Feed her in the livingroom before she falls asleep. Then take her up to her bedroom and lay her down in her crib. She has to learn how to fall asleep by herself or you will be in for some horrible nights for the next few years. She may cry for a little while, but if you feel better about it, stay in there with her the first night for a few minutes, rub her back, then when she falls asleep, leave. The second night, do the same thing, but try and leave a few minutes before she falls asleep. Keep shortening your time up until you can literally just lay her down and she'll go to sleep on her own. I will warn you though, just laying her down and crying herself to sleep can break bad habits in 3 - 4 nights. If you do the gradual process, it will take upwards of a couple of weeks. I always made it a point to lay my second child in his crib when I noticed he was getting tired. That way he related his crib to sleeping and I never had to deal with the issues of nightime. My first, I used to walk around until she fell asleep because I didn't know any better. In order to break her of it, I had to endure 3 nights of screaming, trying to get her to fall asleep on her own. With my second, I tried the other method of laying him down before he fell asleep, and he's the best sleeper I know! Trust me, develop healthy sleeping habits from the very beginning, and don't give her a pacifier now!!! I only gave one to my kids until they were 6 months old! Your child should be eating cereal. If she goes to bed at say 8, and eats cereal at 7-7:30, she should be sleeping all through the night, at the most, getting up only once. I would try to do the cry it out method, or atleast not breastfeed her every time she wakes up. She isn't hungry, probably just been taught some bad sleeping habits. Every time she wakes up, she's wanting you, instead of learning to just roll over and fall back asleep. I know a lot of parents will tell you not to do the cry it out method, that getting up with your child each and every time is good for them and that the opposite is bad for their self esteem or whatever, but I'm telling you, ask those moms how much sleep they get a night, and ask them how bad they would love to get 3 nights in a row of not being woken up by a screaming child. Both of my kids are wonderful sleepers, have great self esteem, and there's love overflowing from our house. I know you just wanted to know about the pacifier, but it's not about a pacifier, it's about you breaking her of some bad habits she's developed. Hope this helps
