What did you do? He doesn't put it back in by himself yet, as he is only 4.5 months. But waking constantly to put it back in for him is getting very old.
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We went through this phase, and it was rough. It was about a month before he learned to put it back in himself. No advice, just company
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We just kept at it until he learned to put it in himself around 6 months. Now we keep 5 in his crib at night so he can find one more easily in the dark.
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@2PeasinaPod: At what age did he start putting it back in?
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@2PeasinaPod: @kiddosc: Did you do anything to TEACH your LOs to find the pacifier and put it in their mouths?
@travellingbee: I'm in the same boat - Xander's 5 months and usually wakes up at least once for his pacifier!
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@Adira: No, he just figured it out on his own. He started out by grabbing it and pulling it out of his mouth, then eventually figured out how to put it back in.
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@Adira: We had been doing better-- he was sleeping without it with minimal crying but then things fell apart again. And I am sick and have no energy to fight this battle! Last night he woke 5 times for his paci.
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@kiddosc: He grabs it and pulls it out. But then he puts it back sideways, LOL. Maybe this week I will just keep putting it in his hand when he is awake to see if he gets it.
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@travellingbee: Xander does the same thing - he'll pull it out of his mouth but then can't get it back in correctly! And sometimes it'll be right by him, but he doesn't grab it to try to put it in his mouth. Silly babies!
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We put up with it until we sleep trained at 6.5 months--I was SO freaking sick of going in multiple times a night to stick the paci back in. So we cut it out cold turkey at 6.5 months and it was not bad at all. We still use it in the car, and he doesn't seem to be confused. He started being able to put it back in correctly around 7 months, so I guess we could have waited it out and maybe he would have been fine doing that at night...but I was happy to wean him from it sooner rather than later.
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We are going through this now.... well I guess for a while, but it's definitely gotten old. LO is 7 months old and sometimes can get it back in his mouth, but can't seem to figure out that he needs to let it go. He just keeps yanking it out over and over. '
@hilsy85: We "sleep trained" at around 6 months and LO is putting himself to sleep by himself at night and for naps. He is, however still nursing 2xs a night. I've been throwing around the idea of taking the paci away now... but I'm kinda scared. Does your LO STTN without eating too? I guess I thought I'd take the paci away after I night weaned him.... I don't know what I'm doing! Hah.
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@coastmama: nope he still wakes some nights 1x and I nurse him...he has STTN several times on his own, so I feel like he is naturally moving toward that. If he's still waking at night around 10/11 months, maybe I'll try to night wean, which shouldn't be too bad because I don't think he really needs it...are you using the paci in the MOTN in addition to his 2 night feedings?
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@hilsy85: The paci is my first go to. When he wakes up, I try to see if he will take that instead of me nursing him. We have to go in several times between 8-11 just for the paci, and then again between 5-7. I normally nurse him around 11:30 and then 3:00. I feel like I should do something about it.... I just don't know what.
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@coastmama: oh man, I would ditch the paci for good then...that's what it was like for us, and I was so sick of it. I just did CIO with checks (at 2 min, 5 min, 7 min, etc) for the time periods when I did not want to nurse...so for us I only wanted to nurse if he woke up at 2am or after. Also, it might mean getting up early a few days til LO gets it, since we also used the paci to get an extra hour here or there in the early morning. ...it worked really fast for us but I know it's not for everyone.
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@travellingbee: @hilsy85: Ok. I did it. I didn't give the paci to him tonight going to bed. He played for a while like he normally does, and then he started getting upset. I let him cry maybe 2 mins or so, went in, picked him up and calmed him, and put him back down. He gave 1 or 2 really big screams and then he just conked out. It was like magic. I'll let y'all know how the rest of the night goes, but so far I'm glad I did it!
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@coastmama: yay good luck! You'll feel so good when you don't have to keep running in to replace it!
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I just started giving him the paci back at night when he fussed instead of immediately nursing him. Last night I think I got up to give it to him 5 times between 2 and 7 am. I have no freakin clue what I should be doing at this point - keep this up, feed him every time he wakes up, go cold turkey on the paci ... no clue. We are probably in the 4 month crazy sleep period anyway, so I'm trying to ride it out.
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@aprk: This was so us at 4 months.... except that "4 month crazy sleep period" never went away. Even after we sleep trained and got him putting himself to sleep, we were/are still getting up too many times at night. This is our first night paci free so we will see how it goes.
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@aprk: at that age I would ride it out for a bit...sme people see sleep improve after the regression with no extra work/sleep training! Hope you have that experience.
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@coastmama: good luck!!
@hilsy85: yeah I'm trying to not over analyze too much for now. He puts himself to sleep still, so at least we have that going for us, haha.
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I just put it back in her mouth. But it was usually only a couple times a night. Then she learned how to do it herself and only cried when she couldn't find it. Once separation anxiety hit wakeups were another matter...but I did avoid some of them by having more than one paci in the crib, and hopefully she found it before she really woke up.
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@travellingbee: @hilsy85: So last night went great! He still got up at his normal times to eat, 11 and 3, but other than that there were no extra wake-ups. It was glorious. He doesn't normally fall completely asleep while nursing, so at 11 when I didn't stick the paci immediately in his mouth after nursing he let out a few angry cries, but was asleep within a minute. At 3 he didn't even notice. He also only got up about a 1/2 hour earlier than normal without going back to sleep, but hopefully once he gets used to not having the paci he will extend that a little.
@hilsy85: Did you take it away for naps at the same time? I'm a little nervous to see how that goes.
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@coastmama: I think I did bc that was what ferbers book recommended but babies separate night sleep and day sleep Sino don't think.you have to necessariky. Also we are now able to give it to him for an occasional nap if he's having a tough time without it becoming a habit or anything.
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@coastmama: Wow! That's great! The first 2 nights we did no paci, he slept pretty well with only a couple of wakings. Then it got BAD! I gave in and gave him the paci because I can't deal with the crying-- especially since I am currently sick with a nasty cold. And last night he slept from 930-345 with no wakings. Well, DH said he woke once, fussed a minute and soothed himself by scratching the sheets. LOL Babies are weird. Hopefully we are getting over this waking thing!!
On another note, we should be getting our A&A lovey in the mail today. I hope to trade lovey for paci
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@travellingbee: that's what we did! Worked really well.
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the pacifier routine was the bane of my existence during maternity leave, because we'd have to go back in 5-minute increments for at least an hour for every nap and bedtime, and even then, he would still wake up. i eventually did CIO so that he could self-soothe by sucking on this thumb.
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So, napping without the paci was a little trickier. It took about 20 minutes for him to fall asleep. I had to pick him up to settle him down several times, but he eventually went to sleep..... but 30 minutes later he is up again! Ugh. He's not crying... just playing and cooing. He's even rubbing his face with his lovie like he is trying to go back to sleep.... I really hope he does! 30 minute naps are the pits!
@travellingbee: I have been thinking about getting the A&A loveys. We introduced one when we took away the swaddle at 5 months. I was terrified of them (SIDS), so I made my own out of a muslin blanket by cutting it into smaller squares. I know... overboard. But they look kinda "rough" and the A&A are very cute.
@hilsy85: I hope that if we get him off the paci now that we can still give it to him in emergency situations without recreating the habit!
WAIT!! Everybody knock on some wood.... I think he just put himself back to sleep....... nevermind.... now he's sucking/chewing on the bars to his crib. So weird.
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@coastmama: If he's not crying I would give him some time! Lo sometimes falls back asleep after 20 min or so. Also, I think shorter naps (just like earlier awake times) are normal when you're transitioning away frm something. sounds like it went pretty well!
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Ok... I'm sure I'm being annoying about this, especially since I didn't start the thread... but the paci has just been such an issue lately and I don't have anyone else to share this with right now! LO DID go back to sleep on his own earlier after about 30 minutes, and although he fought his second nap pretty hard, he got himself to sleep and has been asleep for 2 hours! This is huge for us. He NEVER sleeps more than 1 hour and 15 minutes. Now I just wish I had done this earlier. So....
@travellingbee: Thanks for starting this thread!! I hope switching the lovey for the paci works for y'all!
@hilsy85: Thanks for the advice/support!
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@coastmama: OMG so NOT annoying. That is the point of this whole site, right? I'm so happy it is working for you!! He is currently asleep in his swing holding a lovey and his paci. LOL
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@travellingbee: My mom said that I always slept with one paci in my mouth and one in my hand. So I guess pacis can be loveys as well!
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