18 month old and getting rid of dummy

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My 18 month old is absolutely in love with her dummy. She has it for every nap and screams for it all the time. I’m scared she’s getting dummy teeth so I want to get rid of it before she has a new sibling in 2 months time. Has anyone any tips on how to get rid of it?

Giving it to the tooth fairy has worked for some of my friends. Sometimes got exchanged for a toy that the kid lost interest in after a couple of days. They made a big deal of it a bit like leaving mince pies out for Santa but with a dummy instead.

My kids were thumbsuckers. They sucked their thumbs when they were asleep so could have been doing it all night. The first comment from the dentist whenever he saw them was always that he could tell there were thumb suckers. And then had me really worried. He showed them a video of how sucking your thumb a make their teeth stick out and then made them stop immediately. occasionally I will still see catch them fast asleep with a thumb in their mouth but never when they are awake. But anyway, the point I am rambling along to is that the adult teeth have come through straight, and they were much older than two before they stopped sucking their thumbs. So I hope that gives you some peace of mind, that giving your child a dummy has given them some comfort and probably hasn’t caused long lasting damage to their teeth and that of it takes a while to wean them off the dummy it takes a while but your kid will be fine.

Imo the last thing you need is a toddler missing a dummy +a newborn.
None of my dummy users had dummy teeth. Or needed braces..
Keep it for nap times only.

We got rid of it when my eldest was 2 because I was also pregnant and we managed to toilet train too. Also transitioned to a big girl bed in a new bedroom before her baby sister was born. Quite a lot of change for a wee one now I think about it!

I actually hadn’t planned to take it away the night it happened. She hadn’t asked for the dummy at bedtime so I thought right I’m going to give this a go. She obviously then did once in bed I just said no ur a big girl now u don’t need it. The first night she was great and fell asleep within 30mins. The next night wasn’t so gd and took about an hour, same for the next few nights. That was it but she did ask for it for about a week. Let her choose a toy for being such a big girl.

Youngest is a difficult child in general and I tried at about 2 1/2 and it was awful. I gave up. Tried again just after 3 and because someone mentioned the dentist told her about the teeth thing. When I looked at her teeth I could see she did have a big gap and they were starting to look a bit unusual. So that was it, I was determined and it was gone. It was hell for about a week. She took forever to go to sleep and would ask for it during the night and cry. I made a big deal of the dummy fairies bringing her a toy. At times though she wld say they can take it back she wants her dummy.

It’s hard to be honest but sooner is better! The difference in her teeth within 2 weeks was actually so shocking. There was virtually no gap now, they came together so quickly and fixed themselves.

The best way to do it is to bin all the dummies and then I don’t have a choice to give in! You’ll probably be finding dummies for weeks though behind the sofa etc lol.

I’d honestly wait until they’re older and can understand.

Also just limit to sleep times. That helps with the teeth as it just falls out once asleep