Any tip's on getting rid of dummy for 14 month old or am I being mean ?

jopsey

My DD 14 month old is very very attached to her dummy rather than going cold turkey and just getting rid of it I am cutting it out in the day but she still wakes quite often for it in night any suggestions ?

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no tips as such for getting rid, but at night time we clipped a dummy lead onto their grobags, that way they could reel it back in and it didn't get lost around the cot or fall to the floor. actually we used the lead during the day time as training for night. they won't choke either as the lead isn't long enough.

Person_one

Jo Frost has them sent off to Father Christmas, or leaves them out for the 'dummy fairy' who leaves toys in return. A 14 month old probably wouldn't understand that though. It does seem young, I thought they were ok till 18-24 months?

ellay864

She's still very young to lose it totally. Both my DSs had dummies and I had been totally against them before I used them. But they were a godsend and I have no problem with them being used to help sooth a fractious child or to settle them - what I hate with a passion is toddlers running round playing and even talking with a dummy plugged in so good on you for weaning off in the daytime. When mine were between 18 months - 2yrs they knew that dummy was for sleeping only. If they had a daytime nap and were ready to get up to play, dummy was handed over...if not they stayed in their cot/pushchair etc. But they had them at night for a while after that. We had a couple of spares in case they lost them in the night but they just weaned themselves off them as they started to see them as baby things

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I think that is too young unless they have shown an interest in getting rid of it themselves.

kitttyk

when son was around that age we encouraged him to leave it under the pillowin the morning, it worked well
when h was 2 and a half he decided he was a "big" boy and threw it down the chute(we lived in a flat, at the time)i kept a spare ,just in case

donteatthat

My son is under consultant care as he was born at 28 weeks. Dummies are actively encouraged in SCBU to develop the sucking reflexes, and also for calming and soothing and the babies can become very very attached to their dummies! I don't think there is a problem using them these days they have proven benefits (and I am a dentist who was previously dead against them), but the hospital advice is to stop using them around 1 year old as they can start to intefere with speech development and oral development. I'm planning to wean to night time only at 12 months but will have a battle on my hands! So if anyone has the answer I'd be glad to hear it!

JMW77

Im my opinion ,don't worry about it i think its far too early to be concerned it always helped my children to fall asleep and always comforted them if they were upset .

pimento

My dad threw mine away when I was about 14 months old (apparently) and when I asked he said they'd lost it. I am told I cried for a little while and never mentioned it again.

When I gave my son a dummy at a few months old, my mum took it straight out of his mouth and chucked it away. I have to agree with her when she says sucking a dummy makes children look gormless. He wasn't bothered.

flutterby_lil

My son is 3 next month and he still has one for bed. He gives it to me when he gets up and gets it 10 mins before bed.

I had said I would give it away in exchange for his fireman sam birthday cake but not sure now the time has come whether he is ready for that, or me for that matter lol. Maybe Father Christmas will take it.......

flutterby_lil

Oh and i think 14 months is wayyyyy to young IMO.