putting my 2 1/2 year to bed with no dummy ?

[cjs76]

Trying to get him to sleep with no dummy for the 1st time - is he still too young should I give in? feel very bad - I gave it to him to start with....

what are you giving in to him about? your not a mean mummy you are just changing a tiny bit of his world, like walking a different way to the park, they may not like it to begin with but it doesnt take them long!

We took DD dummy away at 22 months. She'd only had it for naps until then but was getting to the point where she wanted it all the time. We told her that there were babies who needed the dummies and as she was such a big girl now (just gone from a cot to a bed) she'd have to give the dummies to the new babies soon. She was absolutely fine with it. We had a few unsettled nights but she soon forgot all about them.

I'm sure it would be harder with a child who is v attached to their dummy, but we got by with lots of praise and attention for being so grown up, better than any present imo.

food mostly - he has never been the best eater but been allowing him to have yoghurt and a few sweets when he hasnt really eaten a proper dinner and dont want it to carry on now its been 4 days and he seems to be used to the no dummy and dont want it used to these "treats"

i'd just go back to your normal now with the food, he wont see the correlation between you not giving the treats and him not having the dummy (and wanting it) it may even take his mind off the not havign a dummy as he's now not having treats which will probably be more distressing!

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