Getting rid of the dummy!!!

[Sophie & Will's Mum]

can anyone help me out....I have been putting off getting rid of my daughter's dummy...she only has it at sleep time, but I figure at just over two years old, it needs to go...I told her that the rubbishman took it and she is ok with that until she chucked an absolute 'spaz-attack' at bed time, and at 3 am when she stirred through the night.(she screamed for over half an hour)

Anyone got any suggestions? :confused: :confused: :confused:

[mumof2girls]

Hi sophie & will's mum

I would suggest that you persevre with the tantrums, they will last for a few days and when she realises that she isn't going to get it back then she will calm down. It will take a few days so be patient.

My neice was a lot like this and her mum couldn't get it off her so I bought her a new doll and told her that she could take that to bed instead of the dummy and she was apprehensive for a couple of days but was fine.

Hope this helps you :)

[Sophie & Will's Mum]

We are three days into it and Sophie has finally got it!!!! Whaaaahooooo!!!! You are right, took a couple of days of tantrums and then today she sort of just accepted it and I must admit, is sleeping a lot better at night too...

[mumof2girls]

Glad things are going well in the dummy separtment, as I said a couple of days is well worth the effort (in the long run). I'm glad things went well and it only took a couple of days! :)

[samecutie222]

i have a 2 yr and 3 month son.... i have been trying to get rid of these dam dummys...he has about 5 so i hide some and more pop up.....haha
he really chucks it hey, and just crys to the point where i think i will go insane!

but i spose its time to do it

i am a single mum but he sees his dad one night a week (sleepover) so it is a stable situation but he gets very distraught at leaving his dad so i do get kind of weak in the dummy area....
i havent even started toilet training (tried a few times several months ago)

oh dear ~ lol

[veve]

samecutie222

I haven;t had to get rid of a dummy yet (the time will come though :rolleyes: ) what if you painted it with that stuff ... (I wish I knew what it was called!!!) - you get it from the chemist - it is to stop thumb sucking....

It would make the dummy less appealing?? that way it might seem to be more of HIS decision not to suck it???

sounds good in theory ...

xx
Jen

[sarah81]

You could try making a deal with him, like swapping the dummy for a toy or something he wants. Some people try giving it to Father Christmas but that has just been! Don't know if he is old enough for this to work effectively though.

Good luck :)

[Shazbutt]

DD lost hers outside and we told her our dogs ate it....:o We gave her another one and she lost it outside too, so we told her the same thing, and that there were no more left, and that they don't make dummies for big girls anmore, and she was fine with it...no tantrums, no nothing......I was lucky.

Lets hope it goes the same for DD2 when the time comes....:rolleyes:

[Caitlin's Mum]

I told my DD that the Easter Bunny was going to take it (last year) and she really didn't want him to have it so she marched straight out and threw it in the bin. :)

[Chickadee]

I know a family who packaged the dummy up and pretended to mail it to a new baby that had been born in the extended family. Their son was happy to send it as a gift to the new baby who needed it more than them.

We seem to have just given up the dummy without really meaning to. I'd suggested to our 2 year old that it was dirty and to throw it in the bin but she wasn't having any of that. But in the last week or so I realised that I was giving it to her at bedtime even before she would ask for it. And she was happy to go without it all day unless she saw it and then it would go in her mouth. So on Friday I just put it out of sight and didn't offer it at bedtime. No fussing about it, though she gets a lot of help to go to sleep anyways (we cosleep currently). She didn't have it for naps or bedtime on Saturday or Sunday and hasn't asked for it. So I think we're done with it! :)

When the time is right it is so much easier to get rid of it!

[shanias_mum]

This is what i did:

Only have one dummy or if she has one find the oldest looking one (i know it sounds gross but trust me)if she says any thing about the old dummy just tell her that you cant find the other ones and she will just have to have that one, eventually the dummy will pop or bust, and she will come to you saying that her dummy is broken (this is what my dd did) say to her well if it is broken you are going to have to throw it in the bin, cus she cant have it if it broken (let her throw it in the rubbish bin, then take the bag out to the big bin, that way she understands what she has done). Next time she asked for her remind her that she broke it and threw it away and that the garbage man came and got it, she will have some tearys of course but you just have to be strong and dont give in. if she still wakes up early in the morning crying for it, try having a water bottle for her to have instead or give her a special teddy bear or something after she throws it out so that this can now be her security thing instead of the dummy.

Hope this helps, it worked for me, let us know how you go

[New to Melbourne]

Hi, i have a two year old son. And not sure when is the right time to start toilet training. I have attempted a few times but he just screams and runs off. Need some advice!!

Kelly

[our little treasures]

I got dd to throw hers in the wheely bin outside, when she was 23mnths.. In the morning I showed her that they were still there saying yucky broken, it was bin day that day so I took her out when the truck came and we said "bye bye nummies" we blew kisses said we love them and bye bye. The next day she asked and we kept talking and saying its broken.. Before we threw it out though her and i talked about all her friends that didnt have one. LIKE pop doesn't have one does he?? no does joshy have a nummy NO. Everytime she asked we went thru the names and then said does atahlia have a nummy?? NO comes her reply so it was easy no tears etc.. She is great at conversations and understanding what we say so maybe that helped..