Pacifier Issues - Northbrook, IL

I agree with Nicole, don't go in right away and put like 5-7 pacifiers in there and eventually he will find it on his own. Good luck-A.

I remember this situation with my daughter who is now 3 1/2 yrs. old. That stupid pacifier would fall out of her mouth and she would then cry.

Now admittedly I decided that I couldn't handle it anymore so I spent one night, 2 at the most removing the pacifier permanently and she sucked her thumb. I can't say that this was the perfect solution because now she won't stop sucking her thumb (I had that problem too actually of sucking my thumb), but it sure gave me some peace and much needed sleep. I never thought of putting multiple pacifiers in the crib, so hopefully that will work for you!

I wish you luck!

Oh I remember these days! At one time we had like 5 pacifiers in the crib in case one fell out. Don't worry, pretty soon your baby will figure out how to find it in the middle of the night and pop it back in on his own. In the meantime, put several in there so he can find one easily.

Wow does that sound familiar. With my oldest whom I had the hardest time with when it came to sleep. One I kept her in my room too long...nearly eight months I think. She could barely fit in the bassinet. It was almost hysterical. She was so use to me patting her bottom at night and popping that bo-bo back in her mouth she couldn't sleep without my assistance.

I finally put her in her own room and I was getting up every four hours to nurse her and every two hours to pop a pacifier in her mouth or pat her bottom because she couldn't go back to sleep. Or, I"m ashamed to say it, I would sleep on that hard wood floor next to her crib with my hand in the crib just so I could pretend to get some sleep. My hips still hurt and I can't feel my hands anymore. :)

I was the walking dead. I started to literally hallucinate. I would see rats running through my family room. It was awful.

I started thinking that Satan himself had invented the pacifier to drive mothers out of their mind and make them cuss like sailors.

Not long after she went into her own room she got a cold and wouldn't sleep because of the runny nose (she still cries about that and she's six....eyeyyyaeyeyyaaiiii) Anyway in those days you could buy over-the-counter medications for colds and I gave her something to dry up her nose and thus help her sleep. It would knock her out so much that I took the pacifier away, caught up on a little sleep, and trained her to sleep longer between feedings. Finally at nine months old I was getting about four or five hours of solid uninterrupted sleep. HEAVEN!!!!

I think she was about two before I could get a full nights sleep.

My second child didn't care if it fell out of her mouth at night. And at about four or five months she started finding it on her own and putting it back in her own mouth. Big difference between her and the oldest...was she went right into her own room and I never went in to check on her unless she really started to cry a few minutes. She just learned to go back to sleep if she woke up. She also has my husband's gene....she could sleep through world war III, a nuclear blast, or the trumpets of heaven I think. Makes for a nice nights sleep for mommy as long she doesn't hear lots of knocks and bumps in the night to make her worry that someone is breaking in. (if it isn't one thing it's another...) I worry someone will get me right in the bed next to my sleeping husband and he won't realize I'm dead until the next morning when his alarm goes off..... But that's another story.

Not sure what to tell you but try to train him during the day to be able to pick things up on his own and then put a dozen in his bed for him to find. Then make sure you don't run in there at the first grunt or whine. Give him a chance to get himself back to sleep.....hope you haven't trained him otherwise already. Then you will have to try the dreaaaaaaded cry it out method. Since you already have two I'm sure it doesn't tear your heart out like it did the first so maybe not so bad.

I had the same issue. My daughters doctor suggested that I throw a hand full of pacifiers in bed with her. From then on she goes to bed with 7 pacifiers, 3 on each side and the one from when I put her down. The night I tried was the first night of a full night sleep since she was able to get one to sooth herself with.

Good luck!

Hang in there. Once he can find it on his own he will pop it back into his mouth. Both my daughters could do this around 5 months old. Also do not go into his room right when you hear him crying. Try waiting 3 mins. for a couple of nights, then 5 minutes, then 7 minutes etc... Good luck!