Worried about dummy reliance for sleep

[ByDreamyMintNewt]

Hi,

Can someone tell me if I'm overthinking this?
My 10 week old baby generally needs his dummy to help get him down for naps and sleep. If he's napping in the carrier then he doesn't usually need it unless he's really overtired.

I'm really worried about getting too reliant on it. We went through it with my daughter and after months of waking up every half an hour from 4 months whenever the dummy fell out, we ended up going cold turkey. It was only a couple of rough nights and it then massively improved her sleep, BUT I still can't get her little sad face out of my memory from those couple of nights. I really don't want to have to do it again.

Am I better persevering now and trying to get rid of it before he's really aware? Or am I worrying unnecessarily?

Thanks

Worrying unnecessarily
It helps with SIDS
By all means wean so the dummy is only used for naps
Please don't stress yourself about the OP. Each baby is different. Some wean off it better than others. I would just see how it goes. Remember your sanity matters

Oh god I see a dummy attachment as a total gift as it helps them go to sleep - now getting rid of it for our 3 year old which is going fine (she’s already just at night and in car). Her speech is fine and she sleeps like a dream 😂

Honestly don’t worry about it.

I started only giving them to my twins for naps and bed time once they were about 8 months old and napping in their own cots. It was no problem at all, I just stopped giving them to them outside of the cots.

They are 19 months old and still have them in their cots, I have no plans on removing them yet!

Worry about it when he's 5

He's only ten weeks

It's normal

Thanks for the replies and reassurance.
I think the problem is that he already often wakes up when his dummy slips out. With my older daughter it was literally plugging it back in every half hour for months, so we ended up taking it away. I just really don't want to have to do it again.

you will just have to see how it goes, 10 weeks is so small still, I feel like you don't need to stress about it yet. we weaned my DS off the dummy at night around 4 months at same time as sleep training because he started waking every 90 mins and we were in putting the dummy back in etc. he now sleeps all night without it (it's not even in the cot) until about 5am when we give it to him when he stirs to extend him in that light sleep phase. he has dummy for naps, in the car and if he's getting tired/very upset in the day. he's about to turn 1. he's happy with all this because we were consistent with it and as to when he has it. I'm very glad he stopped having dummy at night so young as can't imagine trying to get a toddler to stop having it at night when they are so much more attached.

Dummies are a great gift to help a baby to self soothe. It's a lovely thing to give to them.