couldn't have did without them in the early days. I was adamant I wasn't going to give him one. I gave in when he was 3 weeks old.
I think I'll try to see can i train him a bit over the next few days. If it's not working, well have to go cold turkey next wend when DH can help out.

I used to put at least 6 in the cot each night. Then they could always find one.

We got rid of DD1s at 6 months because she kept waking up, a tough few days but then she was fine. So much better at night.

DD2 was always fine as she found them in the night and got back to sleep but at 2.5 we have just had to stop them (they went to the dummy fairy) as the dentist pointed out that it was causing an overbite...which it was. She was perfectly fine giving them up..only asked for it twice and each time I reminded her she gave them away and she just shrugged and said ok!

Not sure that helps in any way, but I suppose you just need to weigh up what’s going to be best.

With my DD I used to put pepper or vinegar on her dummies to wean her off.

Fanny Flaps. Mother of 7.

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