We are taking the dummy away tonight

[Warszawa]

Hey everyone, my dd is nearly 3 and we have been delaying taking away the dummy but tonight is the night.

Can anyone share any stories of how it went for you please - fully expecting a broken night sleep and she is usually a fantastic sleeper but it's gotta be done at some point right

We have cut the Teet and she had put it in the bin and said it's "rubbish" so will try to just tell her that lol

Good luck. We did it at 2.5yo and had a lot of crying going to sleep but then it was ok. Within a week he'd stopped asking for it.

In my family it’s Father Christmas that needs to take them away in exchange for your presents but it’s a tiny bit too late for that now sorry!

She hangs it in a tree for the dummy fairy to take it.

I was absolutely dreading it with my DD but it was fine and I wished I’d done it A LOT sooner. She was 3 and cried a little bit at bedtime but slept fine and only asked for it twice that week, no tears after the first night.

Twins here.

My husband kept giving them back dummy when they cried. One step forward, two steps back.

So he went away for work and I sorted it out.

I got the twins to I put the dummies in a bag and put it on the outside handle of the front door to given them to 'babies who need them'.
One twin was fussy for two nights. The other never asked for it again.

Honestly, it was fine. Just don't give in!

Good luck. Following for tips!

We went the reward chart thing, with a My Little Pony a the end of it.

I was fearful because mine was so attached to her dummy at bedtime that she'd have one in her mouth and one in her hand (for dropped dummy emergencies!)
But she managed it with no trauma at all.

We did it when DS was 1yr 10months. 2 unsettled nights then it was completely forgotten about!

Yeah, you just have to grasp the nettle. We pussyfooted about with ours DC#1 trill he was 4, iirc. He was so addicted to it, it buggered up his teeth, but eventually we went cold turkey. It was a night or two of distress, but he soon forgot about it and thankfully his big teeth have grown in fine.

Mine threw his away when he had a cold, he was not quite two; his nose was blocked and he needed to breathe through his mouth. It landed behind a radiator and there it stayed, he never asked for it or another one. That was the end of 'dum dum'.

We did the dummy fairy, left them out, and in the morning there were some chocolate buttons instead. 1 night of whinging and done. Dd was also 3

Dummy fairy - he placed them outside the front door in an envelope. 20 minutes later the envelope had been replaced with a toy aeroplane! Oh my goooodness, the heartbreak when he understood the dummy fairy had actually disappeared with his dummies. He resented that toy plane for years!

Sleep wise it was hell for about a week, not going to lie. He was incredibly attached. Stick with your decision though or it’s even worse!

We gave ours to my sisters baby when she was born. A couple of unsettled nights but then it was long forgotten

@Vallmo47

Dummy fairy - he placed them outside the front door in an envelope. 20 minutes later the envelope had been replaced with a toy aeroplane! Oh my goooodness, the heartbreak when he understood the dummy fairy had actually disappeared with his dummies. He resented that toy plane for years!

Sleep wise it was hell for about a week, not going to lie. He was incredibly attached. Stick with your decision though or it’s even worse!

My parents did the whole dummy fairy thing.. its one of my earliest memories, I was furious that my dummies had been replaced by a toy cat

With DD she was around 2.5... I had been slowly weaning her off to dummies at night only and just explained they might make her teeth bad if she kept using them. First couple of nights weren't great, but by around the 5th she would ask but would leave it when told no. Took around 2 weeks and she never asked. She does mention about the time she was allowed a dummy and how she misses them though if ever she sees a photo where she has one

It will be fine OP, stick firm and it will pass quickly

We took ours away and never mentioned them again, changed subject if they were mentioned.
Make sure there’s none hiding under a couch, in a drawer or cupboard or under bedding. If they find one they just go back to square 1 and there’s no temptation that you will give in.
Ours had 1/2 sleepless nights and never mentioned them again.

She literally feel right to sleep without moaning for it lol

Still sleeping now ??

Might be clam before storm but there again might just prove it was a bigger deal to me than it ever was for her haha thank you all very much for your advice and stories

we did the dummy fairy, and the fairy bought DD a cuddly toy which is a good comfort item for bedtime - more so than a toy or chocolate the next day.

didn't take more than 2 days for her to get used to sleeping without the dummy.

We made a special visit to build-a-bear factory just after daughter's third birthday and the dummies went inside a couple of very carefully chosen bears. husband thought I was insane but it worked a treat! She still has the dummies, so she can cuddle them, but can't get them anywhere near her mouth!

@ARicher22 Awww. 🥰 I swear it’s more traumatic for parents sometimes. Well done OP, fingers crossed it carries on going so well.

She slept all night with no problems lol

To be fair she has reacted the same way when we moved her into her own room, took the bars off of the cot, took away the bottle at night and now the dummy.

I think she is a lot more flexible than I give her credit for and it's a good learning point for me to trust her abilities more !

Perhaps a rather deep insight from the taking away of a dummy but there you go haha