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Cold turkey dummy removal support/success story thread

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IndecisivePramBuyer81 · 12/12/2013 14:09

After 8 weeks of dummy hell, we're ditching it.

The hours that have followed have been VERY hard, and I'm suprised I haven't caved already to be honest.

I'm looking for success stories - does anyone have any? Particularly around how many days it takes for them to calm down a bit, and whether it results in better sleep at night!!

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IndecisivePramBuyer81 · 12/12/2013 14:15

Meant to say that I accidentally starting the cold turkey plan at 10pm last night but apparently deleted that part of my message!

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MNPlovesChristmas · 12/12/2013 14:18

How old is your lo?

We had a bedtime /in cot only dummy and took it away at 13m, first night fine, next 2 days nap and bedtime needed an hour of head stroking then fine and not looked back, she saw them a week later but didn't get upset.

Groovee · 12/12/2013 14:20

Dd gave hers to Santa at 2 years 11 months. We had 4 hard nights before she went to bed without it and no fuss. It was hard as Ds was 8 weeks old and still needed a lot if attention.

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MNPlovesChristmas · 12/12/2013 14:20

Offer a replacement like a snuggle blanket toy but have several and wash and rotate them every couple of days so it is the object
not the smell they want.

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IndecisivePramBuyer81 · 12/12/2013 14:23

He's a few days off 6mo. I know he's still small, but I don't know what else to do for the sake of our sanity! Pulling out before sleep isn't working at all, so we're at the last resort.

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Racheld33 · 12/12/2013 14:25

We threw ours away when DS was 4.5 months (after 2 weeks of having to put it in up to 50 times a night!) we had one bad night, the next day he found his thumb. I was soooo happy we'd done it!

Seb101 · 12/12/2013 14:55

I went cold turkey with my little girl at 22 months. She LOVED her dummy and was so attached to it. We had 2-3 bad days where she moaned, cried and asked for it a hundred million times! We had two bad ish nights with settling her to sleep, but she slept through straight away without it. She was more attached to dummy in the day though, so the sleeping thankfully wasn't a problem. After that absolutely fine. She stopped asking for it. Although I did miss not being able to use it to comfort her and stop her crying for considerably longer! Now, 3 months on, she still remembers she used to have a dummy, when she sees someone else with one, but never asks for it. I'm very pleased its gone....

nipersvest · 12/12/2013 14:57

we went cold turkey, just took them away. we had 1 night of tears, a few days of whinging, then all forgotten about.

NoraRobertsismyguiltypleasure · 12/12/2013 14:59

We dumped it at 10 months after she had a cold and simply couldn't breathe with it in. She only had it for sleep and I just cuddled her to sleep instead. I was so glad to get rid - she sleeps loads better without it.

EatDessertFirst · 12/12/2013 15:53

My DD ditched hers at 2.5 (she was only having it at night anyway). It was supposed to be a planned, semi-gentle withdrawal. We'd cut a hole in the teat two days before anyway so she wasn't getting any satisfaction from it.

She lobbed it down the stairs after bedtime on the third night, proclaiming loudly "I don't need that yucky dummy anymore Mummy! It's for babies!!".

Never looked back. Xx

Rebecca75 · 12/12/2013 21:15

I ditched my sons dummy at 7 months - 2 days later we were all getting sleep. Ditched my daughters at 3 months - it took her about a week to find her fingers. Definitely worth it in the long run however tough at the start. I bloody hate them!

cravingcake · 12/12/2013 22:32

We have just gotten rid of them for DS (2.2yo). Last Friday night we put them all in a bag to leave for the dummy fairy to take away and give to the little babies who needed them. The dummy fairy left him a little car, torch & a pack of chocolate buttons.

He asked for it a few times the first day, i just reminded him that we had given them to the dummy fairy and she had left him his toy/buttons and distracted him. I'm lucky that he uses a muslin as a snuggly blanket and he still has that.

Now almost a week on he hasnt had any tantrums or meltdowns and any stroppiness is over within 1 minute.

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IndecisivePramBuyer81 · 13/12/2013 14:29

Night two was a bit better but I brought him in with me when he woke at half ten so he was more settled. Am I doing the right thing by just getting him to sleep by whatever means possible until the dummy association is broken and then tackle the rest later?

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IndecisivePramBuyer81 · 14/12/2013 08:37

Despite bringing him in at half ten again, night three was amazing! Woke up at about half 2 but back to sleep with no intervention from me and didn't wake til half 6 and that was due to a large poo! Pleased at how well it's going just need to tackle self settling now. .I say 'just' lol...

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