Dummy for sleep - Help I have no idea how!

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My EBF DD has never been a comfort feeder but just last night for the first time I offered a feed and as soon as my nipple was in her mouth she settled and didn’t suck as usual.

I thought this might mean she actually just wanted soothing so could be worth trying a dummy. It worked and we got her first 2 hours sleep in the next to me (usually coaleep but I’m ready to have my bed back!)

The thing is I have no idea how we are supposed to use a dummy 🙈

Obviously it settle her to sleep which is ideal. But do I then take it out once she’s asleep? Or let her keep it in?

She’s a fairly good napper so don’t feel we need to use it for these but does it need to be “all or nothing” to work at night?

What about at night, do we put it back in whenever she wakes?

Im worried she will learn “bad” sucking habits as she had a tongue tie and it’s taken a long time to get her latch right. So ideally I’d like to use it as sparingly as possible just to get through the transition to her own sleep space.

Grateful in advance for all your wisdom!! 🙏🏼

My daughter had a dummy (45 years ago!!) and we left it with her while she was in her cot but as soon as we picked her up, it was removed. She associated the dummy with her cot and sleep and it worked like a dream for us - if it fell out in the night she used to feel around in her sleep to retrieve it. Because she never had it out of her cot, we never found it to be a problem and eventually she outgrew the need for it. Good luck x

DS used to have his to go to sleep and spit it out once he was asleep, or we'd remove it. Our plan was to wean him off it by the time he was 6 months, but he started refusing it before this

We used a dummy ad hoc for our little one for night time sleep. I'd either pull out my nipple and put in the dummy, or give the dummy but then hold it there for a bit. We only used it for maybe 3-6 months, and had no issues eventually taking it away, I wouldn't put it back in if it fell out, because we didn't need to

My DCs many years ago and, my DGD now has one for sleep only. It became one of their cues and comforts for sleep, and worked very well.

I did the same as the PP 30 years ago. My daughter only ever had it to go to bed and I actually took it when she was asleep so that she didn’t wake with it in the morning, or after her nap, etc. when she reached 2 years of age I decided it should go so I threw them all out except one, which I cut right down. She sat in bed and said, “it’s bwoke!” And I agreed and walked out of the room. She grizzled for about 10 min and that was the last we ever heard of it. I was very fortunate but I was also very determined from the off and set a good week aside for sleepless nights, if necessary.