Advice on ditching the dummy

[Jeffacake]

DS hasn’t just turned 2 and is a big fan of his dummy. We have got it down to him only having it for sleep/nap time in his cot and travelling in the car now. The childminder has ditched it at her house recently and says he doesn’t ever ask for it but at home he won’t go near his cot without one!

Anyone got any advice on losing it at home? Do I just go cold turkey and let him cry it out?

We took our little boy to the dentist at 3.5 yrs and they mentioned the dummy. We told our son the dentist needed the dummies as they were bad for him, we had a few days of tears and then he forgot all about them

Jumping in for tips too. I am going to have to tackle this soon with dd (2)

My DD was so attached to hers and we started by reducing it to only bedtime, she had to leave it there every day etc. Then I went on eBay a bought a pouch for the dummy fairy with my DDs name on it. We told her the dummy fairy needed new dummies for her babies.

Every night she left a dummy in the bag attached to the front door handle and she would run down every morning to find a coin. When she had her very last dummy we told her the dummy fairy was going to leave her a gift to say thank you and she came down in the morning to a toy she wanted and was very pleased.

She asked for it the next night and I reminded her that the baby fairy's had them and we're very happy and that was that. She never asked again.

I was so shocked how well it worked!

That sounds a lovely idea, I’m not sure DS is old enough to understand enough for that sort of thing yet though.

We are down to 2 dummies now, one stays in the cot and one in the car.

I think it's fine if just in the cot at that age. Don't make life harder than it needs to be. My youngest was very attached but got rid of it about 3 and a half in return for present (cuddly toy) surprisingly with pretty much no fuss.

He’s 2, so I’d say he’s still little enough to keep the dummy for sleep only.
Why not wait until he’s older & can understand giving it to the fairies or Santa etc?

We collected dummies went to shop and swapped them for a teddy bear. He asked at night and I reminded him they were gone. He had a cry for 10 mins and went to sleep. Next night was less crying.

Once and a while he will ask for it but accepts they aren't here.