Toddler won’t come of dummy at 2 years old?

[dummyt]

This morning I have attempted to get my toddler of the dummy and he went crazy and had a tantrum for an hour and a half and I gave in.

He has it all day and night.

If he dosent have it he will hit me, pull my hair, throw a tantrum and cry hysterically for an hour until he gets it.

He only really says a handful of words so it is definitely affecting his speech as he excels in all other areas on the 2 Year Health Check.

I have tried to give him a teddy, comforter, his nan’s hat (he loves this) and a Xmas jumper that he loves holding when he is upset but to no avail.

His sleep is awful as he wakes up in the night frequently for his dummy and in turn wakes me up multiple times.

I just don’t know what to do and I am at a loss.

She's adopted and came to us with the dummy habit firmly in place aged nearly 2. We were advised not to make changes for the first few weeks. Her sister let hers go easily, but she just wouldn't. We thought itcwas an attachment type behaviour but it did turn out to be sensory based due to autism.

Like I said, it isn't a personal criticism and she'd obviously already formed the attachment in your case, I was meaning generally it's better not to start if you can find another option.