Right, out with the dummies - need advice!

[MrsWood]

Been telling dd (2.5) that dummy fairy will be coming very soon for all her dummies and that when that happens she will leave her a present in exchange for the dummies. She's great with it whilst we just talk about it happening - don't know how she'll react when it actually happens. Now, been telling her that for 2-3 days now - when should we actually do it!? Don't want to talk about it for ages in case she loses interest but also don't want it to be too soon in case she's not ready. To give you an idea how attached she is to her dummies - she uses it when tired, ill and when going to bed.

my mum tied my brothers dummy to the bed post so that every time he wanted it he had to go to the room to have a suck on it eventually he got tired of stopping play and going to the room to have a suck on the dummy and that was the end of the dummy. My dd is 10 months old and you cant get the dummy she has in N.Z. (we are from South Africa) she had 2 of them and we have misplaced the one so when the other one gets lost I dunno what I will do.

9.30 - fast asleep. Had a few tears (didn't mention dummies!?) but probably because she found it difficult to fall asleep.

So, will tomorrow be easier?

Update - Yesterday and today no mention of dummies. Going to bed as normal - no tears, nothing!!!
I can't believe how easy it was considering how much I stressed about actually taking the plunge of getting rid of the dummies.

Next mission - ridding of milk bottle before bedtime (I know, I know - terrible mother alert...).

My DD is 17 months,and thinking of the 'dummy-drop' i find it really sweet though,how she has attached herself to it/them. I feel bad!

I grew up in SA and I remember my mom telling me that monkeys had taken my bottle. I was shocked, but what can you do when a monkey has your bottle?

Aloha, how long would you have let it go on if he hadn't lost interest in them? I would like it to be her decision to give it up, but I am worried that she never will lose interest.