Dummy wars

Some advice please, my 6 month LO wakes up constantly in the night and can’t self soothe without her dummy. I’m passing it back to her up to 25 times a night and I can’t deal with the broken sleep anymore. She used to sleep through 😩 I want to move her into her own room but I can’t be getting out of bed 25 times a night.
Should I go cold turkey on the dummy? Reduce it through the day? Persevere and hopefully soon she’ll be able to find it and put it back herself?
How can I help her begin to self soothe? At the moment all naps are contact naps, should I be looking at putting her down more often?

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I had the same issue with my now 6 month old. I was so exhausted one night that I just decided to not replace it - best thing we ever did he sleeps SO much better!!

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I’d say try introduce a replacement- a comforter toy instead and just just go cold turkey with the dummy because the older they get the harder it will be to remove it

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Following because the exact same thing happened to me 😭😭 tried to go cold turkey but it was so hard

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