would you consider introducing a dummy at 6 months?

[lionbeast]

dd sucks her thumb v occasionally when hungry and tired
so maybe 5=10 mins of thumb sucking a day

im not worried about that as its only a few mins

but dd doesnt really sleep in the day although is a great sleeper at night
and one of my friends gives her ds 2 years old a dummy then puts a muslin over him and then he goes to sleep
she sais sh didnt introduce one or rather he wouldnt take it till 6months
what do you think

also she doesnt really cry much[as she always gets the boob if she does] so i wouldnt need to use it for that

Does she actually need more sleep during the day? Some babies don't need much. If she's a good sleeper at night and otherwise fine I wouldn't.

well im not sure if she does need more sleep as she doesnt get grouchy or anything

could be good though if i could get dd to nap so easily

Doesn't sound like she needs one tbh. If she was trying to sleep, grizzly, overtired, but she sounds fine. DS has one for daytime naps only, he's 7.5mo, but he's had it for a few months now and I'm trying to phase it out completely, so wouldn't introduce it unless absolutely necessary myself.

My ds2 was not a great sleeper and took a dummy a little in the first few months then never again...unlike my dd and ds1 I was really desperate to get him to have it for naps and to see if it would gain me a little more sleep at night...but despite trying even when he was between 6-8mths he refused. He liked sucking on me and I dont think a dummy would suffice.

I guess as long as you dont mind him having a dummy (and thats a whole other thread )then why not try it and see?

oopps sorry meant "her having a dummy" not him...sorry!

Some of mine started with a dummy after they finished bf-ing around 12m+. Was a bit of a joke with one of my friends that my baby started to have a dummy at an age when others were giving them up. Still wanted something to suck on I suppose.

why are you trying to faze it out flowery?

Just because I feel he's a bit too dependent on it really. No good reason I suppose. We found ourselves slipping into giving it to him during the day whenever he was grizzly, but I thought that was a slippery slope, as I didn't want him to end up with one in when out and about as a default as many children do, so about a month ago we decided to have it at sleep times only, which worked fine. Then I decided to see if I could get him to sleep at night without it, took a couple of difficult evenings but now he goes to sleep at night without it, so only has it if he wakes middle of the night and for daytime naps.

I actually have no problem with him having it for naps per se so I am not in a rush to stop it for those at the moment, but I will try and do so at some point I think.

dd2 started using a dummy at 13 months when I finished bf ( found one of her sisters in her bedroom) I was quite pleased as it she was not a good sleeper and it helped her to nod off without always needing me.
We got her only usng it at night from about 2.6 and then persuaded her to give it up at about 3.5. I didn't regret her having it.
You can throw a dummy away (which you can't do with fingers)