Seriously DD, stop it!

songstress503 · July 2012

DD loves her soother! She loves it so much she has to touch it. She loves it so much she has to hold it! What, it can't be in two places at once? Why can't she suck it and hold it at the same time? Meltdown!!!!! repeat!!!!!!!!!

We unswaddled DD earlier this week, she had been only half swaddled for awhile. But with only one arm out, it was one on one and I could keep her from pulling it out. Now I am outnumbered.

Everynight it is the same thing. Grab right hand, pull out soother with left. Grab left hand, reinsert soother, pull out with right. Aaaaaaannnnnndddd atomic meltdown! Sometime DH has to get on the action and take a hand so I can get her down. She only does this the first time she goes down, any mid-night wakings, she could care less about touching the soother.

We only unswaddled because I knew we were supposed to. She has been breaking out of it since day one, so that was no gauge. She used to worm her hands out the neck hole no matter how tighhtly I wrap her.

Help! does anyone have any ideas how to make this work?

HattieLove · July 2012

We have this problem at naptime and I usually give her another one to hold on to. It's a silly solution and it doesn't always work but it's better than nothing. I let her pull it out (because she seems to like that part) and then just pop another one in her mouth.

BrownMa · July 2012

According to my Pedi you don't have to stop swaddling. As long as they have good neck control. She showed me on the table in the office how LO automatically lifts his head when on his belly sleepy or not its a reflex. If she flipped when swaddling apparently she'd probably wake up screaming. My pedi says that sleep is so important at this age and for us too that if they need to be swaddled just let them be.

Jlobebe2012 · July 2012

I am so sorry, DD did this too.. exactly, we had serious meltdowns, and I was getting ZERO sleep. I wish I would have thought of the 2 paci idea, but we just went cold turkey and cut the paci out completely. It was a hard 2 nights, but then she didnt depend on it anymore. I felt I had tried everything, and was falling asleep on the way to work, not good, and I felt this was my last resort. Now DD does not even miss her paci. Good luck!

songstress503 · July 2012

I love this idea, except it probably won't work for us. She mostly can't put them back in ( I dream of the day she can!) Also she pulls them out with such force that she throws it across the bassinet and her hands are immediately around her mouth again.

sparks2987 · July 2012

songstress503:

I love this idea, except it probably won't work for us. She mostly can't put them back in ( I dream of the day she can!) Also she pulls them out with such force that she throws it across the bassinet and her hands are immediately around her mouth again.

Emily loves her paci, only one kind...I have 4 of them. She only pulls it out when she isnt really tired and I am trying to put her to sleep anyway. We dont swaddle, she does have a security blanket she sleeps with...if I can get her to hold the blanket she wont grab the paci. She bunches up the blanket, squeezes it, snuggles it, holds it up and looks at it, covers her face and uncovers it. She does these things over and over in her bed before finally falling asleep.

it is a nice distraction from the pull the paci out, try to put it back in herself, get frustrated when she cant turn it the right way, I put it in for her, she repeats.

songstress503 · July 2012

sparks2987:
songstress503:

I love this idea, except it probably won't work for us. She mostly can't put them back in ( I dream of the day she can!) Also she pulls them out with such force that she throws it across the bassinet and her hands are immediately around her mouth again.

Emily loves her paci, only one kind...I have 4 of them. She only pulls it out when she isnt really tired and I am trying to put her to sleep anyway. We dont swaddle, she does have a security blanket she sleeps with...if I can get her to hold the blanket she wont grab the paci. She bunches up the blanket, squeezes it, snuggles it, holds it up and looks at it, covers her face and uncovers it. She does these things over and over in her bed before finally falling asleep.

it is a nice distraction from the pull the paci out, try to put it back in herself, get frustrated when she cant turn it the right way, I put it in for her, she repeats.

The blanket pretty much makes it worse. She tries to put the blanket in her mouth at the same time, and can't figure it out.

lancyjo · July 2012

songstress503:
sparks2987:
songstress503:

I love this idea, except it probably won't work for us. She mostly can't put them back in ( I dream of the day she can!) Also she pulls them out with such force that she throws it across the bassinet and her hands are immediately around her mouth again.

Emily loves her paci, only one kind...I have 4 of them. She only pulls it out when she isnt really tired and I am trying to put her to sleep anyway. We dont swaddle, she does have a security blanket she sleeps with...if I can get her to hold the blanket she wont grab the paci. She bunches up the blanket, squeezes it, snuggles it, holds it up and looks at it, covers her face and uncovers it. She does these things over and over in her bed before finally falling asleep.

it is a nice distraction from the pull the paci out, try to put it back in herself, get frustrated when she cant turn it the right way, I put it in for her, she repeats.

The blanket pretty much makes it worse. She tries to put the blanket in her mouth at the same time, and can't figure it out.

While this probably won't help, I think this is just a little stage that will pass. For two weeks, Aria did the same thing with her bottle every.single.time you'd try to feed her. It was awful. Then, all in one day, she quit. Good luck!

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