How to get rid of a dummy

[ThisWorthyReader]

I fear I have left it too late to get rid of the dummy.. so would love some ideas of how to get rid!

My daughter turns 3 next week, ideally I’d have liked her to have got rid of it by now.
She only has it for sleep and does resettle herself but popping the dummy back in if she wakes during the night .

She never has it in the day, literally just sleep time. But I know they’re not great for their teeth, so trying to find some fun ways of approaching it with her to say goodbye to it.

She has very good understanding and is clever but when I’ve spoke about it before she jokes saying “nooo, I’m a baby now mummy, I need my d” (she’s always called a dummy her ‘d’!)

So yeah anything you can throw at me, I’d be grateful for x

Dummy fairy. Leave all the dummies for her and she leaves a special present instead.
Or pierce the dummies so they lose their suck.

You need the dummy fairy or something similar. I told my DD that the baby birds needed her dummies and that if we left them in the garden the big birds would leave her a present in return. Left the dummies outside, present magically appeared in her bedroom, dummies into the bin. Worked a treat.

Bribery. We didn’t do the dummy fairy specifically as DS had no interest in fairies but followed the same principle where you swap it out for a toy. He was nagging for some massive hot wheels thing so I said he could have it tomorrow if he slept without the dummy tonight. And he did.

My 3rd was a dummy fiend. But at 2 i said it had to go now - and we'll swap it for this !! <produces beautiful teddy>

So the first few nights were a bit rocky but just don't give it back ....

They can't suck if they haven't got it!

To be fair having 2 slightly older siblings helped. The 4 year old and the 6 year old were there saying 'yep you don't need it' 😊

The first thing you do is work out when you and your Dh/Dp can cope with a few night wakings and don't do it for her birthday or anything like that.

We just went cold turkey but did a countdown as he was 3, just started preschool and had speech therapy for learning to talk around the dummy. Yes, he had it in the day on the advice of his paediatrician as he had severe reflux and needed that swallowing down to stop him having scar tissue. It was meant to stop when he grew out of the reflux but he never did so we pulled the plug when he had just turned 3.

You need to make sure you round up every, single, one, that way you don't crack and she doesn't find one that is meant to be with the dummy fairy. My advice would be shift sleep so agree who will get up between what times and best of luck to you.

Thank you for all your responses, they all seem very similar so definitely need to go for it!