How do I get rid of the dummy?

[hayleyhew]

My eldest is 2 yrs and 10 mths and my youngest is 17 mths. They both have dummies. I have always had problems with both of them sleeping and recently bought an ebook telling me first thing to do was to get rid of dummies in the night. Managed to do this with loads of protest but my 2 year old still has it constantly in the day. When I take it off him he has a real paddy! Any suggestions?

father xmas came and took my childrens dummies away and gave them to a baby that needed them... He left them a special present for being a big girl and boy.... or how about the dummy fairies if you want to do it sooner...
I think they need time to get their head round the idea of it going first... do they have it all the time or just when they are sleeping if so... maybe you could just cut it out more and more if they have it a lot, and just let them have it in their rooms.
My kids were 3 and a half and it was easier than I had thought it was going to be....

Good luck

Thanks for that. Its just the 2 year old (nearly 3) who has it all the time. Told him when Father Xmas comes he is taking dummies and leaving him some pressies - his answer was - dont want xmas!

Last Saturday the dummy fairies came for ds3's dummies. He collected them all up in a bag and hung them in the garden. We "prepped" him for a week beforehand so he knew what was happening.

In the morning the fairies had left him a very special present in its place. The first night without was a bit hairy when he kept asking for it but he hasn't asked for it since. (he did sneak a quick suck of ds4's when he thought I wasn't looking!)

if dd1 comes downstairs with hers (she wants it all the time) then we take it and put it on the stairs and here it stays until bedtime. we had to do this to start with but now we just tell her to put it there. think this was instigated around the same age as your ds.

not worrying too much about bedtime as she doesn't have any other comforters (or could be comforters) that I could replace the dummy with in the short term.

also we had at least 10 dummies hanging around the house all but one - her favourite went in the bin.

With ds we couldn't find it one night and he said that the mouse had taken it for the new baby across the road.

However Dd had dummy in mouth constantly and cried for it all the time if didn't have it but a few months ago we told her she had left it at grandmas (oh the lies we tell) and she said 'ok night night' and went to bed no bother and hasn't had it since. We couldn't believe how easy it was but she was obviously ready to get rid of it.

We just kept telling her she was a big girl and she also got a pressie!