I’ve lost the battle of the dreaded...

dummy

Mercedes has had one since she came out of hospital but I have stubbornly persisted with not giving one to Sienna because I hate them, and because I don't want to have issues getting rid of the dummies later on.

But I have started feeling mean about letting Sienna cry herself to sleep and pacifying Mercedes with a dummy coz it doesn't seem fair, plus the Plunket nurse managed to convince me that sucking is really comforting for babies and to let her have one only when she is in the cot and to lose it by 12 weeks. She also thinks it might help resettle the girls if they wake too often during the night (atm I get one 3.5-4 hour stretch and the rest are 2.5 hours) as she said they aren't hungry when they wake, just need to be resettled.

Bugger.

Dont sweat it. Lissy gave up her dummy really easy at around the 12 week mark, although it was replaced with her fingers. We are still battling them.

LOL Deborah - Maya does THINK she wants one...

Maria - at least Alyssa can't lose her fingers, I live in fear of the day we lose Fussy Bubba

Nikki - loving the "is it life threatening" - I guess not...

I was the same with my 1st daughter. I swore no dummy blab blab but after 2wks of no sleep, A friend of mine brought me one over and said try it. Yay it worked and i weaned her from dummy and breast at the same time. Then when I had my daughter Mercedes it was one of the first things I brought, thinking I might need it. I even packed it in my labour bag to take to hosp hehehe. Turned out she wouldnt take it at all. Now with the arrival of my son SOON I again have a new dummy JUST IN CASE!!!

I didn't go for dummies either but I'm convinced it was right for Briona.... Hannah is a finger-sucker but Briona has been weaned, although lately has taken to sucking the ribbon on her doll which is fast turning brown

And like Nikki said, "Getting rid of dummies has been done before... cross that bridge when you come to it."

Cuuuuuute! (and quiet! ah bliss!)

I didnt want to give Isla one either Emma,..but it definatly helps to re-settle her when she wakes. Anything to have her sleep a wee bit longer! We figure that its what she needs now,..and we will worry about the consequences of possibly having trouble weaning her off it,..if and when it happens.

I did'nt want to give piper one either but now find it a god-send and would'nt be without it (will worry about weaning off it later) but she settles more easily now with it

I took the dummies away again this morning. When they went back to bed after their 7am feed the pair of them spent over an hour spitting them out and crying for them to be put back in. So I got cross and left them to cry it out and they slept much better, and after their 1pm feed they hardly cried at all and are now fast asleep.

Will see how tonight goes tho - at 3am I might gladly plug them in just to get some sleep!

UGH if only Blake would have a dummy to suck on to comfort him!!!!