We just got rid of the dummy!
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Dummies Anonymous is in session. Bec is team dummy. She can count the number of times she's ditched a dummy in less than two hands over twelve years. So when we made the active choice to drop the dummy for a five and a half month old halfway through the second week of Camp Snooze, it warranted a debrief.
This little one came to us after previous sleep training. He still had very short naps, very short breastfeeds and lengthy resettling sessions overnight. The unique bit was that he was taking almost a day's worth of calories overnight. We kept the dummy at first because it helped stretch those overnight feeds while we shifted calories into the day. Then we'd get great nights followed by crazy town all over again, with the dummy replugged over and over. One Monday morning we both read the sleep log and thought the same thing. The dummy's gotta go.
What You'll Learn:
- Why we're far more inclined to keep the dummy from eight months and why it's a hard no at 14 months
- What keeping the dummy realistically looks like overnight if your baby can't replace it yet
- How we redistribute calories without doing anything cold turkey
- Why a lot of sleep work is throwing informed spaghetti at the wall, then a process of elimination
- How object permanence at six months gives you a window to keep or drop the dummy
- Keeping the dummy for naps while dropping it overnight
- Why it's not linear and why we work over two weeks
Chapters:
00:00 Happy Nap Trap Day
02:00 Dummies Anonymous is in session
08:09 Back to the case study
15:56 The dummy's gotta go
23:04 Use the tools available to you
32:25 Off to replug some more dummies
ABOUT
Nap Trapped is hosted by Sally Woods (The Sleep Concierge) and Bec Maher (The Sleep Centre). We're two sleep consultants who organise sleep, read a lot of sleep logs and work in collaboration with families so you understand exactly why you're doing what you're doing. Almost a hundred babies have come through Camp Snooze this year. If you want a 2026 spot, jump in quick.
Links:
Sally Woods, The Sleep Concierge on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/
Bec Maher, The Sleep Centre on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/
Nap Trapped website: www.naptrappedpodcast.com