Dummy and waking in the night

[jackrussell]

Hello

We started introducing a dummy when our dd started waking far too often in the night - less than every 2 hours. We are keeping it solely for day time cot naps and night time. The problem is that she wakes up very frequently in the night and screams if it has inevitably fallen out. Picking her up rarely is sufficient to calm her down. She is 5 months.

By keeping going with the dummy will she ever self-sooth and go back to sleep without needing it and if not when will she be able to plug it back in for herself?

She still needs a bf 2-3 times a night. She regressed at about 4 months. But currently won't go to sleep without it or stay asleep without it. Sometimes we are having to plug it back in every 1/2 hour and are exhausted. Any light at the end of the tunnel?

Hi I went through the same exhaustion with my DD when she was around 4 months old. I couldn't take the sleep deprivation so decided the dummy had to go. It was actually much less stressful than I thought it was going to be. There were a lot of tears on the first day but I used pick up, put down and she settled relatively quickly. Within 3/4 days she seemed to have forgotten all about it. I had also given her a new cuddly toy blanket thing which she adopted as her comforter instead and has settled well with it ever since. Her twin brother kept his dummy as he never had the needing it to be re-plugged issue. I think he couldn't put it back in himself until around 8/9 months. I hope things improve soon and you get a bit more sleep.

our ds has always been a terrible sleeper - so dummy was the solution for us eventhough we went through the same thing at around 5months - leaving the dummy wsnt an option becasue then really he would never fall asleep... but now he just manages to find the dummy in his sleep (when he finally does go to sleep that is) ..good luck

I had similar problem with DD2 now 5mo, however i discovered the problem wasn't so much the dummy it was more to do with hunger. I started giving her a bit of baby rice late afternoon and she slept much better, she aslo needs to be really warm at night. at 5mo she shouldn't need more than one feed at night, so it could be that she ishungry.
I also found that switching off the baby monitor at night helps because I can't hear every little noise, and she then settles herself back to sleep. you just have to try different things and find what works, dummys can either be a blessing or a curse.

For the dummy problem, I highly recommend this baby comforter.

You put the dummies on it and baby finds it in the night by herself.

Couldn't live without ours now!

we are in a similar situation. I couldnt face going cold turkey with the dummy, so have gradually started getting rid of it - spent a week settling her for her first nap without it, then I have moved on to tackle her second daytime nap - she is doing well. once she is managing day time naps without it I am going to try and get rid of it at night. good luck!