My daughter is 6 months old now. she is sleepning through the night about 5 out of 7 nights a week without needing her bottle. she does wake up about 4 times a night for her pacifier though. she is still sleeping in our room and the pacifier is not much of a problem. However, we would like to move her to her room in her crib but the pacifier might be more of an issue. I dont want to take the pacifier away. any ideas of what we can do??
Can you get one of those little clippy things and clip it onto her pajamas?
We had this issue and I was goin upstairs to find the missing pacifier multiple times a night until she could learn to fin it herself. I'm not sure what type of pacifier your baby uses but they have those pacifiers with the beanie baby hooked to them to help hold it in place. There is also another one that's like a stick hooked to the pacifier that helps keep it in place. I have seem either in a store so I think you have to go online. These have those green pacifiers on them like the ones from the hospital (forget what their called). My daughter wouldn't take it because she had a very specific pacifier she liked. If that's the case with your baby I would make or buy a pacifier holder and hook it on securely at night. Cut it or make it short enough to only reach her mouth so it's not a hazard. Hope this helps!
I know you mentioned that you don't want to take the pacifier away but it might be a better option. I wean my daugher off her pacifier at 6 months. The 1st day she cried for probably 2 hours, 2nd day for an hour and she stopped by the 3rd day. We replaced it with a security blanket, which she still uses it now at 3 years old. It's hard the first few days but surprisingly it doesn't take long to wean them off.
I put multiple pacifiers, usually one in each corner of the crib. Then again, my kids didn't sleep more than 5-6 hours at a time at 6 months, so it wasn't much of an issue for me if they fussed. Plus, I breastfed in the night if they needed it.
That being said, my son had his pacifier to sleep at night until he was just over 3, and my daughter is 28mo and still uses it to sleep. I don't see the big deal unless there are dental issues, which are generally nonexistent at 6mo. Honestly, whatever helps her sleep, helps you sleep, so what's the harm?
We have my daughter's binky on a binky holder. I don't really know what they are called, but it snaps to my daughter's shirt and the other end goes around the binky. It isn't long enough to go around their neck (I checked!) but it is close by so the baby learns how to grab the bink and put it back in their mouth.
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It looks like that!
My daughter is 2 years old and still uses her paci to sleep and she loses it a few times a night. I cant see how getting up to help her with it in the middle of the night in your room would be much different than having to walk to her room. A bit of a farther walk but..... Just recently she has started taking both of her pacis to bed with her at night and that has actually helped with the lost paci situation because if one happens to escape she still has another one close by. At 6 months she might still be a bit young to find it on her own but you never know. Maybe try to put another one by her hands/face at night and see if that helps
Good Luck
