Wanting to ditch the dummy - tips pls!!!

[mummyJ]

Hi guys,

I am starting to think about ditching the dummy...

My son is 14 months and I kinda wanna do it before he gets super duper attached.

He uses it to sleep mainly.

Any suggestions...

I have friends who say to go cold turkey for about 3 days and it should break the habit.

Can anyone confirm this is a good way to go.

Would love tips!!!!

[Zada]

my DD was 2.5 when we stopped. She lost it somewhere so i never gave it back.
I used a little bribery lol (like I would say we will get u a pressie tomorrow if you sleep without it). The next day I found the dummy and threw it out. she was fine the next day
good luck

[christen]

A friend of mine took her dds dummy off her at about 18mnths, she used the dummy fairy, same idea as the tooth fairy but for the dummy. you could have the dummy dinosaur or something that ds is into!! just remember to put a cool toy where he left his dummy so he can see thats its gone when he wakes up in the morning!!

[blubber]

Went through this only 2 months ago when DD1 turned 3. It was dam hard but she no longer even talks about it.

We wrote a letter to the garbage man, wrapped it in pretty paper for a "special baby" and he left a sticler book and lollies.

IN saying that that was the approach we took with a three year old, a little different for a 14 month old.

I will guess it will be difficult and even heart breaking but hang in there if you make the decision because it pays of.

Good Luck

[Bumble]

My DD bit hers and because it was flat she didn't want it anymore at 20mths i miss it :o

[Fuchsia!]

my son done it cold turkey. I was putting hi to sleep one night and i was too lazy to run upstairs and fetch the dummy so i just tried putting him to sleep without, and he went to sleep.

So the next day i didn't give it to him again and it worked. When he asked for it i just said that i lost it and didn't know where it was and i said that i would get him a new one. But of course i was fibbing!

He woke through the night a couple of times for it and i gave it to him but took it out of his cot before he woke up, he didn't even relise he had it!

If you go cold turkey you can't give in otherwise it won't work!

Another tip is you can wait till a birthday or xmas and say that santa is going to take your dummy and replace it with pressies. This worked for my son when i took the bottle off him The easter bunny took it. :fingerscrossed: that it works for you!

[cwsmum]

DS was about 13mths when we got rid of his. We just threw it in the bin, didn't say anything to DS, then when it came to bedtime didn't mention it. I sat with him, he drank his bottle, then went to sleep without it...well, the going to sleep part wasn't easy, he cried for a while the first few nights but after about a week he didn't cry at all.

We didn't really have much choice coz he had dermatitis around his mouth which was iritated by him drooling and the dummy rubbing. Not having a choice probably made it easier for me to resist the urge to just give it back to him, but I had thrown it in the bin outside so there was no way I would get it out of there anyway.

Good luck :)

[mummyJ]

Cool thanks so much for your replies guys!!!

I think I will try sooner rather than later as it seems they get more cluey and more attached as they get older.

He just has a small cold right now and a tooth, so am waiting for life to get back to normal routine again first...

I feel like I can do it!!!! yay - thanks guys!

[Izzys mum]

Hi

My little girl is only 10 weeks and has a dummy so haven't had to try this yet, but my sister with her dd just starting to count her down as they fell apart or were lost. She would just say to her and remind her that there was only 3 dummies left now, then 2 dummies left etc... when she got down to the last dummy she cut the end of it off so there wasn't much to get a hold of and when DD tried to suck it she was a bit disgusted it didn't feel right. My sister explain that the dog must have chewed it and DD just put it down and never asked for her dummy again. I think it worked because DD knew they were not being replaced and it didn't all of a sudden disappear, more like an easy progressive phase out. Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

[mum2peanut]

I sis cold turkey when DD was 6 months. She didn't evenrealise. But saying that she was younger. She only used hers for day sleeps.
I am about to take my DD's secirty toy off her, as it has become a bit of a pain in the @ss. It gets so dirty and I can't buy another one as they no longer make them. She has become extremely attached since being sick. It used to stay in the cot, but now she wants to brin it up with her. This weekend is d-day, both DH and I start school hols, and if there are a few sleepless nights it won't be as bad.

:fingerscrossed: for both of us.

[poshBecks]

A friend of mine took her dds dummy off her at about 18mnths, she used the dummy fairy, same idea as the tooth fairy but for the dummy. you could have the dummy dinosaur or something that ds is into!! just remember to put a cool toy where he left his dummy so he can see thats its gone when he wakes up in the morning!!

I like that idea. My daughter is 18mths. I think she is a bit young to understand that concept though. I might try it when she is 2. ( I think mummy will miss the dummy more than her) Ella is very attached to it. :o