Taking away the dummy

[Lucban]

Hi everyone. My son is 5 months old and he has a dummy for naps, bedtimes and sometimes when he just wants to sit on my lap and chill. When would you start taking away the dummy? My thoughts were to start before he goes into his own room maybe in the next month or so. The only reason is he wakes up in the night and I'm putting the dummy back in sometimes it only happens once or sometimes multiply times, I don't mind doing it when he is in the next to me crib but I don't particularly want to do it when he goes into his own and constantly going back and fourth.
Thank you 🥰

I wouldn't take it away when he goes to his own room. Being away from you, a source of comfort will be hard. So to take away another source of comfort, his dummy, at the same time might not be very settling for him. Yes you may have to go to him thru the night but that is to be expected at such a young age. There's no rush, he won't be little for long 😊

Ahhhh that's a good point!!!! Didn't cross my mind. Thank you 😊😊😊

I wouldn't get rid of it yet either - pretty soon he will be able to put it back in himself and then they are a godsend. I would stop giving it to him when he is awake though. Have a 'sleep time only' policy otherwise you're setting yourself up for a battle down the road.

Shove a few in his cot. In a few weeks he will find one himself ime. He is tiny. You can't give him a comforter then take it away!

We used to have this problem but now we put a few in the cot and DD just finds one herself. She only has dummies for sleep, she loves them so much I didn’t want to take them away just yet!

Mine kept his dummy until he was 3 years and 4 months, when one day he woke up and asked if the dummy fairy could come and take all his dummies in exchange for a present. He got a lovely Duplo playset which he was delighted with. I kept thinking we should have taken it away earlier but there was never a good time when we weren't going through some big life change like emigrating or pregnancy/new arrivals or losing a beloved pet. I think it's recommended to take it away before they reach 12 months but it's no disaster if they get too attached to it.

Thank you everyone for your advice. I will definitely keep the dummy for longer!