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Dummy Question
Hi all,
I didn't use a dummy with my first daughter, mainly due to parental and in law pressure. However, with my second daughter I am a more confident with my own decision making.
I would like to try a dummy to settle my daughter to sleep but am unsure of a couple of things mainly, do you leave a dummy in until lo has fallen asleep and it falls out of their mouths or is it better to take the dummy out before lo totally falls asleep?
Thanks in advance for any advice given
I didn't use a dummy with my first daughter, mainly due to parental and in law pressure. However, with my second daughter I am a more confident with my own decision making.
I would like to try a dummy to settle my daughter to sleep but am unsure of a couple of things mainly, do you leave a dummy in until lo has fallen asleep and it falls out of their mouths or is it better to take the dummy out before lo totally falls asleep?
Thanks in advance for any advice given
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With DS2 and once or twice with DS3 we used one on occasions when they were small, in the first 3 months. I used to settle and stretch feeds when they were doing the feeding all the time thing. It worked ok for ds2 and i used it to drop the night feed. I held it in his mouth until he started sucking, then once he stopped sucking when he was dosing off i took it away.
Ive not used it since, and i think selective use can be very helpful
Gemm x