taking away the dummy?

[JoJo16]

when did you or when are you planning on taken away your lo's dummy?
my lo only really has hers for sleeping. but im planning on taking it away from her now and shes 10.5 months x

 

[leelee]

Hiya

I have no plans to take away Max's soother until I think he is ready.

 

[OmarsMum]

I thought I will do it when he's 1 yr. But it doesnt seem the right time now. We still need to re-shedule his feeding routine to fit with potty training, then cutting down his milk intake esp before bedtime. Then We have to start to switch from bottle to cup which is not working well. He doesnt have teeth yet, & he will need his dummy to sooth his at bedtime/naptime once they start cutting. I will be mean if I take it away now.

 

[redpoppy]

Since she only uses it for sleeping I figure I'll do it quite late around maybe 2 or 3. When she seems like she's over lots of developmental stuff and when I can maybe do the whole dummy fairy thing and she can understand it. I CCd a couple of months ago which is when we introduced the dummy for sleeping and it helps soothe her. I can't bear the idea of going through more crying because we've taken her dummy away at present!

 

[pinktaffy]

i will take it away when shes about one and a half. its her way of soothing in the nighttime when she wakes all she wants is her dummy back. i wouldnt dreem of taking it from her just yet shes still my baby

 

[xpatchx]

My LO stopped having hers at 6 months, I put her down to sleep, let her cry for 20 mins then she went without it after that. Unfortunately this week she dislocated her elbow and was in soooo much pain I gve it bck to her. I'm gonna take it away when I feel she doesn't need it. She hardly ever has it anyway, but it's nice when she's having a bad night to have a bit of comfort =)

 

[upsy daisy1]

when she understands more so not any time soon. its her comfort along with her muslin. she never has one with out the other. and id feel mean taking it away now. i try to only give it to her when she is getting tired. if it makes her happy and its comforting to her id rather she had it till shes ready to give it up. like when the fairy takes them to give to the little babies that need them.

 

[rene]

Hello there.
My 4 month old wakes about 8 times at night and we have to get up and put dummy back in so she will sleep. I dont mind her having her dummy - cause she only uses it forf sleeping...but the waking up continuously is killing us. Has anyone got any suggestions? Should i wait till she can put it in herself? When is this suppose to be? or should I try wean her off it now? But how? If she does not have dummy she does not sleep?Do I let her cry forever???? ( I am not too keen on that - and will it work?) help

 

[redpoppy]

Hello there.
My 4 month old wakes about 8 times at night and we have to get up and put dummy back in so she will sleep. I dont mind her having her dummy - cause she only uses it forf sleeping...but the waking up continuously is killing us. Has anyone got any suggestions? Should i wait till she can put it in herself? When is this suppose to be? or should I try wean her off it now? But how? If she does not have dummy she does not sleep?Do I let her cry forever???? ( I am not too keen on that - and will it work?) help

Hi there. Firstly I think if you start a new thread (just copy and paste) then you'll get far more responses. I just caught this but many people will assume it's just about the original problem.

I think perhaps you could try sneaking the dummy out straight after she falls asleep? I don't know and thinking about this now I suppose I'm lucky my LO didn't take tot he dummy till 6 and then 8 months. You could maybe try soothing her with other methods, like rocking, holding, pat shushing etc.? Lastly, the 4 month sleep regression is a tough one so maybe if she wasn't so bad before she may go back to normal in a few weeks time.

 

[peanut84]

My LO stopped having hers at 6 months, I put her down to sleep, let her cry for 20 mins then she went without it after that. Unfortunately this week she dislocated her elbow and was in soooo much pain I gve it bck to her. I'm gonna take it away when I feel she doesn't need it. She hardly ever has it anyway, but it's nice when she's having a bad night to have a bit of comfort =)

Hey hun quick q's how do u get those lovelt signitures with pics of little in it?

 

[ethan amelia]

just got rid of it 2 days ago. Iv been trying to teach her to self settle at night and she only had it furing the day for her naps so figured if i wanted her to self settle during the night, i want her self settle during the day too. She never really had it much anyway so its not been a problem.