Weaning baby off dummy

[nwlondoner]

Our baby is 4 months old and we want to try and stop her using her dummy. She currently uses it for naps and to sleep at night. Any advice or tips for the best way to go about this?

If she’s happy with it, it comforts her and she sleeps well with it why do you want to take it away? She’s 4 months not 4 years

It disrupts her sleep a lot. It keeps falling out all the time and waking her up.

It's a nightmare when they keep losing it but we would have had no chance of taking it from DS at that age. I'd advise to wait a couple more months as she's still classed as newborn and will need the comfort. Then possibly swap the dummy for something else.

My DS went cold turkey at 12 months (he only had it for night sleep anyway) and we had a few rough nights but he got used to it very quickly. He replaced his dummy with his comforter and/or blanket which he sleeps with and does put in his mouth.

Thanks @beccii161016 that's reassuring to hear. Hopefully it will get better for her once she can hold the dummy properly and put it back in herself.

I have no personal experience with dummy's, but my friends used one when her daughter was born. She found baby woke more to find it ect. She did a little research online and found that the best time to try and wean baby of the dummy was when she around six months. She said it was best thing she did. But every child is different what might work for my mates little one might not work for your little one. Hope your find the best solution xxxx

@MotherBarr I've heard about weaning them at 6 months too or it will be harder. She will be at nursery then as I have to go back to work so I'll see what they suggest. Thanks!

Definitely between 6 and 12 months as anything after is going to be difficult! If she'll be starting nursery I'd let her keep it for a little while as having a comfort might help her settle in. Taking it away and having her start nursery at the same time might be a bit too much change for her.

The nursery should be supportive of your decision and help with getting her off the dummy :)

@beccii161016 I didn't realise that nurseries could help you with that. I was wondering how that would work. That's good advice to let her settle in first then start to wean her off the dummy. Thanks!

You can get glow in the dark ones, worked a treat with my eldest, she’d find it for herself. She had a dummy until she was two, dentist said it would start to affect her bite if she carried on having one, so we stopped giving it to her for naps for a week, then stopped at nighttime and brought her a build a bear, made a big deal about him being a present for her being a big girl. Think we had it really easy as she was absolutely fine, it hasn’t effected her bite. Our youngest won’t take a dummy so don’t have that problem this time round. Maybe wait abit, they’re a good send when they’re teething x

Sometimes dummy's fall out because they are light I bought a key ring with a soft little teddy on it and clipped it to the dummy my daughter held onto the teddy and it stayed in her mouth plus it was easy to find if she did drop it.

my son was the same and suffered untill he was 10 months with that stupid thing until one day i steralised them all and gave them to my sister for her son. best thing i ever did and wished i did it sooner. he still doesnt sleep through but it cut the wakings in half. a week later he had totally forgotten about it and at 14 months even if he does get a hold of one hell chew on it then theow it. im so glad i got rid of it. just do it cold turkey.. it really only bothered my son the first night.