DS is 7 months and had a dummy from about 3 weeks, he would want to suckle after feeding (he is bf) but not want to stay latched on and the only thing that would settle him was letting him suck my finger. So we started to use dummies. At nearly 6 months I noticed that he hadn't taken a dummy for a few days, he would play with them and chew them but not want to suck on it. I was quite happy about this, but for some reason didn't take the opportinity to throw all the dummies we had away(!) So he was playing with one yesterday and got the teat into his mouth and started sucking on it, rather than just chewing. Then when he became very unsettled later I gave him one reluctantly and it seemed to help him get to sleep.
My question, should I stop this now and get rid of them all, or should I let him have them? He still doesn't like comfort sucking at the breast and doesn't seem to like sucking his thumb or fingers, though he does do that occasionally.