Dummy fairy before or after Baby 2?

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So let me preface this by saying that I KNOW we have waited too long on this, what the guidelines say about dummy use etc. but we are where we are and DD1 still has a dummy for nap and sleeps and finds a lot of comfort in it. She's never allowed it except for sleep but is very attached to it. She has just turned 3.

DD2 arrives in 5 weeks and we know it will be a difficult transition for DD1. So do we wait until she is 3.5 and let her have the comfort object while she adjusts to life with a sibling? Or bite the bullet and do it now? I'm worried about jealousy of baby getting a dummy but she doesn't.

Thanks for any advice!

Now.

Oh dear. Do it now. Don’t leave it any longer.

The dummy fairy came for DDs when she was 2.5 and just before her brother arrived. We told her the fairy needed it for another baby. She was a bit sad the first night that she didn't have it, but was very proud of herself the next day. She also only had it to sleep with.

Now. Far too much change when baby is here and you won’t have time or energy to be dealing with dummy removal related tantrums.

I know plenty of kids still with dummies at 5/6 so you aren’t too far over tbh OP.

Someone I know, took dummies away from her eldest but the little shit used to steal it from the baby. In the end (because they were too darned weak), they took them away from the poor baby so they didn’t have to discipline their eldest child.

I'd go for it now, try not to tie it in to the new baby in any way. You probably won't have the energy for it when baby 2 comes along.

We did dummy fairy with our youngest (eldest didn't like dummies), and it was a bit painful at first but she got a cuddly toy cat to replace the dummies, which is still her favourite now at the age of 12! 😊

First night was the worst (up till 11 crying), and after that it got easier.