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No more dummy

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mummytobabygirl17 · 31/03/2021 16:03

Hi
Looking for any tips to help my daughter who is 3 and a half to start weaning her off her dummy.

We have different books With the dummy fairy but seems to have made he want to use it more incase it is taken away from her.

Thanks

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Teesel · 31/03/2021 16:06

In my experience the only way was just to remove it altogether, grit your teeth and get in with it. It's unpleasant but necessary and won't harm your child by doing it. It should be over in a night or 3.

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 31/03/2021 20:47

Snip the ends off so they're not much fun to suck anymore

Potterythrowdown · 31/03/2021 21:17

Just take it off her. Short term pain for long term gain. It'll be awful for a few days and then she'll get over it.

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MuchTooTired · 31/03/2021 21:24

I talked about how big boys don’t have dummies with my DS - daddy/grandad/uncles don’t use them, and that the dummy fairy would swap his dummies for a really awesome present instead in advance to get him used to it.

He was thrilled with the present (cuddly tractor) but furious when he realised that there was no dummy and mama had not been joking. Had to grit my teeth and cope with it for a few really rough nights but now it’s like he never had one.

I made sure I’d binned all of them so I couldn’t give him a dummy even if I wanted to.

Good luck!

Easterbunnyishoppingmad · 31/03/2021 21:29

We reduced ds's collection!! He savaged the last few pretty soon after.. Told him it was costing me lots of money to keep replacing them and he really didn't need one now anyway... The MAM ones were £3 quid each!!
He binned the last one himself at 3.5 when it had holes in!! Never bothered after the first night when he did say he wanted it back. Understanding it was broken made it easier.

Conditionconditioncondition · 31/03/2021 22:20

@Potterythrowdown

Just take it off her. Short term pain for long term gain. It'll be awful for a few days and then she'll get over it.

This.

Don't drag out a process longer than you need to.

WeeBenny · 01/04/2021 11:19

I done it at Xmas he was just over 3 he asked for it once the first night then never again. We just got lucky I think but he was old enough to understand which helped

Lazypuppy · 01/04/2021 11:48

Just take them all. We did dummy fairy, put them out and then in the morning their was a toy. Done.

You need to take them and throw them away so you can't be tempted to give them back

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