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My son is three months old and incredibly cute (that's his picture to the left). My wife and I think he is addicted to his pacifier. At 6 or 7 weeks he was sleeping 6 or 7 hours a night consistently, but lately he is waking up every 2 or 3 hours - crying because he is not soothed by his pacifier.
We have read that to cure this, just make him quit cold turkey, letting him cry and cry and cry at night when he wakes up, which teaches him to soothe himself at night,and eventually he will sleep through the night without waking up and crying.
We tried it last night and it was tough to hear him wailing for 45 minutes.
Has anyone else had this problem or heard this advice? Are we doing the right thing? We'd rather have him not reliant on the pacifier for comfort, but we hate hearing him cry incessantly. :crazyeyes:
We have read that to cure this, just make him quit cold turkey, letting him cry and cry and cry at night when he wakes up, which teaches him to soothe himself at night,and eventually he will sleep through the night without waking up and crying.
We tried it last night and it was tough to hear him wailing for 45 minutes.
Has anyone else had this problem or heard this advice? Are we doing the right thing? We'd rather have him not reliant on the pacifier for comfort, but we hate hearing him cry incessantly. :crazyeyes: