11month old....would i be mad/crazy/cruel to take away teddy?

[brandnewme]

Total desperation as you'll see from the title. Dd was a useless sleeper and we were advised to get her an 'attachment' object to help him sleep.

So with Dd2 i did this early on and she has a teddy that she uses to help sleep. Has had it for months. Trouble is she wakes 1-3 times in the night, for me to give him back teddy. She doesn't crawl or roll over much so can't find teddy ( he does shuffle around to get where she needs to be in the day). She also wakes around 5am everyday and need teddy and a drink to go back to sleep. Last few mornings she won't go back to sleep. Tried days and days of controlled crying a while ago which got her of night feeds, but nothing will eliminate the 5am (sometimes 4, sometimes 5.30)

So she's still relying on me to get back to sleep, by giving her ted. Tell me i'm insane to even comtemplate taking it away.

She naps morning for 10-30mins then couple of hours after lunch. Bottle and bed around 6.30pm,....

could you button/saw... the teddy to the bed sheet or pyjama sleeve? I have never come across that problem with my Dcs but that is the first thing that came to my mind.

Gosh I'm so sleep deprived and too busy sorting out kids breakfast to concnetrate on typing. DS (now 5yr) was a good sleeper so the 2 girls have been a shock.

I had thought about tying it to the bars of the cot but figured it could be dangerous. The teddy is about the size of the baby thought it would be a good 'big' cuddle

Thank you though...

I believe the "experts" would say to remove it so your dc isn't reliant on it to get to sleep.

However my two have a comforter too and although I don't experience this problem I have always been told they will discard it when they feel the time is right so it has never been necesary for me to consider removing it.

In your situation I would sew a ring to it and then attach it to them via dummy clip so it cant be lost and you get a good nights sleep.

Good luck!

Thats the thing....i see nothing wrong with a comforter....DS who is 5 and DD who is 3 still sleep with dolls, teddies etc....as i'm sure millions of kids do. I just feel it has replaced, dummy, boob, bottle, me etc and now causes problems.

Perhaps i should try naps without and see how that goes?

My DD has a Millie and Boris bear that ties onto the cot. She can always find it! The tie is very short and can't be undone so that may work?