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How to stop the dummy

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mumandons · 03/06/2023 21:54

Hi Mums,

My daughter is 16 months old and loves her dummy but we noticed it's starting to become more and more day and night! We don't want her to end up with dummy mouth as her main teeth are through already! I mean we do rely on the dummy a lot so as parents we feel so guilty but same time we need to do what's best for her.

Any tips or advice on how to reduce her having dummy or do we go cold turkey on her? It's only day 1 so open to anything!

she will wake in the night and won't sleep u til she has her dummy and we finding it worse as she teething so bad and seems to be only thing that helps her but we noticed her front teeth are looking like dummy mouth and starting to shape on her front teeth so we want to stop asap! or any tips to help us start correcting them? they aren't that bad!

Please no hate we are first time parents so still learning!
Thank you :)

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DustyLee123 · 03/06/2023 21:57

If you’ve got more than one, make one go missing every day. Then go cold Turkey and get rid. Does she have another comforter ?

Teabab · 03/06/2023 21:59

Honestly just go cold turkey. DS had one for too long really as we were hesitant to remove it, but after some upset the first night he was fine and hasn't mentioned it since. He then got a nice present from the dummy fairy after his first night without it! Chuck them away though so it's not tempting to take the easy route and just give it back.

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mumandons · 03/06/2023 21:59

DustyLee123 · 03/06/2023 21:57

If you’ve got more than one, make one go missing every day. Then go cold Turkey and get rid. Does she have another comforter ?

Ok thank you i'm willing to try anything. She have breast like tommee tippee dummies which are big ones so we now given her normal size dummy which she does not like at all but use it today for first time to settle her so we slowly want to start taking it away.

No she don't at moment she have teddy she sleeps with but daytime she not interested in it?

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ReeseWitherfork · 03/06/2023 21:59

I probably wouldn’t do it while she is actively teething if it helps her. Wait until these teeth are cut. Big Little Feelings have a section on this I think.

Summerslimtime · 03/06/2023 22:01

Just get rid. They forget very quickly. Just say that they are big now and you are giving to a baby that you know.

Youcancallmeirrelevant · 03/06/2023 22:01

We reduced it to just bedtime and naps around that age, then waited till 2.5yrs and did the dummy fairy so she understood the dummies had to go to little babies, and she got a little present. No tears at all

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