dummy!!

[ifoundmyglory]

How long did/has your little one has a dummy for??
Did it take long to wean off it?
Was it your choice to give up or the childs?

[melbryan]

NO not his choice my choice as after 2.5 yrs I had , had enough of it. It was more a habit than a pacifier. Such a whingey baby I let him have it for longer than I probably would have. ANyway read on here somewhere about cutting the ends off and I did and never looked back, should have done it a long time ago.

[Hathor]

My little boy was a 'sucky' baby, he started using the dummy at 4 days of age simply so I could get arest during the day.

I tried to only use it for settling and when it became more of a want than a need, I got rid of it.

at about 7.5 months of age I stopped giving it to him while we were out and about, after a week he stopped having it in the car, by the second week he didnt have it in bed. by 8 months he was fully weaned off the dummy.

A few months later he was teething and was having a terrible time of it, I tried giving him the dummy and he wouldnt take it.
It was definately my choice, however he didn't need the dummy anymore, and he didn't resist its removal at all.
I guess in the end he was as ready as me for the dummy to be put away.

[damien's mum]

Lol, we are still going!!!!!!!!!!!! He only has it for sleeps, but even then he still spits it out during his nap, but will wake when he wants it... :banghead:

[ozzysmum]

ozzy flung his at me when he was 9 months old and has refused to take on since... which is a shame because it really did help him sleep. he flung it hard enough to leave a mark on the wall as he realised it helped him sleep and he didn't want to!
part of me wishes he still used them and part of me is thankful i don't have to try and wean him off them :rolleyes: although, i always worked on the theory that you don't see many 10 year olds with dummies so they all get there eventually!

[sugar n spice]

my ds came off his just before his 3rd birthday, the bin ate them lol. he was addicted to them so yes our choice. My second child just turned 2 and still has the dummy though he spits it out when he wants something and half the time we cant find the dummy as he has spat it out while playing. he has it when he goes to bed though. doesnt wake for it though

[Tam-I-Am]

I dunno - Claire's still got hers. She's 18 months old and only EVER has it when she's going to sleep in her own cot (or the portacot!)

So its not so bad. I don't feel any need to remove them yet, they're not doing any of us any damage, and might actually be doing ME some good (getting her off to sleep with no fuss!)

[munchkin05]

ben had one from the minute he was born up untill about 10wks old

stupid lactation consultant :banghead: told me to get rid of it it was i think the worst thing i ever done


but oh well not much i can do about it now :rolleyes:

[Mum2Bug]

Bug is now 22 months and has been self weaning for the past 2 months. the only time she has it now is when teething and thats only if she finds it in whatever toybox she has hidden it in

[blaykendtahneemum]

my ds was 2 and he decided he wanted to give it to santa..

from the time on he did not have one , didnt ask for another one or anything..

it was his choice..:thumbsup:

[Sheer Bliss]

DD is 22months & still has hers. 2 at a time - one for her mouth, the other to rub on her face - lol. She mostly has it when in her cot, or if she is really tired & i can't put her to bed for some reason (out somewhere etc). We were planning on taking it off her at around 2, but she will be 2y 1m when DS arrives, so she will probably be dealing with a lot then to take them off her! Maybe after he is a bit older we might ask her if she'd like to give them to her brother or santa that year? we are still undecided. I'd like it to be her idea to give them up, but don't want her to be 4 or 5 and still have them, so we will wait & see.

The main probs i came accross when researching Y they shouldn't have prolonged use of dummies was teeth damage (most articles indicated this is only a prob if they have adult teeth & still use a dummy) and their speech can be delayed/unclear as they can't form words properly when it is in their mouth. DD speaks very well, most people are impressed with how clear she is :o , and we ask her to take the dummy out when she wants to talk to us - so no probs there for us.

[poodysmum]

We have a dummy addict (20mths)
I think we'll wait till he's about 2, then we might try the cutting off the ends trick;)

Alli

[vanillabean]

We got rid of the dummy about a week ago. DD is 22 months and we were having some sleeping issues and she was very dependent on it. I cut the ends off them and she kept saying they were broken and that was it, she threw them away. She has cried a bit the first couple of nights going to bed, but she actually woke during the night and didn't ask for it! She is still waking a bit, but doesn't ask for the dummy. The only issue we are having is that she flat out refuse to have a day sleep at the moment:eek: She is so tired at the end of the day, but I am so pleased the dummy is gone:smiliedance:

[ifoundmyglory]

Thankyou for your responses guys.
Jett has his only when he is settling to go to sleep, but he is just under 6 months.. so i may have a little while to get yet anyway.. although it doesnt bother me.
If i get more sleep it works out better for both of us :laughing:

[mum2bubba]

I gave Hayley a dummy at 2 months and at 2 years she still has it, I've only been giving it to her at night but trying not to let her fall asleep with it (I might gie it to her later on at night) I'm hoping she'll be off the dummy by the time shes 3.

[Zada]

dd is 3 in may she still has hers:rolleyes: I have 2 dummy addicts here lol

[~mia&ryan~]

DD has had a dummy from about 2 months old I think. She has it only for her sleeps if she wants it, sometimes she doesn't. That suits me fine, when she is ready we will get rid of it. If she woke at night wanting her dummy we would get rid of it right now, but if she loses it in the night she doesn't mind.