Paci and nighttime question?

Babalonia

How old is your LO and how often at night do u go in to stick the paci in.

Or does your LO do it themselves?

 

LO is 7 months old. He is a "loud" sleeper I guess you can say. He cries out a lot but settles himself down. On average I go in at least 2 times a night to stick the paci in. Sometimes he has it already in his mouth but it's backwards and he gets frustrated. I usually only go in if he's really starting to cry/whine, sometimes he just settles on his own. I'm just curious.

Thanks 

MamaViking

Between 4-6 months, Wyatt woke up anywhere between 1-5 times between 3 am and 6 am for his binky. Basically any time he woke a little, he would need/want it (he couldn't pit it in himself), or he would be laying on it and that was waking him up. I realized it was more of a PITA than it was helpful to him, so I decided to wean him from it. I got lucky, though, and the same week I was going to take it away he started refusing it on his own.

He sleeps a lot better now. He will still wake up fussing a bit sometimes but is able to get himself back to sleep. I rarely have to go in anymore.

 

snoopy5512

DD doesn't take a paci during the day much, but she does like it intermittantly at night.  What we did, cause she was needing it too often was to put 4, yep FOUR paci's in there with her. 

Then she started sitting up randomly, and couldn't easily grab one, so mommy got wise.  I put 2 in the center.  She doesn't sleep with one all night but I would say 3-4 times at night wants one.  Try putting a bunch in there.  Also, DD has special ones (the blue kind from the hospital) that are bedtime only pacis.

skio

DD was a great sleeper from 3-6 months (10-12 hours straight, no waking). Then she had a sleep regression from about 6.5m-8.5m, during which she'd wake 2-5 times per night and we'd have to go in, give her the paci, and shush her back to sleep. At about 8.5 months, she magically went back to sleeping wonderfully.

She now sleeps 13 hours straight, give or take a half hour, and we never have to give her the paci. We put 3-4 of them in her crib and she does sometimes put them in herself.

ladycee

DS is 8 months old and it really just depends on the night for us. He was issues with gas still, so I do end up going in there more often than most, I think. He still eats twice during the night, but I end up going in his room anywhere between 5-6 times a night. Sometimes he will fuss a bit and put himself back to sleep, but other nights I have to go in, give him the paci, and shush him a bit. He gets really frustrated sometimes and will scream if he doesn't have his paci in. I know this is because he just has a lot of gas pains, but there isn't really anything we can do about that, it's just how his digestive system works. He can put the paci in just fine for himself during the day, but he hasn't quite gotten that down at night time yet. I can't wait for him to figure that one out! I'll be glad when he is a little more self sufficient at night.

fancynewbeesly

Around 5 months or so she is able to find the paci. We actually throw a bunch of them in the crib--and usually in the morning she has a different one then she went to bed with. 

Although she still would wake up for her lamb in the middle of the night. (We took it away when we went to bed). At 6 month we realized that if she is crawling for the pacifier, then having a small, floppy, light lamb isn't a big deal. Since then she hasn't woken up at night at all. She will crawl to find the lamb and then rub it's ear to have her fall asleep again.