Giving up Dummy for 15 month old DD. Has anyone tried bye-bye-binky?

[Jojo300]

My 15 month old DD is getting more attached to her Dummy and active looking for it and 'asking' for it throughout the day. She always has it to sleep with and we find ourselves needing to go into her room once or twice a night (although not every night) to find it from the floor or somewhere else in the cot and give it to her.
She also looks for it when tired and sometimes in the car/ buggy when tired or just frustrated.
it is a great tool for settling her so I am a little loathe to give it up - particularly as we are going on a 3 hour flight in a months time and I know it will be useful.
I have also read a US online guide called bye bye binky which encourages giving up the dummy (binky) by adding holes to it and then cutting bits off it over a few days so it becomes unsatisfying and the child goes off it.
Does anyone have any advice or have you tried this particular method at all?
Thanks

This is not what you were asking for but I saw it on here the other day and it might avoid the night time issues? Just thought I'd mention.

Good luck - I am thinking when to start weaning my 11wk old DD off her dummy, it is just so good as part of her bedtime routine I'm a bit scared to take it away!

Hi - sorry did you mean to include a link?

My DS gave up his dummy at 3.9. We posted them to Santa along with his letter, saying that they were for the new babies who didn't have dummies.

The first night was rough, and he asked for it every day for the next couple of weeks, but we got there in the end.

I didn't think of him giving it up until the dentist advised me to as it was affecting his front teeth (and they've now gone back completely on their own).

When he was about your DD age, I was also getting up a couple of times a night to pop the lost dummy back in. You think it will go on for ever, but it doesn't, they soon learn to find it! Also, throwing a couple of extra ones in the cot helps!

My DS found it a comfort when upset and it helped him settle at night, so I didn't think about getting rid until at least we could talk about it (you're a big boy now, new babies need them etc etc).

My DD had her dummy until she was about 3. I started when she was 2 and a half by telling her that she was a big girl now and other big children (I names slightly older friends) didn't have dummies during the day so we cut it down to night time only. Then after about 5-6 months we had the dummy fairy visit to take the dummies to the new babies and she left a small gift. Only my DD got wise to the idea and decided that the dummy fairy should also visit Grandma's house and her aunty's so actually got 3 presents lol. But she did give them up and we haven't looked back.

I would say don't put yourself under pressure, your DD is still very young and it's obviously a source of comfort for her. If you think it will be of use when you go on the plane then keep it for the time being. There's no point in having a stressed child and very stressed parents on your trip! Once you do decide to get rid then be firm. When our dummy fairy visited the dummies were physically thrown out so there was no going back but my DD adapted within a couple of nights.

Hope that helped!

My dd gave up her dummy at 20 months by sheer accident. Her dummies kept getting lost and god forbid if we lost it at bedtime, didnt know how i would ever get her to sleep. I went and got her some new ones which she hated and refused, she just loved her tatty old one. From that day onwards she never had a dummy and as she never had one to settle her through the day she seemed to settle fine at night too!

Have you heard about the Sleepytot Baby Comforter? It's great for the night time waking because your LO can find the dummy herself. Plus it helps with giving up the dummy as your LO will, hopefully, become attached to the toy.

It really helped with both my DSs!

I'm not sure about cutting them. Do you think it's safe?