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jaycee 
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 Posted: 14 February 2011 at 9:32am |
I got rid of Amy's dummy when she was about 4 months old as I was over putting it back in all the time  Ours was mostly up until midnight, BUT what I did notice in the week after it was gone, she seemed to sleep much more deeply. It was like with the dummy, she was still in a light sleep as she was sucking on it. Once it was gone, she sank into the deep sleep much more easily.
Good luck, home it goes smoothly for you 
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AliceM
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Posted: 14 February 2011 at 12:06pm |
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Hopes, we're thinking of ditching the dummy here too. My midwife suggested when the time came to cut a little bit off the teat each week until it's basically all gone instead of just taking the whole dummy away in one go.
Might wait till we're back home before I try it though!
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Hopes
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Posted: 14 February 2011 at 8:33pm |
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Well, day 1 of no dummy, and we have a very upset little boy. But that is to be expected, poor lovie.
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Posted: 14 February 2011 at 8:44pm |
You poor thing!! I'd be tempted to hang in there until I'd been to Aussie rather than confuse the heck out of him by stealing his dummy and then taking him to a strange place.
Could his teeth be bothering him (you could try dosing him with pamol one night and see if it makes a difference?), or could he be too hot/cold? Is there a bothersome noise/light near his room? Anything that could be waking him up?
On the dummy front, DD could never master putting in the dummy you show in the photo either, so I bought one more like the "cosmic comforter" in this link and she mastered putting that in right very quickly. So that might be worth a try?
Ultimately I think ditching the dummy is the way to go - it sounds like it's being more harm than good at the moment (and you can always give it back if it doesn't help!).
Good luck!!
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Posted: 14 February 2011 at 8:46pm |
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Haha, that's what happens when I stop mid post for a half hour phone convo!
He'll get better very quickly, hun! We tried ditching DD's twice. The first time was just before we finally got a diagnosis, and after about 10 terrible terrible days/nights I gave it back to her because things weren't getting any better. The second time (post surgery) she was sleeping way better within 3 days, just like the books said.
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Hopes
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Posted: 14 February 2011 at 9:15pm |
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Yea... I was very torn, T_Rex... in the end I decided that everything I read said that before six months is easier than after (and he'll be seven when we get back), and that we've got time for him to get used to the new normal before I go. But of course since he's struggling now, I'm regretting that decision a little. He's just the same as he was the first night without his wrap, though, and he got used to sleeping without that in about three nights. But poor little love, I wish I could make it feel better!
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Hopes
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Posted: 15 February 2011 at 6:28am |
Wow... well that made a big difference. I didn't expect that much difference on night one - a feed just before 11, another at 3, and up at 6. No wake-ups in between at all. In theory, if I just move the first feed forward a bit, and the last one back a bit, that would be excellent!
On the other hand, the poor poppet! I hope he learns how to settle himself better - fast! I'm sure he will, but that's the thing I'm going to miss most about the dummy - there's always times when they WILL find it hard to settle, and with the dummy he just pay there sucking furiously and giving the odd squeak. Now I'm sure that those hard-to-settle times will involve full-on bawling 
But I think this does suggest that it was the dummy waking him up...
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T_Rex
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Posted: 15 February 2011 at 8:11pm |
Awesome to see such a quick improvement. But yes, there are more tears on a bad day without a dummy to plug the cry-hole with
That is the only downer though, the rest of the time it's great. I will rock DD to sleep when she's having a tough time settling and she's now sleeping 10 hours regularly. It seems like she knows how to self-settle and while she needs the extra cuddles when she's wound up, once she stirs in the night, she has settled down, and she knows where she is and what to do and doesn't need me again.
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More sleep help - please!
