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6 month old with sleep time dummy - to wean or not?!

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RainDancer · 21/06/2013 09:34

My DD has a dummy at night and nap times in her cot (doesn't have it for naps in pram or car). I never really wanted her to have a dummy but she was terribly colicky in her first few weeks which badly disrupted her sleep and in the end she took to a dummy which seemed to settle her - I was so desparate I would have tried anything! Anyway, she is now 6 months and her colic is well behind her. She has never been a brilliant sleeper but she doesn't do badly. She is still ebf and wakes twice in the night for a feed but settles back well with her dummy. She occasionally wakes because she has lost her dummy, but not very often. So, should I wean her off it now or should I be thinking if it ain't broke, don't fix it!? I wonder whether I should be letting her self settle on her own without any props. Thing is, I know she will cry without it as she always cries for a couple of seconds when I put her down until I give it to her. I can not/ will not let her cry so am I setting myself up for a fall? If I should wean her now, how should I settle her instead?!

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CarlyRose80 · 21/06/2013 19:51

I tried and failed. It's too much of a comfort for them. My LO 6.5 months will have his when he wants it, sometimes he will settle without it at night if he's sleepy enough. He wakes up in the night a few times and its a comfort to him. Without it was just hell. If she's happy and sleeps then I'd leave her with it. She will soon be finding it herself anyway x

RainDancer · 21/06/2013 21:15

I think you may be right. I think I'm too much of a wimp to go through the trauma of taking it away!

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Chocolateyclaire76 · 26/06/2013 10:04

I'm in the same position with my 7 month old. Before having her I hated the idea of dummies and always thought I'd rather have a thumb sucker like I was. Little did I realise just how loud and how much my LO would cry! She wakes in the night a few times and we have to pop it in but I'm hoping that soon she will start doing it. There are so many other things to think of with regards to her that I think I'm just going to let her have the dummy, it's not the end of the world after all!

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