to take my dds dummy off her?

[icecold]

She's only 18 months. And, she loves it
I don't want to take it away

But, I have to get up numerous times a night to find it for her. I desperately want to get a full nights sleep, and rejoin the land of the living

Any suggestions, that enable her to keep dummy, gratefully received

bubalou Snap!

GiuliaRossi - I'm glad I don't sound like a crazy person then! It does work!

What, just leave the sky on the floor, or trapped between bed and wall rossi

Sometimes 18 month olds need a bit of help...

Not trapped between bed and wall, no. Not if it is actually too difficult for her to recover the dummy in this particular instance.

And of course they need help, but like at any stage in their lives they have to learn to rely on themselves. We all do.

If you keep doing it for her, it will never change.

One subtle way might be, if you can see that the dummy is trapped there, or under the bed, or something like that, to pick it up by sleight of hand without her noticing and put it on the mattress, still without her noticing, so that she can then find it for herself.

She might be a bit little but what about a little torch to find it? Kids love torches and it might help with her independence to find it. Wish I had the dummy rabbit though. We did the dummy fairy too and it worked a treat, but at 18months I don't think she'd be able to grasp that? My two DDs gave up theirs at 2 1/2 and 3 1/2. The one who was 3 1/2 really loved it and was one of the few only things that helped her wind down when she got upset. (it had to go though as it was affecting her palate). At 4 1/2 she still talks fondly of her "doe".

Thought I'd come back and say the lovely rabbit was unsuccessful. Dd is not happy about rabbit holding her dummies for her....he has been proper told off, a number of times!

It's a shame, I had such hi hopes!

Icecold I knitted a square and attached this onto my dd's dummy. It makes it much easier for her to find and also harder for her to lose it. It's soft and snuggly too. Could you try this, or something similar? The square is about 10x15cm.

Admittedly I introduced this around 5-6 months old so she is used to it now. But it might work better than a teddy.

Good luck.

I'm not planning on taking dd's away until she's old enough to talk about it with us. My dh also has dodgy teeth from thumb sucking and I think dummy's make a lot of sense for my baby (14 months).

Icecold - I'm sorry to hear the rabbit hasn't been a success in your house. I bought one after reading this thread and it hasn't left dd's side all weekend!