weaning off dummy... help!

[xxleannexx]

ok so seriously i need to wean summer off her dummy now i cant keep getting up in the night to put it bk in all the time!

anyone got any tips on how to do this without it been to upsetting for both of us, she has NEVER been to sleep without her dummy and she will just scream for it.

ive just put her down now for a nap with out her dummy i will see how i get on!

 

[xxleannexx]

its been 25 mins now, she is still awake but not screaming just moaning and letting out the odd cry......

 

[princess_bump]

have you thought about cutting it down the middle, and still giving it too her, so she has it but gets on comfort from it. hope this makes sense, i'm sure i've read this before x

 

[xxleannexx]

cut the actual dummy down the middle?

 

[princess_bump]

sorry honey i didn't explain my self, i mean the teat, so when they suck its not comforting if that makes sense? x

 

[xxleannexx]

ah i see, then do you just take it off them then after a while of them having it cut down the middle? ive just given in, it was horrible she was like hysterical i feel like a failure now

 

[princess_bump]

oh sweetie you poor thing i can't imagine how hard it is getting them off the dummy. maddi's my first so i don't no, i just remember reading this and i assume that you continue with cut teat as they wont like it as it provides no comfort, but i'm not sure. i wish i could remember where i read it. x x x

 

[Vickie]

No advice here as Hannah still loves her dummy. We've talked about weaning her from it but we're going on a plane soon and I've read that sucking on a dummy can help their ears pop during takeoff and landing...and I don't want a screaming baby on my hands because her ears hurt!

 

[princess_bump]

just googled this:

https://www.babycenter.com/400_how-can-i-get-my-son-to-part-with-his-pacifier_500199_1000.bc

think its working on the same principle x

 

[MummyToAmberx]

i was doing the same with amber, but believe it or not, it sorted its self out.
She probably near 9 months, she'd go to sleep with it in but when i checked on her it would be out, but she was still fast asleep, no sign of her waking up. Maybe taking it away altogether might not be the solution just yet.

 

[1st_baby]

Ive been going through the same thing with max , he keeps taking it out with his hangs and flings it across the room lol BUT i cannot see myself taking ti away from him just yet he needs his comfort lol

I have like 4 dummies in his cot so he can reach for which ever one and there all glow in the dark ones lol

 

[1st_baby]

sorry double post lol

 

[xCherylx]

I am also looking for a good way of doing this as I too am getting up lot's of times a night I have started a system where for a week he doesnt have it outside, then only when he goes sleep and then not at all :S however it seems the not at all bit isn't working. Maybe cutting the thing in half will work might try

 

[xxleannexx]

its so hard im really upset about it, sounds daft but she is so Dependant on it to sleep and i feel i will never get her off it. my boyfriend keeps saying just let her cry but i cant do tht for ages. as we are both fed up of gettin up in the night.

 

[n1cola]

hi all, could anybody give me some advice. my baby is 12 weeks, and has slept through the night on and off for last two weeks. recently she has started waking about 3.30 am, im not sure if it was through hunger or for her dummy, tried for last two nights just giving her the dummy when she wakes, but i have ended up going in and out to her numerous times to put it back in her mouth when it falls out, because she wakes and cries for it. last nite when she woke i gave her a 3oz feed and she settled back to sleep without her dummy until 7am. this is so much easier giving her a feed because we all getting sleep, but am i doing the right thing??? would be grateful for any advice please.

 

[Sarah10]

Aww hun, its hard isn't it. I was going to try jayden off it this week but we are going away in a few weeks and think he will need comfort then, so he will be 9 month when we get back and i am definitley ditching the dummy!
My lo gets up around 30times a night, usually more so i know i can't go on like this. My hv said to take it out of his mouth when he's asleep.. but that didn't work either he still woke numerous times! How old is your LO?x

 

[n1cola]

she is 12 weeks, ive got her off sleeping with it in her mouth, just uses it to get to sleep. which makes me think that the 3.30am waking is hunger. but is it the right thing to start feeding in nite again. it is easier

 

[choc]

I found that night sleeping was easier without the dummy than naps, so I haven't tackled those yet! He is still swaddled and has a dummy for naps. For bedtime he has no swaddle or dummy. Maybe try bedtime first. Also google babysleepsolutions, they have a section on ditching the dummy, and babywhispererforums have a props section with lots of help. Good luck.

 

[newdaddy]

i know this won't help but the best advice? Don't give a dummy in the first place. Best thing we ever did..she just sucks her thumb now whenever she needs comforting.

 

[n1cola]

got her off dummy last nite, but still waking, started feeding her in nite again, is that rite to go back to nite feeding after she has slept through previous?