How to get rid of toddlers dummy? Help!

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So DS is 2.3 yrs old and he's quite attached to his dummy. I try to keep it only for bedtime, naps or if he's hurt himself and needs comforting etc. I really want to get rid of it as I'm worried its starting to effect his teeth.
But because we have DD who is 2 months old and has a dummy I'm not sure what to do. I don't know if he'll just try to take hers instead (he does this now anyway).

Has anyone got any advice? I don't know where to start.

Saw something on super nanny with children older than yours - they told the children that the dummy fairy was coming that night to take the dummy to give to a younger child who needs it. They had to leave their dummies out of reach and the next morning the dummies were gone for good and the fairy had left them a present! Worked perfectly but that's tv for you!

I've seen threads before about the dummy fairy. Seems to work?

Yep we had the dummy fairy. My dd was sooo attached to hers that i got a balance bike on sale for 20.00, i got a fairy gift bag and left it at the door with a letter saying we really dont have enough dummies for the babies like x y and z and named all the babies she knew. Then i said as you're such a big girl could you please leave yours in this gift bag in the garden and i promise i'll leave you a big girls present.

She was bloody itching to leave them to see what she'd get and heres the key i cut all the teats off when she went to bed so even if she got up to check she could see the fairies had broken them to make into new fresh ones and there was no going back for either of us!

Then i left the bike with a certificate. Google dummy fairy image and you should get some clipart to use if you wanted to.she never ever uttered a word for the dummy again.

In fact we're sad that dd2 doesnt have a dummy as we need to work out a way of her getting a balance bike for nothing!!

I like the idea of the dummy fairy. I think he'd understand the idea. But what do I do if he try's to take DD's dummy? It's it as simple as saying 'you're big boy now you don't need it now but DD is still a baby and needs it'? Will that work?

You reinforce that the dummy fairy gave her the dummy from him and if he takes it his big boy present goes back. We had the same concern over new baby cousin but when he had a dummy like hers in i'd say ooooh loook the dummy fairy must have given baby that one from you now you're too big for it. Thats why i plumped for a balance bike as i knew that would win out over a dummy.

My old boss told his son that if he kept having a dummy santa would see it in his sons mouth and leave him baby toys thinking he was a baby. And so he needed to be rid of it by xmas. He sent it to santa with his list to prove he was ready for big boy presents.

That sounds good. Thanks for the advice. I hoping it'll work and he'll be dummy free

My DS ws very attached to his 'dody' until the age of almost 4. He had loads of them.

They had been talking about recycling at nursery - and a mum of one his nursery friends told me that they had 'recycled his dummy.

DS liked that so we chucked them al in the bottle bank. (sorry council employees!).