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Two year olds with dummies

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Ticklemeharder · 21/11/2023 20:47

Really noticing a big trend in older kids with dummies in my friendship circle. We’ve all had kids around the same sort of time but I realised when we met up recently that my two year old was the only one out of six kids over 2 that didn’t have one. I feel like I’ve missed some parenting hack here because they mostly were a lot better behaved than my two year old and the parents seemed very nonchalant about their teeth. (I didn’t bring it up but one parent was chatting to another’s about her daughters protruding teeth and the other said they don’t worry as they fall straight very quickly once the dummy is given up whether now or in a years time). Recently gone through a very stressful time taking the dummy off my six month old and now wondering whether I needed to bother! Does everyone else keep the dummies going for their toddlers?

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timeforacoffeebreak · 21/11/2023 20:51

I must add like previous poster, she only had it when she would nap/ go to bed.

timeforacoffeebreak · 21/11/2023 20:50

My daughter had a dummy as a baby and despite judgement from giving her one at all.. it worked well for us. She continued to use it after she was one. And gave it up without a problem at 16 months. She is 5 now and never had an issue with her teeth placement at all x

Seagrassbasket · 21/11/2023 20:50

DS is two, but only has one for sleeping, and we are very strict with this.

He absolutely loves it though. We will all be utterly heartbroken when the time comes for the dummy fairy to take it away.