Help, I need to get rid of the dummy at the age of 3!

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I wish I had done it years ago. Dd3 has a gap between her top and bottom teeth and I’m 99% sure it’s from the dummy. Her speech is awful too, she has a lisp and can’t pronounce her words correctly. I’m really starting to worry and she’s addicted to it! She constantly asks for it in the day even though we try and hide it. I feel bloody awful. I’m worried about her teeth too now 😩.
She keeps putting her tongue behind her front teeth when smiling too?

With my 3 yo NT child we just gave them away to the dummy fairy to take to new babies. She got to chose a big girl toy in return.
My son is autistic and we’ve only just got rid at 4 (nearly 5). We cut the ends off them and said they had broken on the plane on the way to holiday. He still holds one at night but it doesn’t go in his mouth. We felt just removing them would be too traumatic.
Hope this helps.

My DC was addicted to it but we forced her to give it up a few months ago as she's just about to turn 4 and starts school next week. She hated the idea of the dummy fairy and even bribes weren't helping. So one day we simply said-'I can't find it' and just glossed over it. Surprisingly she just said ok and went straight to sleep! I was completely shocked. We'd prepared for sleepless nights/crying/tantrums but not a single one. Every time she mentioned it we just changed the subject and she moved on. It might not be as bad as you think as I think they kind of know they're too old for it. Good luck!