How long did getting rid of the dummy take & other related Q's

[mtilly]

I am thinking of doing cc when my bub is 6-7 months (5 now) but I'm wondering how long it is likely to take to get rid of the dummy. He only has it for sleep & goes off on his own with it but wakes multiple times a night & every 40min during the day.

The concern I have is that with cc you are supposed to go in every few minutes to comfort & calm them but what do you do if they won't calm at all when you go in?

[krystallxx]

My boys were bad sleepers anyway when I took the dummy (18mths ish) .. I would say 3nights were bad and then things actually started improving.

I tried cc a few different times .. If they didn't calm just through words and patting I would stand them up in the cot for a cuddle or get them out, quick cuddle to calm down and continue. Its not easy cc but hopefully you get a result.

[Seacretsquirrel]

I found that both mine woke more with the dummy which is why I ditched it around teh 6 months mark. For my two it weemed to help once you got over the initial separation from the Dummy but at 6 months they don't have the same attachment to them that they do after longer periods of time, so they seem (from what I saw comparing me ditching the dummy at 6 months and friends who waited until over one or two years) to get over the "loss" faster it really only took a couple of nights of resettling (involving cuddles and patting) for them to stop looking for the dummy.
As for CC - With DD I found she was WAAY worse if we popped in and out of her room to reasure her so we found that leaving her for up to 20 mins or so to cry/grizzle (we never let her get to the hysterical point or anything - the old you know your babies cries thing) and she would settle down and go to sleep - most of the time it was just a couple of mins of crying (that how could you leave me thing) then she would grizzle a bit every now and then - as if to remind us she was still there and then off to sleep.
DS on the other hand does not respond well to CC - he gets hysterical within a minute or 2 and is inconsolable so it then takes ages of cuddling and soothing to get him to calm down enough to sleep so we gave up on it pretty fast - we are still working out what works for him - he was actually fine and would self settle really well (sometimes pottering around his room for 10 mins before hopping into bed and going to sleep) until he discovered about 8 months ago that he could open his bedroom door not we are really struggling. He is having his tonsils and anenoids out on Friday then once the healing is done we will be looking at how we are going to get him to settle better - he has the sleep apnoea and snores so isn't sleeping well (no deep sleep) so we are hoping once we have sorted the issue of not getting good quality sleep that getting him to settle will be easier :freakingout:
Anyhoo good luck!:hugs: