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Hi girls, looking for some advice!
Eve is currently waking about 10 times a night because she looses her dummy, as a result she's not getting a lot of sleep so was wondering if it might be an idea to wean her off the dummy, or do you think there is an alternative way to try an help her slepp through a little more?
If it is about weaning her off dummy how do you go about it?
Becky
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Eve is currently waking about 10 times a night because she looses her dummy, as a result she's not getting a lot of sleep so was wondering if it might be an idea to wean her off the dummy, or do you think there is an alternative way to try an help her slepp through a little more?
If it is about weaning her off dummy how do you go about it?
Becky
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I'm not sure about weaning off the dummy and how to do it. But when my dd was about 5 months (i think) she kept losing her dummy and knocking it out of her cot! So i got her a Sleepytot teddy: http://www.sleepytot.com/
You can velcro the dummies onto the paws and once she got used to the teddy and the idea that her dummy was attached, we didn't have to do any dummy runs - excepts if she lies on top of the teddy and can't find it! lol.
Just an alternative if it is hard to wean her off the dummy xxx
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She still has her dummy but if and when it falls out at night we just don't give it back! we sush and pat and go to her when she cries but we never give the dummy back at night, though we do if its a nap time.
it worked for us as i don't want to get rid of it yet!
My ds went to bed with on average 4 dummies!! so if he lost one he could always find another in the cot but he was probably a little older when this problem started so he was able to grope around and find them
I had in my mind though to stop the dummy at 6 months, and that was last week - not attempted to stop it yet though! She gets really cross when she's tired though (like her mummy!) and the dummy often instantly settles her, she hates being cuddled to sleep, but I do worry she's too dependent on the dummy.