Hi Lucy, thanks for all your good advice, and will check out rosebys too!! I think i will give the dummy thing a go when hes feeling a bit better.Thanks again,you will prob hear from me soon with something else!!!!
Thanks Nicky x

Hi Nicky
Yes, a light room could make a difference. Could you get hold of some blackout linings for his curtains? Rosebys sell them ready made (if you have a branch near you) or you could buy your own material for much cheaper if you can sew or know someone who can? I think babies all have their pre-programmed times to wake up though, Emma likes to wake up at 6am and no amount of trying on my part is going to convince her to stay in bed any longer! Lol! I can't say that getting rid of the dummy will solve all your problems but it should definitely help. At least without it you would know that he is waking up for a reason and not just to look for his missing dummy. I gave Emma her dummy to begin with because I felt sorry for her so I know what you mean about feeling rotten if you take it away while he's poorly. Pick a day when you think you can all cope, and then just go for it. It can be heartbreaking to listen to them crying but bear with it for a couple of days. All I did was go back to Emma every 10 minutes to calm her and settle her back down but don't get drawn into lengthy cuddles or soothing. Lots of luck with it all, feel free to message me if you want to chat. Lucy x

Hi Emmasmum,thanks for your advice. Funnily enough i am changing his bedtime today to 8pm, and then giving him a dream feed a bit later. Yes i am thinking about stopping the dummy, but hes not very well at the moment, and would feel rotten taking it away now.If his bad napping was only down to him not being well, that would be different, but this has been going on for ages.Its also very light in his room,could that make a difference?
Nicky

Hi
I had a similar problem with my daughter who has never slept much during the day and definitely preferred to be cuddled to sleep and held the whole time!!
If you can face it, I would suggest maybe getting rid of the dummy. He will soon learn to fall asleep without it which is an invaluable lesson for him, it just might take a couple of days for him to get used to it. Could you also try bringing his bedtime forward a bit? gradually put him down earlier until it's more like 8pm? My daughter at 10 weeks was going to bed at 8pm and by 13 weeks she slept through the night from 7pm till 7am.
Good luck, I hope you crack it! xx

Hi, my son is 17 weeks old and during the day he will sleep for about 30-45 mins and then wakes up.He has a dummy, which is the bain of my life,and think that he wakes up when he realises it has come out.I am then just constantly putting the damn thing in every 5 mins cos he keeps knocking it back out. If all he needed was that amount of time, then that would be fine, but im in a no win situation cos i either stay up and continue to give him his dummy, or i get him up and he cries cos hes still tired,and falls asleep on my lap. At bedtime hes better,asleep at 11pm and will wake for his dummy about 430-5am,then back to sleep till 630-7am. Just finding the nap thing really draining. Any suggestions very much needed. Thanks Nicky