I don't want to be a dummy!

MrsW82

Hopefully someone can give me some helpful advise!:o

My DH and I are planning on getting our DD off her Noo-noo (dummy) this weekend. She's 2 at the end of November, and has only used it for sleeping time (ie naps and at nighttime) since she was 7 months old. Which relieved me at the time - I can't stand seeing toddlers wandering about with a dummy constantly clamped in their mouth!
We now feel that it may be the time to ditch it altogether, as she's been waking up in the night when it's missing!:rolleyes: (she's been so soundly asleep that it's fallen out!)
She has 3 comforters in bed - a little brown bear (called Snuffle - from Ikea), a ginger cat (called Cat - also Ikea) and a Winnie the Pooh, (with a mini blanket that was her 1st Christmas gift form her God-mother).

So what have other people tried? Do we just go cold turkey - and use a controlled crying method?

My best "Mummy" friend is no help - her eldest decided at 9months that she didn't need a dummy anymore, and has never looked back!:rotfl:

Thanks in advance!

woody01

It's probably all the tat from IKEA that is waking her up

MrsW82

I think you mis-read - it's called "CAT".



(And you'd be braver than me if you considered taking it from her!)

nickih28

I got both of mine off their dummies at christmas time, they put them on the christmas tree on christmas eve and father christmas took them to give to another little baby who needed them more!!!

there were tears the next night but not much, once i told them it had gone they just accepted it !!!

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

It probably won't be of much help to you but a friend of mine was pregnant and her daughter was fully aware so she used this to get her off of the dummy and bottle. She basically told her that the new baby would need them now and that she'd have to be the big sister and help look after the baby. To my amazement the little girl co-opertated. I have never seen her with a dummy since (aparently she did have a few little tantrums but nothing like they had expected).

I was lucky in some ways as my daughter never had a dummy. Instead she sucked her thumb, even on our first scan she was sucking her thumb (very cute). It was good because a thumb can't get lost. HOWEVER, i have just looked over and my 3.5 yr old daughter is sitting curled up on the sofa...with her thumb in her mouth (argghhhh) So at least you can 'lose' a dummy once they get to this age, unfortunately the thumb is stuck on and always too readily available.

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

woody01 wrote: »

It's probably all the tat from IKEA that is waking her up

LOL! :rotfl: No the Ikea stuffed toys are sooo cute! Apart from the Rat, i was never keen on that one, eurgh.

faithcecilia

I don't have kids so no knowledgable advice, but my mum took my dummy off me when I wasn't ready and I ended up sucking my thumb until I was 17! I'd probably still do it now if I hadn't had to spend a lot of time in hospital and felt embarrassed.

Paparika

I can only tell you what i did.

when DS was about 2 he used his for bedtime, and i was taking him on a 2 week holiday to some friends down south, and 'forgot' to pack the dummy's.

so when we get there, i took him to one side and said oo look the dummy fairy has your dummy's for the little babies, your such a big boy now, would you like to give yours to the new babies..... or words to that effect, and said that all the other children in the house didn't have dummy's because they were very good and gave them to the new babies too.... the fact that the youngest was about 7.... they all clicked and said yes they had and if you do it, you get a special pressie....

so he obliged and was rewarded with a big boy pressie...


It was a really smooth transition, thankfully.

whether you want to reward her for being a big girl now route is up to you, but i did the same with moving from nappies to pull ups to big boy pants etc...

Katie-Kat-Kins

I know a few people who have successfully "bought" their child's dummy off them with a tale that santa will take it away and give them a new toy instead or something similar.

I think a story where it is gone never to return is a good idea, less scope for giving it back then. I think the earlier you do it the better too.

sarymclary

I was lucky that my 4 never had dummies, but I've had several friends who's children have, and my goddaughter too. The best tactic seems to have been reaffirming the 'big girl/boy' status, and then deciding on a time to do it and sticking with it. The reason for them to go has to be good too, so the new baby one is ideal, but just mentioning that the hospital needs all the dummies back from the big children, as there are new babies without dummies, and they keep crying.

Do you have any friends who have babies in their tummies? Or could you collect up all the dummies with her and put them in an envelope to 'send' to the hospital? maybe she could make a card to send along with it to tell the babies not to cry, now she's sent her noo-noos? I would then reward her with a big girl gift to show how clever she is, and terribly kind to have given her favourite things to the little babies. Maybe a dressing up set, or some pretty jewellery, or a baby doll of her own, which has it's own noo-noo (a first born type of dolly).

I'm sure you'll find a way to do it, and make sure the dummies definitely go. Don't hide them in a cupboard where either you'll be tempted to fall back on them, or she may see them again in the future and make her doubt you.

wes_cov

currently going cold turkey with my 20mth ol girl now. started tuesday

with the "fairies have took it for a little baby" it was going great until she found one she had hidden in her shape sorter toy :eek: whoops

but it has been suprisingly tear free :beer:

if anything bed time has been easier because she isn't dropping her dummy over the edge of the cot and then crying for it :mad: (the reason they have been removed)