Non sleeping baby for sale - PART TWO

[kaz33]

After three attempts to leave a message on this thread I have to start again.

Codswallop - you still have the hacking bronchial cough to come and total loss of interest in food to come. I'm sure it won't be long before DS2 catches another cold.

We were going to sleep in the lounge last night, got the inflatable bed out ready and then discovered the pump wasn't charged and which point we threw our hands in the air and went back to bed. He woke at 4am, bfight eyed and bushy tailed.

Nome, I want to sleep in your shed too. Can you take small Nome from here, pleeeeease? Little is definitely over her cold, and it MAY be dropping the 10.30 feed wot did it, but I could soooo have done without waking at 4ish, and finally feeding about 45 minutes later, at which point everyone ELSE in our sodding house got back to sleep. Harrumph.

Resurrecting this thread.....

My boy is now almost 9 months and is a MUCH MUCH worse sleeper than he was as a newborn! For months (with a little help from GF and TH) he has reliably slept at least 12 hours a night and wonderful naps during the day...

Now, NOW, NOW he is waking numerous times in the night for dummy insertion and up at 5 am and at this point refuses to sleep on until he downs 9oz of milk.

He is incredibly gorgeous and good tempered so still worth the investment if anyone is interested! - failing that any advise would be much appreciated.

We have blackout blinds, he eats PLENTY during the day etc etc

Well, we removed the dummy before it became an issue (well, it was actually an issue already but because eczema), he cried for 2 weeks but he didn't need it afterwards...it was all about learning to settle himself. At this age and if he's moving alot, he may even learn to insert it himself, so who knows maybe a bit of agony for some few days may get you peace and quiet in the forthcoming months?

Best of luck if you decide to try it, I found it horrible but we didn't had an option.

So did you remove it cold turkey? or just stop going into him until he learnt to do it himself

We did it cold turkey (he was bleeding around the mouth, so no other option) but you may start by removing it once he falls asleep. I don't know if this is good advice, sorry, probably a more expert pro-dummy mummy could help better.

cranial osteopathy has sorted ds3 out here

Had your ds3 always been poor sleeper coddy? I think H is an intrinsically good sleeper as he has been so good at it for 8+ months - its just the last few weeks that have gone pear shaped..

I have next week off work - wonder if I should cold turkey..

yes always poor

D-

I would give it a go, but you need to be very sure that you want to remove the dummy for good, if after being crying for a while (or for a loooong time) you give it back, your DS is going to learn that as long as he keeps crying sooner or later he will have the dummy back and the crying will get worse. Good luck with it if you want to go ahead, I personally think that the sooner they get out of it the better, but there are mothers who think otherwise.

I feel torn on it for some reason and I dont know why...

I think its a bit unnerving to lose the dummy option altogether as it does come in handy sometimes for comfort

hmmm - cant decide what to do

Is it possible to take the dummy away for sleep time only but keep it for times of distress?

ds has a dummy attached to him with a dummy clip clipped to his stretchy suit and just poking out of the top of his grobag. Definitely not long enough to wrap around his neck or anything! If he wants his dummy in the night he just pats around and knows roughly where to find it, even in his sleep. He's been doing this since about 6 months old. Maybe you could get your ds used to putting his own dummy in during the day and see if he'll take to it that way?

Oh Becca, DS3 STILL isn't sleeping through and drains a 6-7oz bottle most nights, if he sleeps until 6am I concider it a lie in so I know exactly how crap it is to be going through this.

Unfortunaltley I have absolutley no advice, if I did I'd be using it myself!

Hope your little man gives you back your sleep soon.

Emma, big big big sympathy for having put up with this all the time! I suppose I should be grateful that I got 8 months good rest before it started! That makes it almost worse as it is so frustrating that I KNOW he can do it and did it for sooooooo long

hmmmmmmm

I've just got used to it know and really think myself lucky to get 5 hrs unbroken sleep before the nighttime bottle. The problem is I should go to bed at about 9pm to get those 5 hrs but do I? of course I don't.

He is getting very slightly better and to be fair on the little munchkin he does drink it quite fast and we're both asleep again within 20 minutes. Plus he's slow weight gain makes me think it's almost a good thing that I can get him to drink it regardless of the hour.

Sorry a little mini hi-jack there.

used to it NOW

must preview......HIS slow weight gain.

I make myself look like such a idiot with my typos!

Well - last night he went down like a dream at 7.10pm (with dummy inserted) - woke up at 6.35 am - not bad you might see but I'd say I was up at least 7 times doing the dummy - he goes straight back off as soon as its in his mouth - think its safe to say that is the problem!

oh bin the effin thing Br

I had three dirty nappied int he night and ds3 is backi bed already.

Why do I feel so guilty just taking it away full stop?

Do you think its doable taking it away only for sleep?

no bin t he whole thing
theyare disgusting and rough

haha love your typically sweeping statement cods

I dont like them much but they have served a purpose with DS - I dont want him to have one when he is older so I should just take it away but he does use it for eg at nursery nearing the end of the day when he is getting tired and a bit upset