7 month old sleep

[Elbee87]

Hi! I’m a first time mum and I’ve been really lucky with my little girl sleeping. She’s been sleeping through since about 3 an a half months old, she’s now almost 8 months she sleeps from 7.30pm - 8am, she’s still in our room at the moment as even though she sleeps through she will wake 3-4 times a night, all she wants is her dummy putting back in and she goes straight back asleep. I don’t really want to wean her off her dummy just yet, she’s ready to go into her own room as she doesn’t seem to care if me an her dad are in the same room as her but I haven’t made the move yet as I feel like I will be in an out of her room all night replacing the dummy. Am I asking too much as she’s a good sleeper? I appreciate people are in a lot worse situations with their babas not sleeping and I’m not complaining at all, just looking for some advice where her dummy is concerned. She doesn’t really have it much of a day at all she just likes to sleep with it, thanks x

I forgot to add she will push it out once she’s in a deep sleep but when she’s starting to stir she wants it putting back in

Are you able to teach her how to put it in?

She does know how to put it back in as she does it of a daytime but when she spits it out in a deep sleep most of the time it goes by her neck then she rolls over so it’s under her, but she probably wouldn’t look for it an put it in herself anyway to be honest

Have you tried leaving her to see if she settles without it?

Yes but she just cries and I feel if I leave her too long she ends up being wide awake crying instead of just going straight back asleep

It's normal, my baby is almost 9 months old and she does exactly the same. It's for her comfort. Better to give the dummy rather than letting her waking up properly and crying x

I think it's quite normal. Honestly, I wouldn't change things up right now. You say she sleeps quite well without you or dh in the room, but actually she doesn't, she needs you to put the dummy back. That may not impact on her sleep, but if you have to get up and walk to the other room to do it, 3-4 times a night, it will impact your sleep. By all means give it a try, but don't sacrifice better quality sleep (for yourself) to tick the box of moving her out of your room.

In my experience, the toughest time for sleep was 6-12 months. Maybe not tougher than the very early days, but it certainly was harder than the 2-5 month period, which was relatively easy. It doesn't matter where she sleeps as long as it's safe, but it probably will matter a lot to you if you are shattered trying to get her to sleep there.

There's no reason not to give it a try, but don't hesitate to revert back to sleeping together if it means you aren't getting as much sleep. Ours basically slept with us until they happily slept through because I couldn't do a million trips up and down the hall in the night and my sleep was a priority.

Yes totally agree thank you! I suppose she’s just not ready yet and if it gives her comfort I’m fine with that :) x

Thank you so much, exactly what I needed to hear! No point rushing her if she’s not ready and we are both getting a good sleep, thank you for taking the time to reply! I’m going to leave her a few more weeks as I do love seeing her little face in the morning, she has lots of time to go into her own room :) x