How to get rid of the dummy?

[Bibs2014]

DS is 2.5 and loves his dunny. Only has it for naps and sleeping at night. Sleeps well - happy to use the dummy himself in middle of night to get himself off to sleep.

Have spoken to him about stopping using it and he says no and that he loves it. I am worried about his teeth but also worried about taking something away which helps him sleep so well!

What would you do?

Kel you need to bow down to the almighty dummy, they've saved many a life.

DS uses a dummy and I was wondering the other day how many children have moved straight on to sucking their thumb after giving up their dummy? Just musing really / thinking ahead

I took DDs 'doh' away at the start of Dec. I thought I was preparing her by talking about it every now and then on the run up to it. She always said no and there were a few tears and dreams over it! I was giving her anxiety so my advice is to stop talking about it!
In the end it went as planned on Dec 1st and she woke to find an elf in the house and an advent calendar to distract and reward her. She cried the first night but it was put on and that was it - never looked back! She turned 3 at end of Dec.

Another thing I did was take her to the shop a few months before had to pick a special bedtime friend that would replace the comfort aspect of using a dummy.

It needs to be done, stop making a big deal out of it because you dc will think it IS a big deal then. Don't expect them to be reasonable either, of course they'll say no lol!

I just let DD have it for as long as she wanted. Didn't see the point of taking away her comfort.

No problem with teeth or speech. I just stopped buying new ones. As the dummies got lost or damaged that weren't replaced. The last one was kept for ages but DD chose when to get rid of it.

I am that people take a dummy away on a birthday or other significant occasion. Why upset a child on a special day?