Does anyone else want to burn all their dc's dummies?

[strawberrycake]

He's only 15 weeks but he has learnt to LOVE his dummy and is VERY attached. He is getting even more attached and now popping dummy back in is becoming a nightly game.

NOTHING else with pacify him, as soon as he sees you he purses his lips and sticks them out ready. He screams like a banshee for his dummy, there's nothing else which gets him quite so worked up. He does it in the day too when he wants a nap, yell, scream, suck, suck, smile, sleep. I've tried cuddles, milk, but it's clearly dummy he wants. Little lips keep opening for it, head bobs up looking and he only has to see it to stop the hysterics.

I don't think I know the solution, but I'm moaning still. I guess he's too young to take it back!

(I didn't even bloody give it too him, at 6 weeks hospital gave him one and he loved it possibly more than me from the word go!)

oh that's hard. DS loved his too (not quite as much maybe!) but naturally grew out of it as he got more mobile - so about 7 or 8 months, so you might not have too long to go.
Why did hospital give him one??? That's a bit bad

I said they could, he had silent reflux and it soothed him.

oh i see, not so naughty then
i'd go with the flow if the dummy itself isn't causing you more stress (can't tell fro the op). if you're just worried about the future then I would forget that for now, you can plan for dummy removal when yor baby's abit older

My 24 month old still has her dummy. I don't like it, but I'm waiting another couple of months until her comprehension gets good enough to explain about the dummy fairy coming and replacing it with a present.
I think a lot of people recommend removing at 6 months, but it was soooo useful at solving a multitude of sleep issues that we didn't. And I don't really regret that, but I'm not looking forward to the Big Day.

My DD seems to have self weaned off the dummy at 14 months old. She only ever had it for naps and bedtime, and the other night she woke in the evening and point blank refused the dummy. I haven't offered it to her since and it's been two whole days and two nights with no problem. So as others have said, don't worry, he will grow out of it eventually.

Maybe I panicked slightly after seeing a child of around 8/9 with one yesterday!

strawberrycake, like daydreamdolly I limited DS and DD to dummies for bed early from fairly early on (both very sucky babies, I wasn't keen on dummies but discovered they were lifesavers!). As DS was approaching 4, began suggesting that he might start thinking about whether he still needed his dummies now he was a big boy and going to be starting school; a couple of times he said he didn't need them but within 5 minutes changed his mind, then one day decided that was it, and hasn't gone back (did catch him having a quick suck of his sister's one day but that was it!)

DD isn't 3 yet; it still gives her a lot of comfort and I wouldn't want to begrudge her that though am hoping that she will follow a similar path to DS.

The 'limiting' bit wasn't simple, but wasn't as traumatic as you might think as those really are the times when they most need them, and you don't have to withhold the dummy exactly - 'would you like to go to bed with your dummy for a little while?'.

Good luck.