Dummies and sleeping

[gsmum]

My 14 day old beautiful daughter is currently trying to go to sleep for the first time with a dummy.

I am concerned I have introduced one to early, however nothing seems to sooth her and I am beginning to feel like I have no idea what I am doing! I have fed her and implemented a night time ritual and if this does not work I don't know what to do.

She also suffers from a lot of wind and my mum has just bought over some Marina Infant Mixture to dip her dummy into if she needs it - my husband is very hesitant to use this - however she has only slepts maybe 5 hours in total since last night!

I have tried burping however have not been sucessful, the more tired I get the more unsucessful.

Has anyone else encountered these problems and introducted a dummy or used this product this early? Your advice would be appreciated :hugs:

[Mummy'N'Bubby]

my bub had a dummy within the first week of being born... he does for some strange reason spit it out as soon as he finally gets into deep sleep...
If it is going to give your baby that added comfort when going to sleep then give it too her..
as for the wind.. i cant help you there i didnt have any problems in that area.. however dipping stuff onto the dummy can be disastrous as baby may expect this all the time... if you live in the brisbane QLD region let me know and i can give you a number that is open 24hrs a day.. it gives you advice etc... they are real nurses on the other end of the line and i found them to be extremly helpful...
other then that all i can say is good luck ... :thumbsup:

[*~alegna~*]

1stly - Congrats on your bundle:hugs: - your doing a great job!

If you feel confortable with giving a dunny - do it. In my situation, I have created a monster with my 4mt old DS as he will sleep soundly until around 2ish then everytime the darn thing comes out of his mouth....he crys for mummy to put it back in!....He doesn't have it through the day but now I am trying to think of other things as substitute for through the night.

So, there are pro & cons however, your DS is so little i'm sure that if you changed your mind it would be easier to change action plans while she is still more plyable. As far as "dipping" I agree, maybe creating troubles there. but again what ever works for you.

When your sleep deprived, you'll try anything:hugs:

[EskimoMumma]

I can say i have had :thumbsup: experiences with marina as my DD suffered from wind as well. That stuff really helped IMO.

And if you are comfortable with giving a dummy that early, go for it. What you can do is give the marina to the baby in a medicine dropper, if not it is fine to dip the dummy in it if there is no other way. That is what we did and CHN had advised that was fine.

Best of luck to you.

[gsmum]

THANK YOU :sleeping: Our beautiful baby is now fast asleep - fingers crossed for a little while - IMbg2006 I am in the Brisbane area so any numbers you can give me would be great! :hugs:

[Rell]

Congratulations on your little girl
DD was given a dummy about 2 days after we left the hospital, she was just a baby that needed to suck all the time and it REALLY helped get her to settle. DS would not take one at first but then at 3 weeks he was unable to feed for 12hours (having an operation) and he has been addicted ever since.

Like you I was a little hesitant but if helps you and baby to get some sleep then it is well worth it.

Good luck

[jess_live_die]

my daughters had there dummys from the day they were born. im having trouble getting my youest of hers.

[mm85]

hi all mason has had a dummie since 1 week old and loves it i didnt think twice about it if hes happy im happy i think thats the maion thing happy baby = happy mummy as for wind mason aslo had troule burping so i use infacol it works really well as for the other stuff you mentioned im not sure what that is can someone please fill me in heheheheh thanks
tina

[our little treasures]

Hi my first had a dummy from 4 and a bit weeks she suffered severe reflux and it was always dipped into wind mixtures... After that day she was a lot easier to settle and wasn't sitting on the boob for comfort..

Ds had a dummy after a few weeks as he was a sucker as well.....

I fully breast fed both mine and never had 1 issue with breast refusal so in case your feeding I htought you should know!!

[alanasmum]

I remember feeling like I had absolutely no idea what I was doing once I brought DD home from the hospital. It's a common feeling. And the sleep deprivation doesn't help. So, you are not alone there. I did everything and anything I could to get DD to sleep in the early days and was not at all worried about getting her into any bad habits. I introduced a dummy at about 3 weeks and it has been an absolutely wonderful comfort for her.

She also suffered with really bad wind and would have long screaming sessions. It's just something that a lot of bubs go through early on. We tried all the different wind drops - some worked for a few days, some made it worse, it's just trial and error. In the end, the problem sorted itself out and she stopped screaming. She still gets wind but it doesn't bother her as much now.

When they are tiny babies, they are experiencing so many new sensations and it's hard for them to cope. The big wide world is such a different place to where they've come from! Keep telling yourself you are doing a great job, provide her with what ever comfort you choose, try and get some extra rest if you can and take it one day at a time. :hugs: