How many times do you get up every night and find yourself on hands and knees searching under the cot, in the darkness for the looking for those elusive lost dummies. Newborn babies sleep a lot, but in short periods of time. They need to feed frequently and so they will wake every two to four hours for milk. Usually, a newborn baby will only be awake long enough for a feed and nappy change, before falling asleep again. During this time, don’t worry about things like “sleep training” your baby, or trying to get her to sleep through the night without a feed. Right now, she is learning about the world around her and you are building a relationship. Plus, she needs frequent feeds. She needs to know that she can trust you, that you will feed her when she’s hungry, and hold her when she’s crying. It might sound a little superficial but it does help if you your little one’s lovey is cute. After all, will be part of your family for years to come! An interesting insight that came from the study is that 84% of participants would be happy for their child to form an attachment with a comfort item. These participants believe that forming such attachments is a natural part of development that children will grow out of. They also remember how a similar comfort item made them happy throughout their own childhood.

Baby comforters are an excellent parenting tool and a great source of comfort and safe surroundings for your little ones. We at Sleepytot love the baby comforter and our customers and fellow parents seem to love a baby comforter as well. That is why we specialise in our bunny baby comforter and we think we do a pretty good job of it as well. I attached it to a dummy and gave it to him when I had my snuggles with him or let him sleep on me. So even when we were out and he needed to sleep, I’d just need to hold him, give him his Sleepytot and dummy and he’d settle and sleep easy.” AmberleyADAPTORS for use with MAM soothers are available . If you use a ringless soother you can find the adaptors in our shop. This comforter is going to be dragged around, chewed, dribbled on and dropped on the floor many times a day. Make sure you can machine wash it! It’s not just us who thinks our SleepyTot Baby comforter is a great solution to the sleep deprivation problem; we have very happy customers too: Now you know or agree that a good baby comforter can be of really help and use to your little one, how do you choose the right one? We at Sleepytot think we know a thing or two about a good baby comforter. As per the Red Nose safe sleep guidelines below, the Sleepytot should not be let unattended in the cot until baby is 7 months old. In many cases, this also coincides with baby's coordination development, giving them the ability to find their own dummy in the night with the aid of a Sleepytot. Sleepytot's of light stuffed and approx the size of a face washer, making them an ideal first comforter for your baby.

Sleepytot has little velcro paws that hold things like dummies and teethers to comfort and soothe your baby. As a drink that is largely connected to their infant days, drinking milk can be a comforting action to a toddler. If your toddler eats and drinks well throughout the days yet still asks for milk at bedtime/ throughout the night, it could be due to association rather than hunger/ thirst. Giving your toddler a familiar toy or baby comforter can be an effective replacement to milk. Most parents I know who have taken the plunge and called it a day with the dummy have done just fine. In fact, after 3 to 7 days, it’s often like it never existed – or so I hear. Sounds too good to be true. Here’s what I suggest to limit dummy dependency and avoid the nightly ‘dummy runs’. Use it for sleep times only, including nap time. If it’s used for comfort during the day, take it away once your baby is comforted. Interestingly, research has shown that babies who use a soother might have sleep issues initially, before they learn how to find the dummy. But they later become brilliant sleepers. Dummies can be used to extend night time sleep and day time naps, to help babies relax into sleep and also encourage young toddlers to nap when it’s difficult to wind them down.The Sleepytot baby comforter is right for you little one not just because it is safe, washable, secure, cuddly, soft, and replaceable. It is also practical. It can hold on to cots and bars, will keep a dummy or pacifier safe with its Velcro paws, and is a brilliant companion for your little one. It’s very cute! I love the idea that when it is time to give up the dummy, that he will still have a cuddly friend with him!”