Dummy

[booklover164]

We took the dummy off our14 month old last night and he screamed for 90 mins before bed then an hour in the middle of the night. Just trying to put him down for his nap and he's screaming again. How long does this last?! Is there anything I can do to make it better? Thanks

Can you swap it for another distraction?eg comforter blanket
Was told by a health visitor to try putting them down soon as you see there tired and to try sensory lights....just ordered ours today...

We didn't take the dummy away from DS till he was 3. It was such a soother to him, and then we wanted to get through several other transitions (new nursery, moving to a big bed, potty training, etc) without compounding the issue. By this point he only had them for sleep so as not to affect his speech development etc.

At that point, just after he turned 3, he was able to understand about "giving them to the babies" and was sad for one night (lots of cuddles) and then talked about them for another night or two, but generally went to sleep quicker than the first, and then fine ever since.

I do not regret waiting. We all slept better than with previous DC who didn't wouldn't take a dummy at all.

Similar to iheartspiders, we haven’t even tried to take the dummy off dd2 yet.

She only has it for getting to sleep before she spits it out after she’s dozed off. It’s also fantastic for when she’s incandescent with rage or has bumped herself- a 30 second suck before we take it back is like a magic wand that makes her calm down.

When she’s capable of understanding the dummy fairy etc (I’d guess at 3) that’s when we’ll take it off her.

Agree with the other posters. DD still has hers at night. She's 3. Why make everyone suffer unnecessarily?

My daughter is 16 months, she's keeping it until she's older. I think our age toddlers have missed the boat. It's either do it 11months/1year before they realise what it is (although I've got no experience of that) or later when you can have a discussion apparently!