controlled crying to wean off dummy
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Topic: controlled crying to wean off dummy
Posted By: RubyG
Subject: controlled crying to wean off dummy
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 4:55pm
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So I have tried this for the past two days and have given in after an hour of crying for his dummy and me going in every 10 mins to calm him.
Any ideas from people who have done this would be hugely appreciated. DS is 6 months old and waking 5-6 times a night for his dummy because he has always used it to settle to sleep. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 5:40pm
Can he put it back in his mouth? If so get a dummy clip so he can find it  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: SarahJane
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 6:15pm
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Cold turkey no more dummy? Does he have any favourite soft toys that he can chew the ears on instead? They are a bit easier to find. |
Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 6:44pm
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We tried to get Brooke to give up her dummy, but she cried straight for 90 mins and I wondered why I was putting her through that. I guess you have to decide which way you are going to go, and just stick to it. Brooke is almost 10 mths old and now rarely needs a dummy replacement. She has learnt it's best not to spit it out. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 8:16pm
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I've taken Ty's dummy away from him at night again, I did it a while back but for some reason started giving it to him again. I just don't give it to him at all after he gets up from his afternoon nap. I put him to bed and at first he screamed for it but I just left him, didn't take too long for him to get over it . I find if I go in and 'check' on him when he's crying he gets really wound up every time I leave again so I don't go back in at all. I just keep his monitor on so I can hear if his cry changes to one where I know he needs me.
IMO it's really important to not give in once you decide not to give it to them... or they will just get confused and/or think they can just scream for ages and mummy will bring me my dummy! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 8:26pm
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It's a hard one. We went through that stage, we needed our rest but couldn't deal with the crying. It didn't last long and for ages now has gone through the night without dropping it. We've decided to tackle it when he understands us, or least by his 2nd B-day. Our rule however is to never give him his dummy apart from the cot (& pram if he can't settle otherwise) so you'll never see him as a taddler with it which I don't like the look of.
Sorry I'm not much help but good luck and let us know if you have any success as I would be interested to hear any suggestions. ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 8:30pm
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At that age we taught our boy to put it back in (and yeah it was only for sleep time, not when he was awake).
A couple of weeks ago I randomly decided to wean him off it - I just sliced the end a little bit so he didn't get the same satisfaction. He'd still hold it in his mouth but couldn't really suck it. Then we just cut more and more off and eventually just didn't give it to him (he has a muslin as a comfort item). I was surprised at how easy it was. Different age, but just another option if you wanted to try something else. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: CarrieMum
Date Posted: 22 November 2009 at 11:06pm
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RubyG we went through a stage about a month ago of Daniel crying out 5 or 6 times a night for his dummy but it was only for a couple of weeks and then he stopped and its very seldom now he'll cry out for it.
He has now taught himself to put it back in but before this he seemed to just go through a phase of it so if you can't deal with the crying maybe your bub will get over this phase too? I myself found the crying for the dummy to difficult and after one very awful night I gave in. But he's fine with it now. He mainly uses it just to get off to sleep and then spits it out anyway. The baby whisperer book says to gently ease the dummy out of their mouth once they've gone off to sleep so they don't need it quite so much. Maybe you could try that for a while? Good luck. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: stefany3
Date Posted: 23 November 2009 at 8:47am
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We have started weaning Isaac off his dummy. I was surprised how well he did actually.
Usually he's fine without it, cold turkey, but if he still screams 5mins after being put to bed, we put the dummy in, and then go back a couple of minutes later and take it out once he's settled, but not asleep. So he's not relying on it to go to sleep. It's only very rarely now that he'll go to sleep with it in. But I dont mind him having it occassionally to shut him up so I can get some quiet and he can get some sleep. I agree, dummy's are only for sleep time (or when you are out and need them to be quiet ) ------------- 
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