Pacifier use

pischkepear

Help! My little one uses a pacifier to fall asleep at night. The past two weeks she has been waking up every 45 minutes (or when the pacifier gets spat up) and cries for it to be put in her mouth again. I`ve tried to help her find her thumb, and I`ve waited a few minutes through fussing (not crying) to see if she can help herself. But because I don`t want to do the cry it out system, I feel that I`m out of options other than to just continue to get up all night long.  How do kids learn to self soothe when parenting in an attachment friendly way? is it simply a developmental milestone that they eventually hit? I`ve been feeling pretty low about her lack of sleep because I`m afraid I`m not doing her any favours by not giving her the chance to learn to self soothe, however, I want her to know that whenever she is scared or in distress, I will be there to support her.

 I have read the no cry sleep solution and have been trying the Pantley pull off during nursing but have had little success so far.

bunintheoven0912

When I decided to do away with the pacifier for my 7 week old for naps and nighttime, I was pretty nervous about it, but actually it wasn't too bad at all. Granted she wasn't yet too attached to it being so little.   I am also not a fan of CIO but the first night I did let her fuss and (weakly) cry for about a minute or two and then she fell fast asleep.  Later that night after a feeding she cried a bit longer and I went in to soothe her for a couple of minutes, laid her back down, and she fast asleep again.  I think she has slept better since we have gotten rid of it.