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We actually bit the bullet and did it over Easter. I talked it up the whole week before hand saying that the dummy fairies were going to come on Good Friday night and leave a present in exchange for his dummies. He didn't have a day nap that day so going to bed in the evening was relatively easy as he was all tuckered out! Then on Saturday morning he woke up to find a new train track setup for him in the lounge room. He was soooo excited! On the Saturday we were busy busy with swimming lessons and then rushing off to MIL's 60th birthday lunch and we really talked it up about how exciting it was that he gave his dummies to the fairies and they gave him a train track set :) Being a busy day and no day sleep, he went to bed quite easily again that night. On Sunday morning, he was excited about doing the Easter egg hunt at home and the rellies houses.
It wasn't until that evening when he had developed a cold over the day that he started to ask for his dummy again. Being sick, I think he just wanted comfort so we just gave him lots of cuddles and reminded him that the fairies have his dummies now. He had a little cry and then went to bed. He's been dummy-free since so it has worked really well so far!
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I haven't read this thread but I wanted to subscribe so I can read when I am feeling better.
DS#3 will be 4 in July and he still has a dummy and his puppy/blankie..... he is soooo attached !
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Easter came and went and DD wasn't ready so I just didn't force the issue.
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We went through this with DD1 a few months ago, and it actually ended up being a spur of the moment thing, that the fairies were going to come and take the dummies and give them to little babies whose mummy's and daddy's couldn't afford to by them dummies.
That night by pure fluke there was a blue light outside the window (I still don't know to this day where it came from), but DD saw it and I said ohhh that is that fairies they have take the dummies are are now taking them to the babies and said how very lucky she was that she got to "see the fairies". That night it took numerous trips up to her bedroom to go over and over again that the fairies had taken them, and just saying how proud I was of her, I didn't allow her to cry, as soon as she started to make noise i went straight up, I wanted to make it as positive and calming as possible. I prepared myself for having to do this for quite a while, the second night it was only a couple of times and then it just became only sporadic.
She is now very proud (and she tells me) about what she did and that she hops that the little babies are happy with the dummies.
So in the end there wasn't any exchange of a present or anything because she already had comfort toys for bed time, we did allow her to take extra teddies if she wanted them.
Definitely do it in your and DD's time :hug:
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Ok, so this isn't about a dummy, this is about my thumb, but hey, thought it may help anyway :)
I was four and about to start school and my Mum told me that babies suck their thumbs and I'm a big girl now and big girls don't suck their thumbs and noone else at school would be sucking their thumbs either because they're not babies anymore. That was the last day I sucked my thumb.
Sometimes three is too early. Every child is different and if you are questioning it and DD is acting as if she really isn't ready, then I see no point in distressing her your yourself over it. When she is ready you will know :)
