DS is 3.4 and has 5 favourite teddies whose labels he sucks. He uses them a bit like a thumb or a dummy i guess, to calm down if he's stressed or tired and to sooth him to sleep. So he has them only when he's having some quiet time, such as watching TV or going to bed. They're pretty yucky, though i wash them every week, but that doesn't really bother me. Anyway, DH and CM have recently begun talking about weaning him off them. He's never just cuddled teddies, always sucked their labels. I am in no hurry to make him grow up and still have no inclination to make him give them up - it's his last bit of babyhood that he still enjoys. But are they right and should i be thinking of taking them away? When might be the right time/ age to do so? I know that most children continue to have teddies to cuddle at night until much later, but as mine doesn't use them to cuddle but to suck does that make a difference?
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