Got toddler off dummies but problems - help!!

Tea-and-Cake_3

My 2.5 yr old dd was using dummies at night and for her naps but not during the day and I took the dummies off her a couple of days ago but now she won't nap in the day and cries all the time because she is tired, should I give in and give them back to her?

Tropez

No, stick it out. She has to learn.

Shepherd1

I would give them back.

I used to get myself into such a state worrying about when my daughter would give up her dummy, she only ever got them at night as she stopped her nap at about 2. I tried a few times and she would just lie looking all around her for hours she could still be awake at 11 o'clock, she never cried but was so knackered the next day and this went on for days.

I gave the dummies back and stopped worrying about it when she was just over 3 she decided one night she didn't want them and gave them to me, she never asked for them back.

balletshoes

Have you tried giving her a teddy/cuddly to hold instead to help her sleep? My DD was around the same age as yours when we stopped her dummies, we gave them to Santa on Christmas eve to give to babies who needed them. She asked once for her dummy after that, a couple of nights later, but I reminded her we'd given them to Santa.
With a cuddly to hold (she was used to going to sleep with one dummy in her mouth and one in her hand) she was fine, and dropped off to sleep with no problems. The cuddly worked as a very temporary replacement until she no longer needed anything to get off to sleep.

taxi36

balletshoes wrote: »

, we gave them to Santa on Christmas eve to give to babies who needed them. She asked once for her dummy after that, a couple of nights later, but I reminded her we'd given them to Santa.
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God I remember telling my own Children this story many years ago lol. It worked for us.

Mado

I think that as long as you strict with the dummies (ie only sleep time) it doesn't really matter and you shouldn't take them away until they are ready.

I'll tell you how we weaned DD from hers, age 3. We were travelling on holidays and thought we had left it behind. When she asked for it, OH came up with a rule " well, they don't work on holidays". She was a little miffed but managed. Wanted it back when we got home (it was only a few days) , but at the next long holiday she accepted the rule and stopped asking for it.
My DS stopped by himself.

kymrob

my daughter gave her dummies to the dustbin man she got to throw it in the back of lorry she looked at me and said me big girl now dirty dummy never ask for it again and she remember she cant have it as dustbin men got it and its dirty!

pawsies

kymrob wrote: »

my daughter gave her dummies to the dustbin man she got to throw it in the back of lorry she looked at me and said me big girl now dirty dummy never ask for it again and she remember she cant have it as dustbin men got it and its dirty!

And from the looks of your profile picture your dog stole it out of the bin!

McKneff

Kids don't cry because they are tired, it's a myth

Kids go to sleep when they are tired.

natalie_1982

Have you tried asking her to put them in the bin? I was really worried when my daughter was 2.5 and only using them at night. I said I thought she was a really big girl now and did she think we could put them in the bin and to my amazement she put them in the bin, only asked for them once after that and never has asked for them since (now nearly 5).
Other ideas I have heard but not tried was tying them to a tree in the garden so the dummy fairy comes and collects them (and maybe leaves a gift) or leaving them out for Santa, so he can give them to other babies who need them. Haven't had a chance to read the other answers so sorry if this has already been posted.
Either way don't stress about it, it's really not worth it. As much as it seems they will never get rid of it I have yet to see a 21 year old walking round with a dummy so I feel they'll probably get rid of it in their own time xx

maman

Tropez wrote: »

No, stick it out. She has to learn.

I'd completely agree with this and well done for getting it sorted.

ETA: For anyone reading this who's planning a family in the near future then don't start giving your child a dummy. IMO they're hideous things, aside from the hygeine/teeth issues then the look of this enormous blob obscuring their lovely faces is truly horrible.