5 year old with a dummy

[ItsDynamite]

Hi all, now I know I might get eviscerated for this but my 5 year old still has a dummy. He gets it in the evening just before bed and uses it to fall asleep, (it normally falls out as soon as he's out,) he hasn't had it in the day for years, but he's still very attached to it at night time. My question is, am I completely crazy to let him continue? He really likes it and I'd feel cruel to take it away from him. It hasn't caused any problems with his teeth or anything. I know he's way too old for it, and I think he probably does too, but surely he won't still be needing it when he's 40?

Apart from the dummy, he's well ahead of a lot of children his age with most things. So AIBU to say it's not the end of the world and let him ditch it in his own time?

Dummies are a transition item. Children use them for comfort as they become more independent.

Let him wean off it in his own time. It won't hurt him at all, and there's nothing at all wrong with it.

The people who pearl clutch over it are the same people who 20 years ago would have said: 'what are you cuddling that baby so much for? You'll spoil him!'

Just explain to him that you give dummies to babies to help them sleep and he can still keep his, but it's only for bedtime

Can Father Christmas "swap" it for presents on Christmas Eve?

Tell him Santa needs it and will swap it for something else.