Dropping the Dummy!!!!! anyone tried it?

[hugsy]

Well had app at the baby clinic today to ask about her having dropped the night feed as i thought she was loosing weight and was going to re introduce it

anyway she is still gaining little over what she should so all good there but as we thought it is the dummy that is causing her to wake every half hour from 3 onwards

She said until we wean her off it the sleep cycle will keep being interrupted when she wakes and it is not in her mouth so iv decided to take her advise and give it up

She has advised just talking to her really calmly and rolling her on her side and rubbing her back and roll her on her back again when she calms but is still a bit awake

Right on Q as we were gonna go she started to scream and the woman bent down talked really softly to her while i held her hand she hey presto no more tears

Know its gonna be so hard for nap and bed time but she said DO NO give up even i its hard that if i decide to do it i need to stick to it and after 4 or 5 days she should be almost there, that the first day will be the worst and a bit less so each day i continue

So wish me luck girls think its gonna be very hard work but hopefully worth it if we all get more sleep as a result

 

[clairebear22]

I've no plans to take Jack's away yet but i'm hoping to have it gone completely by the time he's two.

Good luck hun!! x

 

[TORino]

Good luck hugsy.

The book I've been reading mentions that dummies are the toughest sleep associations to break and says exactly what the HV has said to you.

I have the same problem as well. T wakes loads and needs the dummy replacing frequently in the night.

I can't get rid of it though because it stimulates peristalsis through the swallowing of the saliva and this helps with speeding up digestion which is beneficial for the reflux.

I hope it goes well.

 

[Lulabell]

Joshua doesn't have his at night time now. But that's his choice. I haven't stopped him from having it. There is the odd night he may want it but literally spits it out after five mins. He still has it during the day though. Good luck Hun.xx

 

[Mrs N]

Im going to let him have his untill he is old enough to understand, he only has it or naps and even then sometimes doesnt use it!!
xxx

 

[hugsy]

Good luck hugsy.

The book I've been reading mentions that dummies are the toughest sleep associations to break and says exactly what the HV has said to you.

I have the same problem as well. T wakes loads and needs the dummy replacing frequently in the night.

I can't get rid of it though because it stimulates peristalsis through the swallowing of the saliva and this helps with speeding up digestion which is beneficial for the reflux.

I hope it goes well.

oh dear Kayla's reflux has been much better latley , didnt know about that will have see if it maks it worse again hope not though

How is ur lil pudding doing now is she still quite bad? Side topic but i found giving up the infacol and gripe water made a big difference to the reflux so was then able to give up the meds too x

 

[tabbi]

gd luck hunni xx x x

 

[TORino]

Good luck hugsy.

The book I've been reading mentions that dummies are the toughest sleep associations to break and says exactly what the HV has said to you.

I have the same problem as well. T wakes loads and needs the dummy replacing frequently in the night.

I can't get rid of it though because it stimulates peristalsis through the swallowing of the saliva and this helps with speeding up digestion which is beneficial for the reflux.

I hope it goes well.

oh dear Kayla's reflux has been much better latley , didnt know about that will have see if it maks it worse again hope not though

How is ur lil pudding doing now is she still quite bad? Side topic but i found giving up the infacol and gripe water made a big difference to the reflux so was then able to give up the meds too x

She's more settled but still is sick abd coughing/choking a lot. I haven't used infacol or gripe water for a long time now, I think you're right, they seem to help a bit. You might not need a dummy for that now if the symptoms have improved fx!! Xxx

 

[hugsy]

caved all ready

she got cranky earlier so tk her upstairs , started screaming but talked to her calmed her and put in cot, she slept for half hour n woke with a cry, went up and she was all smiles n laughing so took her down and put her on mat to change her and she went mental again, calmed her again for few mins and could tell she was still tired but she started screaming again, she was hysterical, it went on so long i didnt know what else to do so gave dummy and she was out cold in half a second on my shoulder, took it back out and left her asleep on me for now

dont want to confuse her but don't like seeing her so upset? should i have persevered longer? like is there a time scale where enough is enough? i know there was nothing wrong other than wanting it but still couldnt handle her being so hysterical

 

[lyndsey_28]

caved all ready

she got cranky earlier so tk her upstairs , started screaming but talked to her calmed her and put in cot, she slept for half hour n woke with a cry, went up and she was all smiles n laughing so took her down and put her on mat to change her and she went mental again, calmed her again for few mins and could tell she was still tired but she started screaming again, she was hysterical, it went on so long i didnt know what else to do so gave dummy and she was out cold in half a second on my shoulder, took it back out and left her asleep on me for now

dont want to confuse her but don't like seeing her so upset? should i have persevered longer? like is there a time scale where enough is enough? i know there was nothing wrong other than wanting it but still couldnt handle her being so hysterical

its hard to take away something they have become attached too so try and do it gradually instead of all at the same time, but i totally understand the sleep thing my first 2 had dummies and always woke for them a few times a night which was quite annoying tbh, and they only ever slept through the night properly once they gave it up my 1st son at 3 and 2nd at 18months

this LO does not like a dummy and we have no interruptions to sleep for dummy, just for 1 night feed which i can cope with at the moment lol

Good Luck with it all xx

 

[hugsy]

Thanks hun, wasnt sue if taking it away some of the time would confuse her so thought cold turkey was the only way

think il play i by ear during the day but try be stricter at bed time and see how that works, she litrely wakes every 20/30 mins for it from 3 till we get up im so exhausted, thought dropping night feed would help but doesnt make a difference

 

[lyndsey_28]

Thanks hun, wasnt sue if taking it away some of the time would confuse her so thought cold turkey was the only way

think il play i by ear during the day but try be stricter at bed time and see how that works, she litrely wakes every 20/30 mins for it from 3 till we get up im so exhausted, thought dropping night feed would help but doesnt make a difference

when i done my 2 although older it was easier to drop the day first, and when they got used to being without it in the day i took it off them at bedtime too and they never really noticed

hope you sort it xxx

 

[hugsy]

Yeah hard to know if older is easier or not but im aging year every night of no sleep lol

She just goes so hysterial for it, which makes me more determined in a way cos i can see how adddicted to it she is but so hard when nothing will calm her other than the dummy, im sure she would have kept screaming for hours had i not given it to her earlier for the few seconds to get her to stop

 

[TORino]

You know hugsy, I have exactly the same problem as you at night after 3-4am. She sleeps perfectly until then and I am woken up sometimes 4-5 times after that.

I was talking to a feeding specialist who has been coming to see me and she told me that babies come into a lighter sleep at that time of day and babies with reflux suffer a bit and get woken up then and are difficult to settle.

 

[hugsy]

You know hugsy, I have exactly the same problem as you at night after 3-4am. She sleeps perfectly until then and I am woken up sometimes 4-5 times after that.

I was talking to a feeding specialist who has been coming to see me and she told me that babies come into a lighter sleep at that time of day and babies with reflux suffer a bit and get woken up then and are difficult to settle.

Yeah thats the cycle hv today was talking about, i did think maybe it was reflux but she doesn't cry more moan and then will cry if i don't give the dummy but once she has the dummy she is asleep before my hand has left the cot lol

So far so good since my hiccup earlier but she is due another nap soon so its anyone's guess how she will react, i got her the leapfrog my pal violet yesterday so she is having fun with that for now and i have it playing the sleepy time songs so if she doesn't nod off her self soon il see if i can get her to cuddle to sleep, don't mind so much during the day how she gets to sleep once its without the dummy cos she goes to bed fine at night jut wakes after that first 7 hours

 

[My1stBaby]

This whole time I've been wondering why Max does this waking every half hhour thing, he does it from 2am! It drives me mad. Never put two n two together about the dummy, I can't see how I'd take it away at night though. I might try settle him without it first then take it from there.

Really hope you manage to do it ! Xxxxx

 

[hugsy]

This whole time I've been wondering why Max does this waking every half hhour thing, he does it from 2am! It drives me mad. Never put two n two together about the dummy, I can't see how I'd take it away at night though. I might try settle him without it first then take it from there.

Really hope you manage to do it ! Xxxxx

Even though i know it was the dummy she wanted i hadnt quite figured out ahts what was waking her
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got her to sleep without it n slept for half hour n woke upset so was cuddling her as oh walked in so was all smiles for him n forgot all about dummy so just bed time to get trough now

 

[BevG]

i hope it works for you hun, Lyssa dosent like dummies so i cant help im afraid. she dosent wake much during the night so it could help to get rid of it

 

[hugsy]

so far so good, oh had lots of plays with her and we both got her dressed for bed taking to her and each other in softly soft voices which made us giggle but kept her so calm and i fed her she fell asleep as i was winding her and she is still up there out cold as we speak

Calm before the storm or a good sign????? will have to wait and see but at least oh is off work now for 4 days