Frequent wakings for dummy in nine month old

[Ratbagcatbag]

Hi all

I'm hoping for some advice please, I've looked through previous threads and can't find anything similar so here goes.

Dd used to wake up approx once per night and then when. Went back to work when she was nearly six months she seemed to get every cold/cough/chest infection going so really disrupted her sleep.

She's had a dummy from about a week old.

Routine is now. Bath around 6pm, get into pjs and gro bag. Feed nighttime bottle in her room, sing song/read book, pop her into cot. I stand next to cot until she falls asleep. All was fine but now she seems to wake every one to two hours as her dummies fallen out, she sits up literally asleep, if you go in and give her her dummy she's back asleep within seconds, if you ignore her she cries and wakes herself up fully.

I've tried putting six or so dummies in the cot, it doesn't work.

Any ideas on how to deal with the constant night wakings. (Especially whilst she's illness free).

Thanks. :)

Sorry to jump on the thread but I have this exact same problem with my 10m DD (among other sleep problems... I can't claim she has ever slept well unfortunately!!!)
Would love any advice too!!
Lots of people have suggested cold turkey but while she's still so little and can't understand why her much-loved dummy has vanished I just can't do it to her.
Hope you get some answers and some more sleep RatBag!! :)

I'm hoping someone will come along later emeraldgirl (are you on the April 13ers postnatal group??? Think I recognise your name)

I've been looking at the no cry sleep solution and wondering about the pantley pull off technique and if anyone's had any success with it.

Do they need the dummy for naps? I would try to wean them off for that to start with.
My LO (6 months) needs her dummy to settle her for naps but I've been paranoid about her becoming dependent. So, I let her suckle on it until she's asleep and then gently pull it out. She used to need it for her full nap, but she now continues to sleep once I've removed it. Maybe something to try?

Buy sleepytot off amazon- its a lil rabbit teddy has velcro arms you attach dummmies to and then baby keeps it in cot with them like any orher teddy/snuggly rag thing. Its worked for us!!?

Since DS was 6mo I have always attached DS's dummy to the shoulder of his sleeping bag with a dummy clip (and a short string which he couldn't possibly wrap round his neck).

I attached it to the same place every time (his left shoulder) and he learned pretty quickly to put it in himself and could find the string in his sleep and replace it like Maggie Simpson within a few weeks .

Might be worth a try? If your LO ever has a dummy during te day maybe use the same clip on the same shoulder of their clothes during the day too, to help them learn to find the dummy at the end of the string?

Hello!
I was on april13 as num3onwayxx

Have you considered taking her dummies away? If she got used to sleeping without them she would not wake for them?

I'm not anti-dummies by the way, all three of mine had them at some point

I tied dummies into each corner of a muslin square and DD could find it a lot easier. Got rid of the dummies eventually at 3 but she still sleeps with the tatty muslin at 7!