I really need some help with my 15week dd2. She has a dummy which gets used when she is fussy/tired and at nap/bed times, however the past couple of weeks she has started waking when the dummy falls out her mouth. Obviously she is too small to put it back in herself, which has meant her day time naps aren't longer than 45mins and night times are terrible. I spend, what feels like, a huge part of the night putting it back in her mouth. I've tried leaving her but she just cries, normally I end up taking her into my bed where it is easier for me to get the dummy back in.
I am exhausted now so really wondered if anyone had any advice, I am seriously considering just getting rid of the dummy but I'm not sure how to settle her without it. She is really good at going down, just a quick rock with her dummy then in her cot so I thought maybe about just rocking her and picking her up when she fusses in the night and rocking her back to sleep again. But I really don't know if it would work, or whether I would be starting another sleep association.
I have two primary school age children, so although dp thinks I can go back to bed when dd2 naps I really can't as I am so busy during the day and the elder two are home by 3.
Any, any advice would be so welcome. I know eventually she will manage to put the dummy in herself but I don't know if I will cope until then!