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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 15:27

My daughter is 7 months old. Since she was 2 weeks she slept through (10 - 6) and at 4 months I started rice cereal and dropped the 10pm feed - so she slept from 7:30 - 6am. She only had a dummy at night time. Also she always fell asleep on the bottle and I would just lay her down.

I recently returned home from a 2 month vacation and she woke up the first 2 nights. Totally awake but not crying. This was a first for me and so I decided to read a book called Save our sleep (CIO method). I started that and simultaneously took the dummy away as the books stated that the dummy could be the reason for waking and then wants me to sooth her again with the dummy - apparently she should learn to sooth herself. Also the reason for waking is due to her sleep cycles that changes at 7 months.

Needless to say for the first time in her life she cries herself to sleep - after 4 days I decided to not let her CIO as I think it is not the right way (and my heart cant stand it). So I am sitting with her and everytime she gets up I will lay her down again until she gets tired and starts to cry (more moaning) and look at her trying to find her dummy :-( until she falls asleep..

So my question to all the mums using the dummy - do you have problems with your baby sleeping through? should I just stick it out since it has been 4 days? or shall I return the dummy to her and we are all happy and sleeping?

ps - I am starting to wonder that the reason she woke up might be because we were away for a long time and she didnt feel comfortable in her own space? Maybe she couldnt remember her room?

ANy advise will be greatly appreciated!!!

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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 09:02

Thank you for the advice. After 6 days of crying and her grabbing my thumb and putting it in her mouth I have now returned the dummy. @Coconnell - I didnt feel the need to take the dummy away but this book suggested I do as she will not sleep through if she is depending on it. Well, last night she woke once at around 5 - I popped in the dummy and walked out - she slept for 12 hours, 15 min! So, i guess the books dont always work for everyone. She is only 7 months old and if the dummy is what settles her than so be it! I am still trying to get her so sleep in the morning and afternoon - she is a fighter!! So today I just left her to do her own thing and she passed out by noon and slept for an hour and again now at half 5. I think the lesson I learned is not to try and raise her according to the book but use it as a guideline and do what works the best for us. I will give it a rest for now and later try to put her to bed again while awake so that she can fall asleep on her own. If not, I am a stay at home mom and will sooth her to go to bed with her bottle like I have always done. Hi Niccy01, glad to hear that things are settling down! You're so right about the books--they can be helpful, but ultimately every baby is so different... I absolutely believe in mama's instinct and listening to it every once in a while :) I will share that my little one didn't really settle into a comfortable naptime routine till about 10 months. But, to be honest I didn't try too hard to get her on a naptime schedule--she sort of figured it out on her own and we took our cue from her. Not sure if this is recommended, but this is how it happened for us and it works. Good luck! <em>edited by coconnell on 09/02/2012</em>

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Latest post on 07 February 2012 - 18:44

Hi ladies Just wanted to add that for us, having a teddybear that travels everywhere we go, helps massively! It makes it easier for him to sleep when we are not at home Hopefully it helps!

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Thank you for the advice. After 6 days of crying and her grabbing my thumb and putting it in her mouth I have now returned the dummy. @Coconnell - I didnt feel the need to take the dummy away but this book suggested I do as she will not sleep through if she is depending on it. Well, last night she woke once at around 5 - I popped in the dummy and walked out - she slept for 12 hours, 15 min! So, i guess the books dont always work for everyone. She is only 7 months old and if the dummy is what settles her than so be it! I am still trying to get her so sleep in the morning and afternoon - she is a fighter!! So today I just left her to do her own thing and she passed out by noon and slept for an hour and again now at half 5. I think the lesson I learned is not to try and raise her according to the book but use it as a guideline and do what works the best for us. I will give it a rest for now and later try to put her to bed again while awake so that she can fall asleep on her own. If not, I am a stay at home mom and will sooth her to go to bed with her bottle like I have always done.

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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 20:15

I agree with a lot of what Kiwispiers said. We used the dummy/binky and still do (only for sleeping, though). There seemed like there was a brief time where it was more of a hindrance than a help, but then we just littered my DD's crib with binkies (ok, not littered, but definitely put more than one in there:) so that she if woke she could easily reach for a new one and soothe herself to sleep (same as Kiwi suggested). And, it worked! We also bought a couple of wubbanubs and they are BRILLIANT! The name is ridiculous, but my daughter gently twirls it in her fingers as she soothes herself to sleep or back to sleep. I don't know where to find them here, but here is a link to what I am talking about: http://www.amazon.com/Wubbanub-Infant-Plush-Toy-Pacifier/dp/B0028IDXDS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328457977&sr=8-1 She can find it easily and the soft cuddly part is soothing for her. However, it honestly sounds like you have more of an adjustment issue rather than a dummy issue (to echo what Kiwi said). We have traveled quite a bit with our little one and it takes her so long to adjust to coming back that it really puts me off taking her anywhere till she is a bit older. It was confusing at first, because she adjusts really well when we get there (a few days and some major time zones), but it can take weeks for her to get back to normal when we come back to Dubai. We have now realized that this is just part of her pattern, but it can be a little miserable when we return from trips. So, not sure what to advise you on whether or not to give her the dummy. Are you trying to break her of it now? Is it a hope to have her off the dummy by a certain age? If this is the case then the answer might be different than if you are just trying to get her back to sleep and settled. Hope this helps!

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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 16:30

short answer is yes, the dummy was a sleep problem for us. Like you, I wasn't ok with just taking it away and letting my wee guy cry for it though. There are a few other options, one what you are currently doing, another is a gradual process called the "pantley pull out", you can use this for teaching your baby to fall asleep without sucking (on the breast, bottle or dummy) http://www.pregnancy.org/article/when-your-baby-wakes-frequently-feed-pantley-pull the other option is not taking the dummy away but finding ways to teach your baby to put it back themselves so they can "self soothe" using the dummy. We used a combo of putting lots of dummies in the crib along with guiding his hand to his mouth with the dummy in it. Usually problems with dummy dependency start earlier than 7 months so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the dummy that lead to the night waking for you, but more a difference in time zones, or different night noises etc.

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