DD Is turning 8 months this month. Sh was breastfed for first 2 months (I don't know if this has something to do with it) she has always refused a dummy. I tried all brands but she spat them straight out. She sucked her thumb for a little while but stopped that soon after, but she is always looking for something to suck when she's going to sleep. But not a dummy! Sometimes she'll suck a muslin, sometimes a comforter, sometimes my t-shirt or sometimes my finger. But it's not constant suck... It's a sick, a bite, a lick, she'll do it for a couple of seconds and then wave the thing (whatever she's sucking) around and then back to her mouth for a few seconds, then waving again and this carries on till she sleeps. Sometimes she gets frustrated too. Why does she do this? What can I do to stop it? I don't want to try a dummy again. Like if I'm holding her from behind, she likes to go to sleep in spooning position, her head is on my arm and she's trying to lick my arm. It's really annoying because it's like this is stopping her from going to sleep easily?
ALSO she used to sleep til 7am. Now she is waking up at 5am. I've tried puttin her to bed earlier but it's not working. 5am seems to be her new time. Is this normal?
She had a cold 2 weeks ago but still has the snotty nose! I cant seem to get rid of it, ive tried calpol vapour plug, saline solution, baby olbus oil, karvol capsules. Shes still got a snotty nose! She eats loads of fruit and veg! Someone help me because I feel I'm about to lose my sanity as I'm finding it difficult to get to sleep at night so not getting enough sleep.