Getting rid of two year olds dummy

[Avle20]

Hi everyone , my dd is two, she has her dummy with me only at nap times and bed times, occasionally in the car if she’s in a bad mood. Dh gives her the dummy whenever she wants. She will just pick it up and sit with it. Dd speech is good for her age. I want to get rid of the dummy. What would be the beat way to do this. I’ve tried by saying Santa was giving her dummy to the little babies. She was fine with the idea until she got into bed. Got herself so worked up she was sick numerous times. Dh gave her the dummy straight back. Dd is very clever and knows that sometimes she has it when she’s not supposed to and will run away and hide it . How can I get dh on board with totally getting rid of her dummy

I said to DS: Most children stop wanting dummies sometime between the age of two and three. When you are ready, just put them in the bin.

He went from having about four in his bed so if one fell out at night he could reach for another, to dumping them all in the kitchen bin one morning.

Let her be in charge of it, but casually let her know that most children prefer not to have dummies at nursery/reception, so as soon as she's ready...

There’s nothing wrong with a 2YO having a dummy for sleeping. I think it’s an overreaction to take her night time comfort just because your DH can’t say no during the day. He’s your problem, not the dummy. She’s clearly not ready if she’s getting that upset. Revisit when she’s closer to 3.

We got rid of both DSs’ by going cold turkey. No advance warning to either of them. Took them awake completely one day. Eldest was around 21/22 months, youngest was closer to 30 months. We waited until they could understand that they were gone and that was it. They both coped surprisingly well even at night.

One day my DS just decided he didn’t want his dummy any longer. He was about 2 years 4 months and he used to LOVE them but one day he kept trying them all and none of them were right and that was it. He never sucked one again! Not that helpful I appreciate but what I’m trying to say is don’t sweat it or make it a bigger issue than it is. Especially if speech is good.

@MikeWozniaksMohawk

I’ve gone cold turkey in the end. We are on day and might 3 and no dummy

@Avle20 and how is it going?

She’s doing really well only asked once or twice. Night time there is no problems at all. She wakes up a little emotional in the mornign. Daytime naps are sometimes a struggle but I think part of it is she’s growing out of a daytime nap

@Avle20 that’s great. Sounds very similar to our experience. Hope it continues that way!

Yup, cold turkey is the way. Happy to hear you're over the hump!

Our little one is 18 months... she started only getting it for naps and bed but since 16 months when she could say dodo that's all we ever bear!! I'm ready to chuck them and go cold turkey!!! 18 months too soon tho???