Thanks for the positive stories ladies! Whenever I say wow you are so big, lets get ready to go and get your gift and say bye bye to your dummy she just looks at me, contemplating but hasn't cracked it, so far so good. I lie down with her for her day sleeps to get her to go down so that will help today and I think I will buy her a new little fairy dolly to take with her for sleep time.
Good luck Tan - hopefully it will be easier than you expect! We had about a month of asking/ minor meltdowns wanting the dummy but we just gave lots of cuddles and reinforced that she is a big girl now and dummies are for babies... we went away last weekend and since then the D-word has not been mentioned once! And it is really nice to hear her talking all the time and see her sleeping without a dummy in her mouth. Fingers crossed for a tantrum free visit from the dummy fairy for you!
Good luck Tan! We did this a few weeks ago and my kids handled it better than I thought they would DS (who's 25mths) had a little trouble for about a week going to bed at night and found it hard to settle, it was taking us up to an hour sometimes a bit more to get him down, but he wouldn't cry or anything, just fluff about for ever! DD is not having ehr day sleeps every day (maybe 3/7days she will sleep), but will sit quietly on the lounge and watch tv for an hour or so, so I'm happy with that, she's 3 1/2 now so big enough not to have one. Night times were no trouble at all surprisingly.
You can do it and so can Izzy! She will probably surprise you. Good luck, I have everything crossed for a smooth transition!!
Best of luck sweety!! You and Iz can do it!! It is fantastic that you have talked to Izzy about it before hand so it doens't come as a shock and she's expecting it.
Ahh...I remember the dummy fairy. My mum sent the dummy fairy to me and took my dummy away and left a toy in place one night when I was around 3 or 4 . Apparently it worked, cause I never worried about it or asked for it again after that. Hopefully it works for you's too .
I was like you with DD1. Really nervous about how it was going to go. We gave it to the dummy fairy before she went to bed one night and she got a big bag of blocks the next morning that the fairy had left. We had one night of a tantrum just before bed but she was fine all night. The next night she looked at me shrugged her shoulder and said no dummy! So hopefully your DD will take to the no dummy just fine. Good luck!
Best of luck hun! We 'left' DD's on our holiday back in Feb and when we got home she asked for it. I then pretended to call the lady from the holiday house and told her to give the dummy to a special little baby who needed it. Worked a treat and there were no tears/tantrums!
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. Apparently it worked, cause I never worried about it or asked for it again after that. Hopefully it works for you's too
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