4.5 months waking constantly!! Santa please bring is sleep!

[Edieking]

Hi , my lo is 4.5 months old and up until her being 3 months she was a great sleeper, then she had injections, colds and teething:learning to roll over etc which all seemed to throw her off and she went from waking once for a feed to waking around ten times a night, sometimes settling and sometimes not.so we moved het into her own room, started doing pu/pd and we have seen
An improvement.she is now settling herself to sleep (before she had to be rocked) and on a night as soon as we put her dummy back in she goes back over.she is swaddled, but I don't Wang to stop this yet as I think this would create more problems .I want to wean her off the dummy bout it's now advised against this to prevent ssids until there 6 months. Anyone got any ideas ? Iv only just started reading bw and only just started doing the 4 hr easy with 8 oz each feed(she was on 6oz every 3 hours) thanks

[Edieking]

How old is your child? 4.5 mths
What’s his/her daily routine? See below
What’s nap routine?1.5-2 hrs morning,1.5-2 hrs lunch/afternoon, catnap around 5
How long are naps?
What's bedtime routine? Time? Take upstairs, lights out, swaddled,listening to blowdown music, put dummy in, put in cot.bed for 7pm
Do you bottle or breastfed?? Bottle
How much? or how long? 8 oz
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed)
How many wakes per night?5-10
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? Asleep but crying for dummy
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry?crying
What have you tried to settle??dummy , pu/pd                                                                         What do you do for A time and how long is it? 1.5hours, play gym, chair, talk to, walks in pram, toys
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones?no
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months)yes, porridge, in a morning
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? Dummy
Do they have a lovie?No
 In a morning she wakes at 7 and plays in cot for half hour as were too shattered to get up then by time we get up snd down stairs she has her feed at around 745 so our easy routine Is on average ................. E 745-8 A 8-9,S 9-11,A 11-1145, E 1145-12,A 12-1, S 1-2.30, A 2.30-3.45, E 3.45 -4.00, A 4-4.30, S 4.30-5.15,A 515 -6.30, E 630-6.45, S 7.oo                                                                                                                   

[Bex09]

Hi there, it does sound like the dummy has become a prop. Weaning it or not is a personal choice and only you can decide if you want to do that or not. If your LO needs it to fall back to sleep then she will likely keep waking and cry to be replugged. One thing to consider though is that PU/PD shouldn't be used with a dummy as it won't work properly. Shush/pat would be a better option if you are going to keep the dummy.

Have the NW started since you introduced porridge to your LO's diet? It is just that at such a young age solids can effect digestion and actually cause NW from discomfort. This happened with my DD when the doc recommended baby rice at 5 months for reflux. So we has to stop and wait until 6 mo.