Reliant on dummy to fall asleep!?

[Tashh13]

Hi everyone,
Was just looking for some much needed advice. My little 5 month old baby totally relies on having a dummy to get to sleep. He was a pretty rubbish sleeper so gave him a dummy to help, you just carry on popping it back in to get through the day, but now he needs it to fall back to sleep. So every night time he will spit it out hourly and then proceeds to cry.
I mean during naps I let him whinge for a bit then give him the dummy to go to sleep. Which I don't mind, but at night time I feel like it's majorly impacting his sleep and he is no way getting as much as he should!
Does anyone have any detailed approaches on how to get him to fall to sleep on his own? I mean I let him cry for a while but always give in. I don't mind controlled crying 😖 but how long do I give before I go in and pop it back in? Do i start with naps first? How an earth do people re-settle without a dummy? I feel clueless 😭
Or would everyone say to just carry on the way we are as I could have a screaming baby on my hands if I take it away?
Appreciate anything, thanks in advance! x

My 5.5 month old is reliant on a dummy to go to sleep. She used to pop it out and cry and cry until you popped it in, or when she was 2-4 months i spent 35 minutes a night holding it in so she'd drift off. When she hit about 4.5 months I decided I can't live like that, plus when I was going to her she was smiling so she'd definitely clicked onto the fact if she spat it out id coming running. She's still reliant now, but I only have to go in about 2 times and she's off to sleep. When she used to cry for the dummy I wouldn't run in, I'd wait and let her cry, and then the second time I'd wait a minute longer etc. Plus the crying tired her out and she got bored. She soon learnt to keep it in haha. Anyway if she occasionally wakes in the night now, she does cry and need it popping back it, but then goes back off. If it becomes a bigger issue as she gets old, I'll tackle that when I have to. Good luck x

I used the dummy to settle then removed it just after she fell asleep. Then I removed it just before she dropped off so that she sucked her tongue instead. Repeat each time she objects. She fought for a while but was so tired she gave in. Then I removed it slightly earlier the next night. I could still use the dummy to calm her but she didn’t need it to resettle if she was only half awake.

Oooh thank you I may have to try that approach. I do try taking it away as soon as he falls to sleep but he wakes up straight away!! I'm so worried about how much it's impacting his sleep. And mine 😂 but thanks again x