how to stop the dummy

[~Trish~]

Oh dummy weaning, it's a tough one isn't it? Have you tried distracting her with something else when she throws a tanty about it? Maybe say something like, "how about we draw a picture" or "let's go and look at the birds outside" (sorry, pretty bad examples lol) or even distract her with a snack?

I found dummy weaning soooo hard. It ended up happening when my DS was 2.5yo after he had a fall and damaged his mouth and teeth. He didn't want to put anything in his mouth so I used the opportunity to hide all his dummies! When his mouth healed he asked where they were, but got over it when we said he is too old for them now. I'm sure there is a better way than that!!

Good luck

[blue daisy]

Finn had his dummy until 3yrs of age...was obsessed with it and too had tantrums if he couldnt have it. Its hard isnt it

In the end the 'dummy fairy' paid a visit, bye bye dummy, sprinkles of fairy dust, and hello spider man PJ's

he is almost 5 and still asks for it on occaision

Jay never had one

[lee75]

I would love to get rid of the dummy, but at the moment DS is a sleep only dummy boy!!
I have heard great success from people using the "dummy fairy" method. You could maybe try it at Easter time, or if someone you know is having/has just had a baby you could say to her that its a gift for the new bubs!!
Good luck with it

[{sarah}]

With keeping it to bed time we just said no dummy outside bed. And he wasn't allowed out of his cot, & later his bed, until he put the dummy down. Now we just have to get rid of the thing for good!

[Willow]

It's tough! DD only just got rid of hers at Christmas time.

We did the whole 'leave it for Santa and he'll give you lots of presents instead' trick. It worked!

I won't say it was a seamless transition, but she got there eventually and it wasn't a huge deal in the end.

We'd had a few attempts before this that ended in both of us becoming very distressed and causing sleep problems so we ended up giving it back to her (mainly cause I was 30 wks prg and couldn't handle the stress it was causing).

[mbear]

Why dont you buy a box for the dummy?...get your daughter to pick it at the shops.........and each morning, when she wakes up, the dummy goes in the box, and doesnt come out again till bed time....????? We did that with our DD #1.....it worked, eventually she would only have it at night , then Santa took the box away.