I don't want to be a dummy!

RoxieW

On my LO's 2nd birthday my hubby just said you are a big boy now so lets put the ninnis in the bin. To my amazement he did just that and hasnt bothered since!

mrcow

I let all mine have theirs until past three - when they were old enough to understand that babies have dummies (and that they didn't want to be babies anymore).

Each time, I've just gone cold turkey with them (although they've not cried as such, as it was a joint decision to let the dummies go). It's stopped them settling so quickly, but only for a few days.

At the risk of recommending more "tat" (!) - I personally would give her something to cuddle in exchange.

Krystaltips

My eldest had her dummy until she was about 17 months old, and she only had them at night in her cot... A friend said to me she wished she'd taken her sons dummy off him before he was old enough to ask for it and I thought that was a splendid idea... One night I just took them all out of the cot... She cried a little for 2 nights but it wasn't at all traumatic...

My new baby won't take to a dummy at all, she occaisionally sucks on her fingers, but she's not really fussed either way...

Sorry OP, I'm no help am I!

Triggles

We took DS2's dummy away from him at about 18mos, as he was biting it, causing damage to the silicone teat part of it. We were concerned that it would be a choking hazard if the teat part came off in his mouth, especially if he was chewing on it in his sleep. We went with the "cold turkey" method - the first night was unpleasant as he cried a lot and wanted his dummy, the next was less fuss, and then he was fine. He really didn't miss it during the day.

peachyprice

My boys were 2.5 when we got rid of their, we 'sent them up on rockets' on Guy Fawkes night (they actually ended up in OH's pocket but they couldn't see that in the dark;)), which being boys they thought was hilarious an that was the end of that.

My DD was about 2, we told her they were needed for the poor children, se wasn't very happy for a night or too and kept asking about the poor children, and why they had to have HER dummies, but she came around eventually.

tandraig

am a grandparent but when my kids were small (except for DS1 who never had one) we used the dummy fairy combined with all the new babies who need dummies (apparently the fairys recycle them)...... didnt have any probs but they were nearly three when i decided enough was enough.....btw my twin gDs started nursery at 3 and they had a dummy day - where miss explained that they were big kids now and to bring their dummies in for the babies in africa!
it worked with nearly all of them! except for one little boy I STILL see get in mums car - reach in glove box - and contentedly suck dummy as she is driving off! dummy day was two years ago!!!

emlou2009

i remember what my grandad did to get me off my dummy. he had a bonfire and asked me if i wanted to be a big girl. i said yes and he said "well to do that you need to get rid of that dummy, but we need to know its gone forever. do you still want to be a big girl?" and i said yes, so he took the dummy off me and chucked it on the bonfire! apparantly i never asked for it again :T :beer: i think i was about 3, i seem to remember i was at playschool at the time.

PrincessPlaty

Apparently when i was little the birds took my dummy and it was apparently thrown out of the car window so there was no going back :rotfl:

With DD1 she was nearly 2 when we took it away and she would only take particular dummies (the mam flat teat ones) i had moved to a tiny little town and couldnt find them anywhere i thought i was going to have hell when she lost the last one but i just explained to her that it had gone missing and took her to the shops and showed her all the other dummies which she turned her nose up at :rotfl: so i explained to her that she would have to be a big girl and not have one suprisingly she agreed and i never had a tantrum

With DD2 she was just over a year old and we gave it to the birds whilst out in the car one day she kept dropping it on the floor so i asked her if we should give it to the birds as she couldnt keep hold of it, she agreed! I asked her if she was sure and she said yes :eek: thought i was going to have hell with her after that but everytime she asked for it i just reminded her the birds had it and she was fine with it no tantrums at all

snapping_crocodile

Whe i was about 2 1/2 my mum threw my dummies away (i had 3 that i used to carry around constantly!!) and when i asked for them she told me she didn;t know where they had gone :rotfl: Apparently my in-laws threw my OHs in the bin and then told him the binmen had taken them away, so he decided he wanted to chase after the bin men and climb in the back to find them :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

buxtonrabbitgreen

Near where I live there is a childrens farm. They have a huge rack of dummies in the pig enclosure. The owners tell the kids that the pigs need them so all the kids leave them there for them.