When to get rid of dummy and bottle?

[little bean]

What is a good age to get rid of the dummies altogether? ATM, I'm trying to only use it for sleep times but DD goes to daycare 2 days and spends some days with her dad, so consistency is difficult. I think I might just have to get rid of them completely, as she's becoming more and more attached to them.

Also, DD will only drink milk from a bottle. (She will drink other drinks from cups.) Should I just put away all the bottles and hope she will eventually drink milk from a cup? Is it too early?

[Herchy]

Iam keeping the dummy for a while longer. It is only used for sleeps, but it is a lifesaver and will be when #2 arrives.
DS hasn't had a bottle since before 12 months, and has been using a sippy cup since 6 months, so I don't have any idea about that.
good luck though:)

[rynosmum]

Don't be in too much of a hurry to take the dummy and bottles away, especially if your little one has a lot of change going on in her life - sometimes the dummy might be the only thing she can 'control' iykwim.

I tried to wean my son unsuccessfully at 18 months. There were lots of tears and not a lot of success. He then gave the dummy up by himself when he was about 2 and a half.

The bottle worried me more - he would ONLY drink milk from a bottle but was happy with water in a sippy cup. He kept wanting that bottle until he was about 3.5 - I thought it would never end :laughing: but then again, one day he just said that he didn't want it anymore.

These things are a real comfort to our little ones - it was still surprising to see my DS at 3 hurt himself and just want a bottle - the calming effect was so obvious.

I talk to him about the bottle and dummy now and he laughs....I don't think he remembers ever having them:p

[Sunnygal]

I think you need to do it when you and your child are ready! If she has a lot of changes in her routine it might be a nice sense of security for her! Perhaps you could introduce a nice soft teddy or something so that when you do decide to wean her from them she still has some sort of comfort?

[GeorgiaAnne]

Yeah, I agree with pp's My dd has bottle and dummy for sleep times and there is NO WAY i'm giving them up until she's ready to. It is ood to get the dummy from all the time to sleep only but that only happened at her request about a month or so ago and now it's a big treat for when she gets to bed.
I think the comfort is nice for them and it's too late to go cold turkey without your l.o. kicking up a fuss!