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dummy issues with 17 month old

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olatt · 27/10/2006 15:11

Our ds was doing really well, after almost a year of no sleep to speak of (that's how it felt anyway) he was generally sleeping through unless he was ill. He still has a dummy, although only ever to sleep with, and over the past month he's started waking up two or three times a night for it like he did when he was teeny. It doesn't take long to get him back to sleep, just as long as it takes for us to find the dummy and pop it back in. But I'm 3 months pg and exhausted by all this broken sleep and all those crazy hormones. What can we do about the dummy? Should we wean him off (if so how?) or will we have to wait until he's old enough to reason with?

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kasdie · 27/10/2006 15:30

trying withmy 15 month old dd2 stopped her having it in day time dont no if to go cold turkey at night she does wake sometime for the dummy if she cant find it

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knickless · 29/10/2006 06:19

Olatt I am in the same situation as you! 13 weeks pg and our 16 month old daughter wants her dummy now more than ever before. We are discussing going cold turkey altogether on the dummy front as someone told us if you stop giving it to them you cant go back. We are preparing for no sleep for a week or two but we think it needs to be sorted out before the new little bundle comes along.
Im hoping to get some tips to on this one to, so please ladies help us out if you can..we need it!!

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ludaloo · 29/10/2006 06:26

My ds was 3 yo before he would let us take his dummy away...he only had it at night...we told him that once he was 3 he was too big and his dummy had to go....he bought that!!! he was absolutely fine!!!
I have to say in our case I was too soft (and scared of the concequences) to take it off him sooner...I didn't particularly think it was doing any harm just at night...his speech was developing normally etc etc...to get over his waking up for it I would send him to bed with one in each hand...he would always have one nearby to plug back in himself (we did have the odd panick in the middle of the night hunting under the bed)
I also have a bed rail with a pocket in so I'd put one in there too....

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olatt · 03/11/2006 20:12

knickless - it's a nightmare isn't it? we've suddenly slipped into this thing where we're having broken sleep every night, when he'd been so good. He is incredibly stubborn and I think capable of yelling all night on cold turkey. Have heard a lot of people waiting until they can explain, like you ludaloo. Seems a long way off ...