Dummy nightmare

[fee77]

My DD is six weeks old, and has been using a dummy for the past two weeks. She is perfect in every way, BUT when i put her in her cot at night we have this game of suck the dummy, it falls out, she screams, i come and pop it back in, this is repeated at least every ten minutes for up to two hours. How can we get over this - my DH suggested sellotape!

Fee77, this is one of the most frustrating things about using a dummy - we used one for my DS but not DD, I really wish we hadn't. Once they are a bit older (quite a few months for you yet) you can plant several around her cot and hope that she finds one.

I'm not saying it will be easy - but if waking up every night dummy hunting will bother you - I think you might be best to ditch it now before she gets too used to it. I really wish we had!!

LOL to dh. Yes that's the BIG downside to dummies: you're roped into believing you'll get more peace & quiet, but ironically you get less. I went through the same with ds, who needed the dummy to be replaced (or, more frequently, FOUND) in the middle of the night for well over a year. I never got a good night's sleep. The advice I was given (which I didn't take, but wish I had) was to get rid of the dummy then, because it's so hard to get rid of it later. My observation is that people seem to either get rid of it in the first 3 or 6 months, or they find they have to wait until their child is about 3 yrs old.

If dd is so "sucky" that you have no choice but to keep using a dummy, know that in a few months she'll have the skills to put it back in herself. HTH

Would echo what everyone else has said re getting rid of it now!!. I have 2 DD's, one of which had a dummy and one not!!.

You can buy those "clip on thingies" that will help when your baby is a bit older. One end fastenes on to the dummy and the other end clips on to babygro/PJ's. This stops it getting lost in the bedding...

Hope this helps

If it's falling out (as opposed to just staying in while she screams - some babies like Aloha's do this) I'd take it away. Which is going to be horrible but otherwise you will go mad. I know because we have just done it with my 21-week-old dd2.

OTOH if the dummy is still really useful as a sleep cue you might want to keep it going - it really did help with getting dd2 off night feeds. When you do decide to, it isn't quite as awful as you think it's going to be IME...

If it's falling out (as opposed to just staying in while she screams - some babies like Aloha's do this) I'd take it away. Which is going to be horrible but otherwise you will go mad. I know because we have just done it with my 21-week-old dd2.

OTOH if the dummy is still really useful as a sleep cue you might want to keep it going - it really did help with getting dd2 off night feeds. When you do decide to, it isn't quite as awful as you think it's going to be IME...

Yup, that was my ds, yelling in the night with his dummy firmly IN. Aaargh. He learned to put it back early on, but if you think the only thing standing between you and sleep is that dummy, then yes, certainly ditch it. However, if you have a very sucky baby they might cry anyway just the same.