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Pacifier: To take or not to take...THAT is the question!
I don't know if all of you use The Sleep Lady technique, I got here from her page, and if anyone does I need help!! My little girl is 3 months old. She has silent reflux and a generally bad tummy. We used the sleep lady with our first child, but not until he was older so this age training is new to me. Sophia started waking up about 4:30 in the morning a few weeks ago and I realized I just keep putting her paci back in from that time on. Over and over and over.... (she's still in a bassinet by our bed). I was reading in the book about this age and so I'm trying to take the paci away when she sleeps, get on a better routine, etc. So here are my questions:
1. Can she have her paci at naptime? Does she know how to tell the difference between naptime and bedtime?
2. Should I still swaddle her or does she need her hands to learn to suck on them and comfort herself? She seems to still like being swaddled.
Oh...she's not hungry at 4:30 in the morning. I checked!:)
natfig | April 12, 2010 | reply
FUSEingFamilies | April 6, 2010 | reply
At 3 months she may need that pacifier, and taking it away for one sleep time and giving it to here for another seem confusing to me. Consistency is so important. If you do not want her to have a pacifier, then don't give it to her at all. Ether way she may wake up anyway and you will be there rubbing her back to calm her back to sleep.
As Sue said, swaddle her if she likes it! the short nights of sleep may seem forever but believe me...This too will pass... our children are little for only a short time, cuddle, rub their backs, enjoy every precious moment! I can remember feeling somewhat frustrated at getting up to put a soother in a baby's mouth then one night she found it herself. Each day they are growing and changing.
Give her an extra cuddle for me :)
FUSEingFamilies | April 6, 2010 | reply
I'm no expert...I have two children one 4 and the other soon 2...but here is my advice!
1. My daughter had her pacificer till she was 15 or so months old. It helpped her sleep during bedtime and naptime. When I wanted to wean her off of it I just took it away cold turkey...she has been off of it since. (expect for an occasional sucking on other baby's pacifiers!) As far as whether they know the difference....at three months old they don't have much of a routine yet...so I don't think they know the difference. Of course the more routine you are with them the quickly they start to sleep longer at night and shorter in the afternoon!
2. Swaddle her as long as she will let you!!!! My son always seemed to get out our his blanket but my daughter loved being swaddled...made her sleep better. The less you get her to suck her fingers the easier it will be to break it off the habit of sucking her fingers when she gets older. I made the mistake of letting my son suck his fingers though out his baby years and into his toddler years that now at 4 years old he has to fight the temptation of sucking his fingers! It's very difficult to get him to stop. I just hope he stops before he reaches his teen years!
HOpe that helps!
suefulton | February 27, 2010 | reply
