Hi, I am new to mumsnet and dont understand all the aconyms so this may be a bit long winded, but I just need some advice regarding my sons dummy. The background is my son is almost 10 weeks old and is breastfed, he feeds every 3 hours during the day and is settled into a goodish routine during the day, he settles in his moses basket swaddled with his dummy for generally about an hour. At night he is bathed, boobed and bed for 7pm swaddled with his dummy, goes relatively straight off - a bit fussy sometimes but nothing much. I then do a feed at 10pm, again swaddle with his dummy and straight off.
Thats the background now here's the problem -he is then waking (I say waking but its more like grumbling but I try to catch him before its the full outright cry) regularly from approx 2.30/3.00am every hour or so because he has lost his dummy. Up until about a week ago he was going through from 10pm to about 5am, because he is by the side of me I just reach my hand in and rummage for his mouth and pop his dummy back in he then drifts off for another hour. I can keep him going like this until about 5/6am where I give him another feed and then we are back on track of the 3 hourly feeds. I feel as though things have gone backwards and I quite like having some sleep again. I do plan on getting rid of the dummy when he is between 4/6 months but ovbviously he cant suck his fingers until I stop swaddling which will be at about the same time.
Sorry this has been so ling winded but the question is should I be " keeping him going " like this or should I be feeding him? Thanks - any advice would be appreciated.