I'm pretty sure that my 6 month old dd's night wakings are due to the fact that she falls asleep at bedtime swaddled and with the pacifier. Eventually, the swaddle comes loose, the pacifier falls out, and she can't remedy either situation. So she's awake, and doesn't know how to go back to sleep without being swaddled and sucking.
She also goes to sleep for naps this way. At nap time it's not a big deal because I can replace paci easily (which is rarely necessary anyway), and she doesn't move around enough in a 2 hour nap to become unswaddled.
So I think I need to help her break swaddle and paci habit in order for her to sleep through the night. My question is, do I have to change naptime and bedtime sleep associations at the same time for this to work? Could I just work on changing naptime first, because that is less stressful (and I'm not up in the middle of the night), and continue to swaddle and paci at night so that I know she'll sleep at least some, and I can sleep? If I get really sleep deprived (as I have in the past with her), then I just can't cope and I get depressed, and don't have the stamina to work on changes. So if I get her to nap with no swaddle and paci, then I could move onto changing bedtime. Or will this make no sense to her? Will she not be able to make the change at naptime if I keep reinforcing the habit at bedtime and during the night?
Thanks