For those of you who use soothers/pacis/dummies

NicolaWynne · Apr 16th, 2012, 12:07 PM

Hiya

My little girl is 9 weeks old. She will have her bath and bottle at around 7pm and then she wont want her next bottle until 6am.

However during the night she keeps dropping her dummy and grizzling in her sleep for it. So im putting it back in pretty much once an hour until she wakes up at 6am for her milk.

I look at her to see if shes awake and not grizzling for milk, but shes asleep and just crying for her dummy!

Does anyone experience this? Is there anything i can do to stop it?

Should i just let her cry for it and see if she forgets about it and carries on sleeping?

xXx

Kristin52 · Apr 16th, 2012, 12:46 PM

I honestly regret the day I gave LO his paci.
he got to the point where I was running back every 30 minutes to put it back in his mouth.

So what I do, is if he doesn't settle himself without it I'll pick him and up rock him back to sleep without it, so that way he goes to bed without it and then doesn't even miss it

jenniferttc1 · Apr 16th, 2012, 12:49 PM

The paci was a godsend, and a nightmare at the same time for us. Thankfully around week 5 or 6 he just all together stopped using it and refuses the paci no matter what. Maybe it has something to do with co-sleeping now and he basically uses my breast as his paci. I remember the first weeks he literally woke me up every 20 mins from dropping his paci. Only way that would keep it in was a really tight swaddle so he couldnt put his hands on it. Have you tried pulling threw a few days of torture for you and taking the paci away and maybe he will forget about it after a couple days?

Cupkake.Luver · Apr 16th, 2012, 13:09 PM

Ha. The evil pacifier.

Xavier loves his. It sucks but I was like that when I was little too. We have about 400 of them laying around because we need one at all times.

Yeah yeah, I know "its horrible. blahblbahblabhalbh".

I feel that when he is ready to drop it then he is ready. I try to use it less often, however when he sleeps, he has to have it or else screams till he gets it.

purapura · Apr 16th, 2012, 13:58 PM

At your Lo's age it's very difucult to change this.
When doesshe go to bed and when does she cries for her dummy first time?

NicolaWynne · Apr 16th, 2012, 14:24 PM

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Originally Posted by purapura

At your Lo's age it's very difucult to change this.
When doesshe go to bed and when does she cries for her dummy first time?

She tends to want it when she gets tired during the day, and bedtime she needs her dummy to go to sleep. Then it drops out and she doesnt care...until around 2am when the putting the dummy back in drama starts every hour until 6am

ahcigar1 · Apr 16th, 2012, 14:27 PM

My LO did the exact same thing right around 2 months. She didn't want a bottle just wanted her pacifier to suck, but she didn't have enough control to keep it in her mouth. Those things truelly are a love hate type deal. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do besides keep giving it back to her till it passes. For my LO it took about 2 weeks of this before she didn't require it as much if it popped out in her sleep. I also spent many nights with my arm hanging over her bassinet to hold her pacifier in for her.

NicolaWynne · Apr 16th, 2012, 14:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ahcigar1

My LO did the exact same thing right around 2 months. She didn't want a bottle just wanted her pacifier to suck, but she didn't have enough control to keep it in her mouth. Those things truelly are a love hate type deal. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do besides keep giving it back to her till it passes. For my LO it took about 2 weeks of this before she didn't require it as much if it popped out in her sleep. I also spent many nights with my arm hanging over her bassinet to hold her pacifier in for her.

Yep thats the story of my life right now!

Kaede351 · Apr 16th, 2012, 14:50 PM

I guess I'm kinda lucky in a way... My LO doesn't cry for his dummy when he's asleep. Once he is actually asleep he is fine. I do have to put it back in maybe 3 or 4 times while he is dropping off, but once it falls out when he's finally asleep he is fine. Only time he wakes up is for his night feeds. Which still happens about 3-4 times a night

Maybe just leave her for a few minutes and see if she will fall back to sleep without it? If she really is asleep when she starts grizzling for it it won't take her long to drop back off without it. Worth a try maybe?

XxX

Fairyclaire13 · Apr 16th, 2012, 17:18 PM

Is your dummy one of the none-slip ones? That helped for us when we had the same issue and I got sick of having a dead arm from dangling it in the Moses basket lol!

Apr 16th, 2012, 12:07 PM	#1
NicolaWynne Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 2,896	For those of you who use soothers/pacis/dummies Hiya My little girl is 9 weeks old. She will have her bath and bottle at around 7pm and then she wont want her next bottle until 6am. However during the night she keeps dropping her dummy and grizzling in her sleep for it. So im putting it back in pretty much once an hour until she wakes up at 6am for her milk. I look at her to see if shes awake and not grizzling for milk, but shes asleep and just crying for her dummy! Does anyone experience this? Is there anything i can do to stop it? Should i just let her cry for it and see if she forgets about it and carries on sleeping? xXx

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Apr 16th, 2012, 12:46 PM	#2
Kristin52 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: US Posts: 5,230	I honestly regret the day I gave LO his paci. he got to the point where I was running back every 30 minutes to put it back in his mouth. So what I do, is if he doesn't settle himself without it I'll pick him and up rock him back to sleep without it, so that way he goes to bed without it and then doesn't even miss it

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Apr 16th, 2012, 12:49 PM	#3
jenniferttc1 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: US Posts: 10,866	The paci was a godsend, and a nightmare at the same time for us. Thankfully around week 5 or 6 he just all together stopped using it and refuses the paci no matter what. Maybe it has something to do with co-sleeping now and he basically uses my breast as his paci. I remember the first weeks he literally woke me up every 20 mins from dropping his paci. Only way that would keep it in was a really tight swaddle so he couldnt put his hands on it. Have you tried pulling threw a few days of torture for you and taking the paci away and maybe he will forget about it after a couple days?

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Apr 16th, 2012, 13:09 PM	#4
Cupkake.Luver Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Winter Haven, FL Posts: 922	Ha. The evil pacifier. Xavier loves his. It sucks but I was like that when I was little too. We have about 400 of them laying around because we need one at all times. Yeah yeah, I know "its horrible. blahblbahblabhalbh". I feel that when he is ready to drop it then he is ready. I try to use it less often, however when he sleeps, he has to have it or else screams till he gets it.

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Apr 16th, 2012, 13:58 PM	#5
purapura Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: West London Posts: 2,681	At your Lo's age it's very difucult to change this. When doesshe go to bed and when does she cries for her dummy first time?

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Apr 16th, 2012, 14:27 PM	#7
ahcigar1 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: California Posts: 5,680	My LO did the exact same thing right around 2 months. She didn't want a bottle just wanted her pacifier to suck, but she didn't have enough control to keep it in her mouth. Those things truelly are a love hate type deal. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do besides keep giving it back to her till it passes. For my LO it took about 2 weeks of this before she didn't require it as much if it popped out in her sleep. I also spent many nights with my arm hanging over her bassinet to hold her pacifier in for her.

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Apr 16th, 2012, 14:50 PM	#9
Kaede351 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: County Durham Posts: 8,041	I guess I'm kinda lucky in a way... My LO doesn't cry for his dummy when he's asleep. Once he is actually asleep he is fine. I do have to put it back in maybe 3 or 4 times while he is dropping off, but once it falls out when he's finally asleep he is fine. Only time he wakes up is for his night feeds. Which still happens about 3-4 times a night Maybe just leave her for a few minutes and see if she will fall back to sleep without it? If she really is asleep when she starts grizzling for it it won't take her long to drop back off without it. Worth a try maybe? XxX

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Apr 16th, 2012, 17:18 PM	#10
Fairyclaire13 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 438	Is your dummy one of the none-slip ones? That helped for us when we had the same issue and I got sick of having a dead arm from dangling it in the Moses basket lol!

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