When and How to get rid of the Dummy?

[tattoo_mama]

Thanks girls, I don't know if she is smart enough yet to understand giving it away or swapping it for a toy etc.
I would do it over a sunday-Wednesday time period as she has daycare thurs fri and stays at my friends on fri night when I work so I could have it over and done with before anyone else has to deal with it (or ruin my hard work).

[Hectic Mother]

Connor and Jessie both turned 2 in Nov and gave there's away to Santa on the weekend in exchange for presents!

[YoYo]

DS just recently ditched his Dummy of his own accord...into the bin with the grass clippings. He watched the rubbish man take it away, and never asked for it again....which was strange! He did this in November so he was just over 3.

When he had his dummy it was for bed time, in the car, and like you said, at times he used to ask for it....but I tried not to let him have it at the shops...that was kind of the compromise. He had two aswell...one for his mouth, and the other he used to rub on his face!

I think how we got rid of it, the lead up to him deciding to chuck it, was that they were starting to get holes in them. I'd told him that I wasn't going to give him a new one once it got holes in, so I think it was just a natural progression, and then he decided - seeing as he loves the lawnmower man AND the rubbish man...that he parted with them knowing that they were going to be involved.

I had tried to get rid of them earlier but he just wasn't ready. I'm glad I waited, as it was easy once done.