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Dummy advice please - 3 month old

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Dahlia5 · 19/11/2021 06:23

I recently introduced a dummy to my 3-month-old to help with his day naps and it has worked wonders in a sense that I can now put him down for a nap and he only needs a dummy and my hand on his chest to fall asleep within a few minutes.
My questions regarding the dummy:

He usually has a dummy in his mouth for the whole nap length. Sometimes it falls out - I don't do anything if he's sleeping peacefully but I do pop it back in when I can see him waking up and stirring. He then sometimes drifts off back to sleep. Is this reinserting ok? His naps are still short (30-40 min) so I do what I can to extend their time.

He never had a dummy for night time and he seems content and (re)settles well without it.
If he doesn't need it I'd rather not encourage it (so I don't need to keep reinserting it all night etc). However, am I creating SIDS risk now he takes dummy during the day but not at night?

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birdglasspen · 19/11/2021 06:54

No idea of sids risk. I’ve used a dummy for sleep with all 3 of mine but removed it at 6 months. It was never an issue I didn’t feel like they needed dummy to settle by then. I’d use it for night if needed but look at removing it once baby is older.

seaborgium · 19/11/2021 12:12

The research on dummy use and SIDS risk is very inconclusive. If you want to give him a dummy in the day but not at night then do so. If he’s sleeping on his back in a cot and he’s in the same room as you at night then the chances of SIDS are very low.

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