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Cuwins · 2022-06-26T23:13:59+00:00

We have just succeeded in getting our 4m old to sleep in her cot after 6 weeks of co-sleeping- all be it with needing resettling regularly but it was improving and she was staying in it till 4/5am before coming in with us. Now it seems we have a new problem- waking every time the dummy falls out, after going in 8 times in an hr this evening she is now back in with me. With me she still won't settle without a dummy but she sleeps on her side (I know not ideal but only way we got any sleep to start with) against me so dummy rests on me and she easily picks it up again in her sleep. Anyone got any ideas? I read going to the 6m+ ones might help so thinking of going to get some tomorrow.

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ChittyBang1987 · 27/06/2022 06:39

We have a dummy. At this stage it was the worse, sleep regression and losing their dummy which helps with then self soothing. We just persisted tbh. In side crib, reached over grabbed a dummy and popped one in mouth. We have lots in the sleeping area. So more likely to grab one. Lots of practise in day grabbing dummy with them dotted around lo. Best advice I can give. Other people may have get rid of dummy. For us it helped my lo reflux and helped self soothe. For us we kept dummy and just persisted with it.

BabyBunnyMama · 27/06/2022 06:43

It's just a phase unfortunately. She will get better at finding and putting it in her mouth herself. I was up several times in the night doing the same for my DS but he's now a week off 6 months and can manage it himself generally or going back to sleep without it. I found it improved when he went into his own room and he rarely wakes needing it now.

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Cuwins · 27/06/2022 09:47

ChittyBang1987 · 27/06/2022 06:39

We have a dummy. At this stage it was the worse, sleep regression and losing their dummy which helps with then self soothing. We just persisted tbh. In side crib, reached over grabbed a dummy and popped one in mouth. We have lots in the sleeping area. So more likely to grab one. Lots of practise in day grabbing dummy with them dotted around lo. Best advice I can give. Other people may have get rid of dummy. For us it helped my lo reflux and helped self soothe. For us we kept dummy and just persisted with it.

Thanks. Unfortunately she is now in her own room so it's not as simple as rolling over to reinsert it and she doesn't then immediately settle either- has to be patted for a while or sometimes picked up.

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Cuwins · 27/06/2022 09:48

BabyBunnyMama · 27/06/2022 06:43

It's just a phase unfortunately. She will get better at finding and putting it in her mouth herself. I was up several times in the night doing the same for my DS but he's now a week off 6 months and can manage it himself generally or going back to sleep without it. I found it improved when he went into his own room and he rarely wakes needing it now.

I think I could cope with several times a night, since going into her own room she has needed resettling about once an hr anyway, it's the dozens of times a night I can't cope with!

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ChittyBang1987 · 27/06/2022 18:05

4 months is quite young and still needs the input along with 4 month sleep regression.

I assumed she was in your room due to safer sleep guidance of sids.

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Cuwins · 27/06/2022 18:43

ChittyBang1987 · 27/06/2022 18:05

4 months is quite young and still needs the input along with 4 month sleep regression.

I assumed she was in your room due to safer sleep guidance of sids.

She was until recently but we have transferred her to her own room as she is now getting too big for the snuzpod and won't sleep in it anyway. I am aware it's against the guidelines but so is her co-sleeping on her side against me which is the only other way she will sleep.
Interestingly all the the members of our NCT group (she is the eldest) are also now in their own rooms so I don't think it's uncommon at her age.

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user19888891 · 27/06/2022 21:02

like PP I think having LO in a side cot is what I would suggest. Both my LOs are good independent sleepers though this was after they could put their own dummy in at approx 6m. Until then it was a case of reinserting for them- much easier in a side cot. I also second the advice to allow lots of practise reinserting their own dummy overnight. Both LOs also found it easier to reinsert when they were sleeping on their front which they both did almost as soon as they could roll over

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Cuwins · 27/06/2022 21:16

user19888891 · 27/06/2022 21:02

like PP I think having LO in a side cot is what I would suggest. Both my LOs are good independent sleepers though this was after they could put their own dummy in at approx 6m. Until then it was a case of reinserting for them- much easier in a side cot. I also second the advice to allow lots of practise reinserting their own dummy overnight. Both LOs also found it easier to reinsert when they were sleeping on their front which they both did almost as soon as they could roll over

I think she will be a front sleeper once she can roll. Unfortunately she will not sleep in the side cot, only in my bed on her side against me or with some success recently in her own cot

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