How to take away the dreaded dummy?
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Found this quote on www.babycenter.com
"When weaning your baby off her dummy it's best to restrict it to bedtime only, always removing the dummy when she falls asleep. This ensures that she is not expecting it there on waking and can't rely on it to settle back to sleep again"
Easier said than done eh?
Baillie never took her dummy for long so I have no pearls of wisdom of my own I'm afraid.
Kim x x x x x
"When weaning your baby off her dummy it's best to restrict it to bedtime only, always removing the dummy when she falls asleep. This ensures that she is not expecting it there on waking and can't rely on it to settle back to sleep again"
Easier said than done eh?
Baillie never took her dummy for long so I have no pearls of wisdom of my own I'm afraid.
Kim x x x x x
Cold turkey. She is still young enough that given 24 hours or so she won't even remember she had one 
I'd go with starting from when she wakes in the morning, then you'll have all day to distract her and avoid the dummy. Or use some other way to settle her. Then at bedtime be prepared for a possible awkward disturbed night but don't cave. Give her a chance to settle herself in the night before going to her or letting her know you are there. Try putting some music she finds soothing on in the background when she stirs. Avoid making a fuss of her and try things like holding her hand or stroking her head to help her settle. Resist picking her up or cuddling her if you can.
We give Galen a muslin sqaure to fiddle with when he goes into his cot. That with the mobile on is his signal its bedtime and he settles fine (we ditched our dummy a while back really easily, but then we never used it overnight). I remove the muslin once he has gone to sleep. He never really wakes in the night be often cries out or thrashes around and it can be easy to mistake these as signs of waking up. We always allow LO time to settle himself before doing anything. 9 times out of 10 he never actually wakes, even if he opens his eyes or turns his head and within a couple of minutes is calm again.
You may have a long night but after that she should start to get the idea and soon forget all about the dummy. But try to find a good replacement she will then learn to recognise and find soothing (as I said muslin and mobile works for us).
I'd go with starting from when she wakes in the morning, then you'll have all day to distract her and avoid the dummy. Or use some other way to settle her. Then at bedtime be prepared for a possible awkward disturbed night but don't cave. Give her a chance to settle herself in the night before going to her or letting her know you are there. Try putting some music she finds soothing on in the background when she stirs. Avoid making a fuss of her and try things like holding her hand or stroking her head to help her settle. Resist picking her up or cuddling her if you can.
We give Galen a muslin sqaure to fiddle with when he goes into his cot. That with the mobile on is his signal its bedtime and he settles fine (we ditched our dummy a while back really easily, but then we never used it overnight). I remove the muslin once he has gone to sleep. He never really wakes in the night be often cries out or thrashes around and it can be easy to mistake these as signs of waking up. We always allow LO time to settle himself before doing anything. 9 times out of 10 he never actually wakes, even if he opens his eyes or turns his head and within a couple of minutes is calm again.
You may have a long night but after that she should start to get the idea and soon forget all about the dummy. But try to find a good replacement she will then learn to recognise and find soothing (as I said muslin and mobile works for us).
maggiewoo: thanks hun but my problem is on the night as she wont go to sleep without it 
sherlock: thanks hun great advice.
She does actually like hold cloth in her hand so I am going to get a muslin tomrrow and give that a go.
She loves her musical mobile so fingers crossed it can get her off it asap.
I shall keep you updatd on her progress.
thanks.
sherlock: thanks hun great advice.
She does actually like hold cloth in her hand so I am going to get a muslin tomrrow and give that a go.
She loves her musical mobile so fingers crossed it can get her off it asap.
I shall keep you updatd on her progress.
thanks.
We got rid of Sam's dummy 3 weeks ago now. Nights were SOOOOO awful we were going in up to 10 times so i thought it couldn't get any worse lets see if the dummy is the culprit! We did cold turkey as i'd read that was the easiest, Sunday night was the worst sleep ever (with dummy) so it went on Monday morning and i swear this is true, EVERY night since has been consistently so much better without it. There have been blips but its been down to having a cold or nappy failing to keep wee in etc, not just wanting dummy back as it was before. (I do sometimes wish it back during the day if he's very whingey, but i know its not worth it)
It really was the best thing we have done regarding sleep. Good luck
It really was the best thing we have done regarding sleep. Good luck
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Your at the best age to do it cold turkey!
Thats what I did! Got Corey up one morning, and didnt give him a dummy... he went to bed fine without it, but woke up about 9ish (for the dummy to be put (back) in). I didnt put his dummy in, and used CC for about 40mins it took. And that was litterally it. He woke later that night, and i just gave him back his pooh bear blankie thing, he was happy as a clam til morning. The next night I think he woke once... but settled quickly. Now he sleeps an uninteupted 14hours a night
Best thing I ever did.
Thats what I did! Got Corey up one morning, and didnt give him a dummy... he went to bed fine without it, but woke up about 9ish (for the dummy to be put (back) in). I didnt put his dummy in, and used CC for about 40mins it took. And that was litterally it. He woke later that night, and i just gave him back his pooh bear blankie thing, he was happy as a clam til morning. The next night I think he woke once... but settled quickly. Now he sleeps an uninteupted 14hours a night
Best thing I ever did.
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we have banned dummies in the daytime for months now but melissa still has a dummy to sleep. i leave 4 spare dummies in a pouch hung over the cot so if the first one drops thru the bars she can get herself another one! lol idk if thats the right solution tho! might be very hard for me when i decide to ban dummies completely!
