An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

Neither of my DC's took to the binky from day one ...Both just spit it right out..

BOTH of them ( and DD still does) "have to" be rocked to sleep...
I put quotes around "have to" because I'm sure eventually through either CIO or another method they would go to sleep other ways but for me its the path of least resistance and I don't mind it....

Now for my question as I am tring to figure out if children that can be put down without being rocked , more often then not rely on a pacifier and if there is a coorelation ....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky?

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?

3) At what age did they SSTN ?


I do know that binkies can be an enemy as well ( falling out in the middle of the night causing havoc ) , but I am just trying to get a general feel and wondering if my DC's were binky kids if the whole "sleep" thing would have been less taxing on me and if the binky takes the place of me soothing (rocking)

Sorry if this is confusing, humor me

Message edited 4/21/2010 11:00:48 AM.

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Yes, until he was 2!

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? yes, I rocked until about 10 months.

3) At what age did they SSTN ? 5-6 weeks.

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DD is 3 months old

1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Yes

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? Yes, I rock for about 5 min prior to puttting her in crib. Most times she is asleep- sometimes awake but drowsy.

3) At what age did they SSTN ? 2.5 months old- 10+ hours.

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Yes, since day 1, he's always needed it fo sleep, that's all though.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? Yes, rock, nurse, whatever it took.

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
10 months when we did CIO. Until that point we were still co-sleeping and getting up multiple times to nurse. I'd had it and was exhausted and knew he was getting up out of habit and not hunger or anything else. Put him in his crib, did CIO and it took a week.

Overally, the pacifier was not the issue, it was that he didn't know how to fall asleep on his own and self-soothe, I had to teach him. The pacifier was a crutch as was my boob, as was the rocking and everything else.

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Nope

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? YES every time I need DD to sleep I have to pace around the room rocking her back and forth and patting her back. Sometimes it takes her over an hour to fall asleep

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
HA right i'm lucky she gives me 3hrs at this point.
Even though every night is different 3hrs is her average (lucky me)
eta- she's only 2 months old lol

Message edited 4/21/2010 11:08:45 AM.

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Yes

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? No. Only for the first 2 months or so.

3) At what age did they SSTN ? 3 months

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky?
* Both girls refused the binky

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?
* DD#1 had to be rocked and rocked and rocked (sometimes up to an hour ) before we could put her in the crib
DD#2 - She doesn't have to be rocked for very long...the most usually it's 15 min and she's out and in the crib

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
* DD#1 - 6 months
DD#2 - Yet to be determined

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky?
- yes she does its like her 3rd arm BUT she spits it out when shes done and doesnt cry when it comes out.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?
-Yes i had to rock her till she was about 5.5 months old at which point we did CIO.

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
- started at 9 weeks and went till 4 months old. stopped from 4 months - 5.5 months as stated above we did CIO. and she has been STTN since then she puts her self to sleep now. shes now almost 10 months

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky? He did for a few months. Took it away at 8 months

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? When I first put him donw for the night - no. If he wakes during the nigth, DS expects it. I will rock for a little bit, but he wants you to rock him til morning and that's not happening.

3) At what age did they SSTN ? DS is 14 months and STTN 50-70% of the time.

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Kaydyn never took one
Ainsley takes one occasionally but spits it out as soon as she falls asleep

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? Kaydyn was rocked until 6/7 months then we were able to put her down sleepy...we did CIO for the middle of the night feeding

Ainsley is only 6 weeks so we rock her

3) At what age did they SSTN ? Kaydyn 8 months when we did CIO

Ainsley is sleeping right noe anywhere from 6-8 hours at night

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky?
she used one til age 3.5 yrs old!!

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? she was rocked to sleep til about 8 mths old.

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
slept through the night between 3 and 4 mths old.

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky? No.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? No. She is put down after bottle awake and she puts her self to sleep.

3) At what age did they SSTN ? Around 3.5 months.

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky? - No, Never took to it.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? No

3) At what age did they SSTN ? - 9 weeks

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky? NO

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? Only for the 1st 2 mos or so

3) At what age did they SSTN ? 7 weeks but he came home from the hospital doing 5hr stretches so I think he was just born a "sleeper"

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky?

DS never took to a pacifier

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?

I nursed him to sleep until about 8 or 9 months, after that we switched up the bedtime routine and he went down awake without a problem. (there was a few day adjustment where I would let him cry for 10 minutes then soothe him)

3) At what age did they SSTN ?

He started at 8 weeks, stopped when we introduced solids and then started again around 9 or 10 months.

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Use a binky for a week, then no interest anymore

We rocked and patted for about 2 months...not anymore



she's been STTN since 8 weeks old

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky?
Nope, only used it for about 2 weeks and never to fall asleep

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?
nope

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
around 7-8 months, but still not the strongest sleeper at 15mos. He sleeps from 8PM-6AM.

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1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Nope - never!

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?
She was nursed to sleep at night until 5.5 months. She still needs to be rocked for naps at 14 months.

3) At what age did they STTN ?
5.5 months when I did CIO and stopped nursing her to sleep at night.

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DS
1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Nope never wanted it.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? No

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
7 weeks approx.

DD
1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Yes it is the enemy for sure.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? No

3) At what age did they SSTN ?
9 weeks approx.

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Luce is six months

he takes a pacifier to sleep. spits it out when he did done with it.

I just nurse him to sleep. sometimes I will just stroke his face/head gently as well.

my mil uses the stroller to get him down.

he does not sleep through the night. he wakes up for feedings every 3 hours. he will also occasionally kick out or stir in his sleep from gas.

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DS is 7 months

yes he started taking a binky at 4 months when i started sleep training

just lay him down awake and he goes to sleep

starting sleeping through the night at 5 months

Message edited 4/21/2010 2:53:06 PM.

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky?
Yes, to go to sleep but would spit it out. At 4 months he didn't want to use it anymore
2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?
nope
3) At what age did they SSTN ?
4 months

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky? Yes up until 2

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)? Nope

3) At what age did they SSTN ? 6 weeks 10+ hours a night

I will say this though, as soon as we took the binky away at 2 for sleeping he has been a nightmare to get to bed despite the fact that my son is like Linus with 5 blankets. Still trying to work through that.

Re: An inpromptu study I'm conducting- Re: SSTN kids- Easy to put down kids and pacifier use....

1) Does/did your DC take a binky?

YES DD DOES TAKE A BINKY, SHE LOVES IT.

2) Do/Did you have to rock them to sleep (or pat their backs etc...)?

I use to rock DD to sleep but as she has gotten older (8 months now) she is all over when I give her the night time bottle. It's like a wrestling match that she just kind of needs to be put in her bed and she will eventually put herself to sleep.

3) At what age did they SSTN ?

She started SSTN around 3/4 months. She may go a few weeks without waking up through the night and then a few weeks where she wakes up 2/3 times but she just is looking for her binky.