We have used dummies with ds2 to some extent since he was a little baby. He is 8 months old today. We took them all and threw them in the bin 3 weeks ago in an attempt to improve his sleep. We only every used them for sleep and he generally went off to sleep well with them. The problem was that we were having to go in multiple times in the night to re-insert it. I got fed up and took the plunge. For the first few nights, he actually slept much better. Day time was really tough - with a lot of crying to get him to sleep. However, things have really gone downhill since then. He has been ill with a cough and cold and it has really affected his sleep. I am at my wits end both for daytime and nightime sleep. And I did a long car journey the other day that resuulted in him screaming for 1.5 hours as he could not get off to sleep in the car without his dummy - and there was nothing I could do.
I am now trying to decide whether to reintroduce them. I am having to resort to either feeding him to sleep in the day - or rocking him in my arms - and I sort of think that if I am going to have a "crutch", a dummy would be a much easier one. But I really had hoped to improve the nighttime wakings.
What should I do???
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Re-introduce dummies - would it be a big mistake??
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IlanaK · 11/02/2005 17:55
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