Is this sleep regression, dummy issues or just how my baby is?

[Sb86]

Eva is 14 weeks old. She has a dummy to go to sleep with at night. From 10 weeks I put her in her big cot because her Moses basket was getting too small for her. She was doing great sleeping through 7.30pm til 4am ish then feeding, then sleeping til 7ish. I only had to get up once or twice if she woke up for her dummy if it had fallen out of her mouth, but sometimes she didn't bother to wake.

Then about 2 weeks ago she started sleeping good for the first 3 hours and then that was it, as soon as that stupid dummy falls out, she's awake, EVERY 20 MINUTES. It's resulted in the co sleeper cot next to me again because I can't keep getting out of bed that many times and I literally have to lay there with my hand holding the dummy in her mouth til she falls asleep again.

She wakes up alllllll the time, throwing her arms about and rubbing her face which results in the dummy falling out. I feel as tired as I did when she was first born n feeding all the time.

She isn't hungry, still only has the one bottle through the night, I don't talk to her when she wakes or look at her, I just hold the dummy in and hope for the best.

Do you think this is sleep regression at 3 months? She was fine a few weeks ago! Or is this just how babies are?!
ARGGHHH HELP!

 

[londonangel]

Personally I think the problem is the dummy. If you can get her to settle without it that may be better in the long run but I am aware that is easier said than done. I never gave either of mine a dummy for this reason especially as I have friends who kept being up in the night to retrieve lost dummies for their babies!

 

[Teri7489]

It sounds like its the dummy causing the problems. Could you try a different kind. My ds had avent dummies when he was tiny but now can't hold them in. We got him Tommee Tippee cherry ones that are bulb shaped and he holds it better. He's a tummy sleeper and rubs his face in the bed constantly but can still keep it in. If that doesn't work then maybe would be better long run to just get rid of it. It would be tough for a few nights but would be better than spending your nights doing what you are xxx

 

[Rainbow82]

It could be the dummy but as you said she wakes up and is throwing her arms about and rubbing her face which causes the dummy to fall out it could just be a phase she is going through. I'm pretty sure my DS was the same at that age, he was just getting used to having more grown up sleep cycles with periods of lighter and deeper sleep.
We did find that it helped to remove his dummy about twenty minutes after he fell asleep so if he did semi wake himself up he wasn't missing his dummy because it hasn't been in for hours.
We also liked the glow in the dark dummies because they were easy for us to see in the dark and now if he wakes up then occasionally he can reach for his dummy and get himself off to sleep. Rarely happens but hopefully it will start happening more.

When DS was going through an awful phase a few weeks ago people here said to do whatever you need to get through it and it was the best advice I had. If the co sleeper is what you need to help you get some sleep right now then go with it.