Dummy’s

Not gonna help but definitely I will follow. My LB will be 3 in June and he love his dummy! And I believe we should rid off dummy. But I just can't see it knowing how attached he is to it.

When our daughter was little she left them out for Santa to take for the baby elves. I have a friend whose daughter left them out for the Easter bunny to take for the baby bunnies.. if you can hold off a little longer that worked for us! When I was little we went to a farm and I’m pretty sure my mum said we gave them to the piglets … I feel like if there’s a story behind it then maybe they’re more onboard and understanding rather than just suddenly stop and they’re left confused 🤷🏼‍♀️ xx

I didn’t bother with a fairy or plant them or any other ingenious ideas. We simply explained that she was a big girl and didn’t need it any more and went cold turkey. She stopped asking for it after a week. It surprised me as she was very reliant on it at night and through the day.

When one broke i got my son to bin it himself and after his last one he said wheres my dummy, i reminded him he binned it as it was broken & he was fine. Or take them to a farm for baby animals. Or leave for easter bunny and they can get extra treats for them 🤞🏼 x

My brother and his mrs took the dummy fairy approach explained it was like the toothfairy and it seemed to work! I’ve seen others cut wholes in the teats and they just don’t want them anymore x

I think I’ll need a story definitely she is so attached to it and we told her no more milk in a bottle for bedtime because she was a big girl now but she still asks for it and occasionally gets upset still and that was before Christmas

I would prepare her, maybe like a week or two before letting her know she’s going to have to throw away her binky. Keep reminding her so she’s aware. I had my daughter throw one in the trash not all just in case, but she threw it in the trash and we said bye bye. Lots of tears for about a week or two. No matter how you do it they’re going to cry so you just have to be prepared to allow her to cry. You’re taking something away that was comforting to them. Maybe let her pick something up from the store she can sleep with.

I don’t know if this will help but when I was little my mum with me, posted it in the post box to go to another baby that needed it and apparently I never asked for it again 🤣xx

We explained to our boy that he was old enough to not need one, we told him that he can exchange his dummy for a toy and let him throw his dummy away. He was about 2-3 years old so nap and bed times became slightly more difficult but it didn’t take long for him to settle. We started longer story times for comfort which helped. Every time he asked for it during the day or got upset for one reason or another, we kept explaining that he’s a big boy and showed him the toy he swapped it for and eventually he didn’t miss the dummy.

My mum and dad say Christmas leave the dummy with the cookies for Santa and then he can give that dummy to the other babies that are in need. Or you could maybe at Easter leave a egg somewhere from the Easter bunnies and then leave the dummy next to it the night before and say the bunnie left a Easter eggs but Easter bunny took the dummy in exchange for the eggs but the dummy went to other babies in need.

I’ve heard a lot about leaving it for the dummy fairy. We did it for our daughter’s baby bottles. She would only ever fall asleep with a baby bottle at night(3). I found someone who made a little bracelet with a fairy on and a little note saying they’ve taken the bottles to all the new baby’s that have been born. It was hard settling her at night but she got there. She is now 5 x