Dummy Weaning..
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Topic: Dummy Weaning..
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: Dummy Weaning..
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 9:45am
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How do i do this. Whats the best way?
Iv just put Kylah down for her first sleep without it. She didnt cry ans it only took her 40min to get herself to sleep.. I know its not going to be this easy.. is it? ETA: Ok i thought she was asleep but shes not  ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 9:53am
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Good luck! I am really hoping Tom will wean himself off his. He was in our bed on Sunday and dropped it under the bed. I couldnt be bothered getting it. Well!!!! He got himslef so worked up he was almost vomiting so DH had to crawl under and find it....instant peace and sleep!
He only has it for sleep so I figure....why bother right now. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 9:56am
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The worst part is.. i dont think shes going to let me take it away.
She cant be left to cry because she forces herself to vomit everywhere. She gags, chokes then vomits and chokes on that. Its like she knows how to get the better of us. Kylah gets like that without it too Nikki.. Thought id try and see how we go and if not i will wait. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Rowena
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:10am
It only took one nap time to get my daughter off her dummy. I thought it would be best to wean her off during the day rather than try at night when i was tired. She was about 14 months though so slightly older than Kylah.
good luck. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:20am
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at least yours dont wake heaps of times a night to get it put back in...if he just had it to go to sleep that'd be great:(!!! *TIRED*:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:28am
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Kylah has started waking for it during the night, if i dont find it within a certain amount of time then it takes hours to get her to sleep ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:29am
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Keziah weaned herself off her dummy.. she can't stand it in her mouth now and gags until she can grab it to pull it out OR it falls out from the rapid head movements LOL but when she DID need it, we would get up 4 or 5 times a night to put the bloody thing back in -------------  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:33am
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neeks so you didnt find any way to stop it? she just stopped wanting it one day?(hope E is like that) he wants it less most of the time but always settles with it when wakes in the night.. haven ttried him unwrapped with his muzzie at night.. and limited success during the day so mostly safety sleeped and wrapped and dummied:)
Kandice- I know how that feels .. :(!!! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:54am
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Funny cos we have this prob at the moment too... thinking we need to do something about it cos I'm just so darn tired. Wondering if it is time to wean him ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 11:01am
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Wow Rowena how did you manage that!? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 12:23pm
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There's two ways that I know of:
1) cold turkey. Took Jack two days and it was terrible but now he's fine, he still has a whinge when he goes to sleep but most of the time its only a few minutes, and its not crying. He just sucks on his toys instead 
2) Pierce holes in the dummy (do 1 the first day, 2 the next, etc etc) and over time the dummy becomes useless for them because they don't get the satisfaction of the comfort sucking. Also reduce the use of it at day sleeps before night sleeps. Good luck whatever way you decide to do it though! It's probably not going to be easy, but after Jack waking up 7 times one night, I chucked them out and haven't looked back. |
Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 12:45pm
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we managed to ditch the dummy by slicing small amounts off it every few days...so that is wasn't the same feeling in her mouth. It took about two weeks for her to reject it herself.
We also changed the spouts on her bottles to a sipper one so that the teats didn't replace her dummy. ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 12:59pm
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emz-what age did you do that..did you go through much hell? we have decided to try next weekend.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Salifer
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 1:49pm
| good luck mums, I too need to think about getting rid of the dummy but Ella only has it to get to sleep, then it falls out during the course of the naps. Only in the night it can be a bother, having to get up to put it back in..........I like the idea of cutting the ends off so it doesn't give the same satisfaction. Great idea!!! |
Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 2:20pm
I started getting rid of the dummy during day sleeps. Started with the first sleep of the day, then a few days later, the next sleep until he was sleeping during the day without it. We then did the night time, there was a LOT of crying , but it only took a few nights.
We did this a few months ago and have never looked back 
Good luck! ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 3:53pm
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We are in the process of weaning, too.
For a week now she's not had it for daytime naps. The first time I put her down without it she cried for 9 minutes then dropped off. After that she's been just fine without it (a minute or two if sad little whimpers every now and then, but asleep within 5 mins) Putting her down for the night is a different story. So we're waiting for her to be 100% during the day before we attempt the night time weaning. Same if she wakes in the night, her dummy will go back in and I walk out. But that only happens once or twice a week, so that's not a worry. Once that's sorted, we'll start weaning the wrapping ------------- 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:13pm
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Ok so after reading this, I'm trying to get him to sleep without a dummy during the day.
It's been 5 mins and he's screaming ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:16pm
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I went in and when I started singing he stopped crying, but as soon as I stopped he started screaming again and kept looking at my hand, looking for the dummy ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:17pm
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it didnt work for us Arohanui ....he would just carry on crying for it:( and giving it to him at night made him realise what he was missing i think and he was just as bad the next day:(
it does seem to work for lots of people but not for everyone so dont feel bad if it doesnt work for you:( last night 8 times for dummy:( ugh.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:19pm
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Ok Kylah isnt that bad for it.. that must be hard KA ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:28pm
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Yeah I ended up going in and giving him kisses and his dummy back. Lol. Now he's still crying with the dummy in his mouth, poor little mite.
Last night DH and I reckoned we each got up at least 5 times But then he has some nights where he sleeps through, or some nights where he only wakes at 4am and 6am or something. So maybe it's because he's had such a busy time the last couple of days with lots of people in the house and around and stuff, just been a bit overwhelming or something.------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 4:45pm
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Why are you wanting to wean her off the dummy?
The most important thing about weaning them off the dummy as with everything to do with babies is consistency! You don't want to give them mixed messages as that will cause confusion and more upsets. What happens if you put her to bed with the dummy and go back in there when she's drowsy and just about asleep and take the dummy out of her mouth? Have a look at this link, read thru the whole article and see if you can take things out of the article that will help you wean Kylah. This might help you with getting her to sleep thru the night as well. Perhaps look at starting it over the weekend because it's going to take hard work and committment. Keep in mind that she is talking about bf/ff and dummies. http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/books/0071381392.php?nid=172&isbn=0071381392 - Elizabeth Pantley ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 7:56pm
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K-A ~ We didn't have a chance to 'wean' Keziah of her dummy she only used it for about 3 months before she decided NAH, that wont work to put me to sleep... she just plays with it now... occasionally she'll put the edge in her mouth but if the nipple goes near her gob at all she gags LOL -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 9:08pm
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Kandice-yeah and he's always been like that every night since he was born..they say he;s had growth spurt and then sick then growth spurt etc...but most nights it's twice at least.. i used to feed him if more than three but he doesn't really need it till later on..
same with us Liz in terms of some night.s.....although i get up every time all night every night and I'm really over it:( (mostly cause it cant be good for his sleep or for me:( doing it by myself sucks.. neeks-awesome:) come and teach E:)!! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 10:39am
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OMG he must have read me writing this....mad ea liar out of me all afternoon and now last two morning sleeps he hasnt wanted dummy and has gone straight to sleep..weird! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 12:18pm
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I did it at about 4-5 months I think KA. It was absolute hell but seriously if you're getting up that much I would just put up with the constant screaming for 2 days and get it over and done with. You need to be consistent though. I only caved once when we were out but it was right at the start, then when I got home I put both his dummies in his nappy bin so I would never get them out.
Jack still has his moments but he's a baby, that's what they do. I don't think that anyone, whether they used a dummy or not, doesn't have to put up with a bit of crying/screaming every once in a while. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 12:53pm
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yeah i should clarify the bit of crying thing is fine with me...well not fine but I'm getting better:) as you say i think for me it's time to bite the bullet..i dont mind the dummy but the getting up is annoying..esp by myself:(
he's onto his third day sleep without it..I've tried before and he has cried and cried and cried for it...no crying t all this time..weird.. so on Friday when Dh is here and agreed to help me all weekend we are going to do no dummy ... ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 1:06pm
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hmmm he must have heard me been crying for 20 mins on and off till i gave him dummy..we have millions here...friday evening will have to cut them all up fr throw them all out...:(
Kandice- how's Kylah going? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |