Damn dummy!!!!!!!!
Oh girls I am going insane!!
Last night I was up every hour from 11pm going into leos room and having to put his dummy back in because he's crying. I think I managed 3 hrs broken sleep.
I'm suffering sleep depreviation and keep getting stabbing headaches and I can't even string sentences together. I just want some sleep!!!
I don't know what else to try. I'm praying this is a phase. He used to only wake twice a night and a couple if times last wk he went all the way till 4 before waking. He goes to sleep fine but stirs in the night and as soon as dummy is in his mouth goes back to sleep. But it falls out and we start all over again. I swear he times it to the moment I've just managed to get back to sleep!!!
I don't need a reply. Just needed a rant. Feel like I'm losing the plot a bit!
Last night I was up every hour from 11pm going into leos room and having to put his dummy back in because he's crying. I think I managed 3 hrs broken sleep.
I'm suffering sleep depreviation and keep getting stabbing headaches and I can't even string sentences together. I just want some sleep!!!
I don't know what else to try. I'm praying this is a phase. He used to only wake twice a night and a couple if times last wk he went all the way till 4 before waking. He goes to sleep fine but stirs in the night and as soon as dummy is in his mouth goes back to sleep. But it falls out and we start all over again. I swear he times it to the moment I've just managed to get back to sleep!!!
I don't need a reply. Just needed a rant. Feel like I'm losing the plot a bit!
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I have also read similar posts where ppl replied saying they wait for LO to doze off then slowly take the dummy off them and they sleep much better. Not sure how or why but it worked for them so maybe worth a go.
I hope u get a full night soon hun xx
I only give lo the dummy now during the day at nap times, in her car seat/pushchair - I never give it to her at night and she settles fine for bedtime now. I think it took a while of shushing and rubbing her tummy to soothe her but it was worth it - the dummy was just too much of a headache at bedtime when I wanted her to sleep for longer!
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I am going to start trying to put him to bed without it. Just when he wakes in the night it's going to be difficult to get him back to sleep without it.
I've got to try something. I'm do toted it's affecting me looking after him during the day as I just have no patience. And I'm getting more and more annoyed with my husband as he is now fast asleep on the sofa after a nice 7 hr sleep last night. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr men!!! Wish they could have the babies
xxx
Put him to bed, gave him the comforter, left the room and could not believe my luck when he went straight to sleep with no fuss. Was thinking it can't be this easy, and sure enough it was not! He started crying. Gave him back comforter which he'd pushed away and he screamed. Tried the pick up put down method which I'm sorry but is just a load of rubbish for Leo as he does not settle down when I pick him up. I'm afraid to say after half an hr of screaming (and I do seem to have bred a child with an ear piercing high pitched scream, lucky me!) I gave in and gave him the dummy. Can u believe he fell asleep instantly. What really annoyed me was after 30 seconds the damn thing fell out, he stired a bit and continued to stay asleep!!!!!
Please girls, keep your fingers crossed this is a phase. For my sanity!! I'm thinking he might be cutting a tooth. He's been screaming all day. On a good note my mum is having him overnight on Saturday so I can, in her words, have a 12 hr kip. What's the betting he sleeps through fine for her!
However, she did manage to settle to sleep without the dummy on Saturday night, but it was a bit of a cheat. She was suffering quite badly with her teething and was chewing and sucking on her thumb and that eventually sent her to sleep. I couldn't get the dummy in so I gave up.
I have two other tricks up my sleeve that work, along with the dummy:
1. I play one of the monitor lullabies every night after I've said goodnight. It took a couple of days but she is usually asleep with no help (apart from the dummy) after about 15 - 20 minutes. The best thing is that it can be activated remotely.
2. I do a sort of ssh pat if she starts crying after I've put her to bed. I go up, stroke her forehead and say "ssh, night night Sophie" and then leave the room, and repeat it if she starts crying again, and again she'll usually go to sleep fairly quickly.
I'm hoping that when we do eventually get rid of the dummy the other sleep cues will still work.