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?