He'll sleep great while he's sucking on the pacifier, but if it falls out he instantly wakes up and begins to cry? Is there anything I can do?
2007-01-04 03:58:54 · 14 answers · asked by walt flanagan's dog 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
By the way, i'm the father, not the mother.
2007-01-04 04:13:26 · update #1
Thank you Kristin for pointing out the SIDS info to those who did not know. I didn't necessarily like being branded as a bad parent for giving my kid a pacifier.
2007-01-04 04:53:33 · update #2
Can your son pick up his pacifier yet and put it in his mouth? Once he gets to that stage, which is not too far off if he isn't already there, try putting several pacifiers in his bed at night. My 9-month old gets 6 pacifiers in his crib spread out, and when he needs one, he just reaches out and pops one in. We went from getting up 6 or 7 times a night to give him a pacifier to none! Hang in there until your little guy can do it himself!
P.S. To address other answers that said you did a bad thing by giving a pacifier in the first place, don't take that to heart! Recent studies say that you did a good thing because babies that use pacifiers while sleeping are at a much lower risk for SIDS.
2007-01-04 04:36:50 · answer #1 · answered by Randa 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The baby probably wakes up and starts to cry because he is not in a deep sleep. My baby would not fall esleep without her pacifier at that age but when she was elsleep and it would fall out she would stay esleep unless she was really hungry and the pacifier would stop the hunger pangs. So I suggest feeding your baby at least 4-6 ounces before he falls esleep and try to rock him to sleep as well with the pacifier in. Or else feed bathe and rock that will always put my girl into a deep sleep. It is probably the routine before bed that is keeping him up because he isnt fully settled when you put him to bed.
2007-01-04 12:53:48 · answer #2 · answered by jennyve25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just let him. He's still a baby and the sucking of a pacifier is soothing to him. There's nothing wrong with that. Just have patience. No need to take the pacifier away for a while.
2007-01-04 12:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you get a really good answer please let me know. My 3 month old son does the same thing and I have tried everything I can think of, from not letting him have it to putting in back in his mouth. Nothing works when he wakes up he thinks he wants a bottle, so we give him one and then switch it out with the pacifier after about a minute. He will sleep really good after that.
2007-01-04 12:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by Keiko 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just go into your baby's room and give the pacifier back. When my daughter was 4 1/2 months old, she started picking it back up herself :)
2007-01-04 13:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by Erika 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is that age and does the same thing. Give him the pacifier back. he will be ok. when he gets older then try taking it from him. he needs confort now and that is a way for him 2 feel it. Its called sucking 4 comfort. would u take his hnds and fingers away from him if he sucked on them?
2007-01-04 12:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will tell you ...first you should never of stuck that thing in the baby's mouth..I have 3 kids 2 never had a pacifier and 1 did..the one that did was pure he** to break off that thing..The pacifier is for the parents benefit not the baby's. so parents don't have to hear the baby cry..I would take the pacifier away as soon a possible
Go ahead everyone and give me thumbs down but I Know many woman who regret ever giving pacifiers to there babies
2007-01-04 12:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I know this sounds painful, but start trying to get him to go to sleep without the pacifier. My daughter used to wake up when it fell out because it made a noise when it fell and it startled her, or else it got wedged under her cheek. It's probably better for him to sleep without it anyway. Pacifiers cause crooked teeth and ear infections as they get older. He will eventually find his thumb and then it won't matter.
2007-01-04 12:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by jc2006 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fo those who are against giving thier babies pacifiers... did you know studies show that giving a baby a pacifier helps reduce the risk of SIDS? It's true - look it up.
2007-01-04 12:33:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its normal for some children to suck on something. And its ok yes it reduces SIDS and no it doesnt cause croaked teeth. In fact it causes the palet in the mouth to expand if you let the child suck on something till the 2 and not further than that. It reduces the need for braces when there older. So let him suck on his binky. If it causes confort for a 3month old let them do it people its a baby there riped form a dark warm place let them be.
2007-01-04 13:12:45 · answer #10 · answered by goldenhillsgifts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋