how did you wean dummy and how?

[babyrose]

My lo is 1 and started weaning the dummy. How did everyone else get on?

WTF does weaning the dummy mean?

If you mean taking it away from the child I did it at 6 months and it took 4 nights for them to settle themselves. WE did the pick up/put down plan.

My ds1 came off his dummy on his own at 2.5yrs. he was a little unwell with a UTI, so I'd had him sleeping in with me for a week. When it was time to put him back in his own room, he kept throwing his dummy at me so I just took it.
After a few days, I stopped giving it back, was fine.
Ds2 went to bed one night a few months ago without his dummy, I didn't give him one after that and 4 days later, I threw the all away.
He since found one under the bed, put it in his mouth, ran around with it and when I laughed and said "you don't have dummies anymore, you big boy. Put it in the bin, Yuk" he put it in the bin.

Cold turkey, I thought anything else was giving mixed messages as they would not understand that at certain times they could and could not have it. It too one night but DS was only 6 mth.

Good luck

CC xx

THEORIGINALFAB. Yes that's what I was referring to!! I think cold Turkey is the plan.

I am hoping for some help with weaning my 3 month old son from his dummy. He has always been an extremely poor sleeper. He will only settle (and even then usually with great difficulty) with a dummy (I have tried everything else to get him to sleep- but generally I try to keep things quiet to avoid overstimulation, and I have him on a nap\bedtime routine with the same room/same song etc). I need to wean him because he wakes from naps and during the night every 10 -20 mins or so crying for his dummy (in the last few nights though, he has managed to stay asleep for about 3-4 hours). I am reluctant to cut the teat as some people suggest in case he has difficulty weaning from breastfeeding (which I am planning at around 7 months). I have tried gently restricting use, removing his dummy when he falls asleep, and only giving him his dummy when he is very distressed- this hasn't really worked. I tried complete withdrawal but he screamed very loudly, solidly for 2 hours, becoming rigid and shuddering, choking on his own saliva etc. despite being held/rocked/soothed in my arms. It was even worse when I tried it again in his next 'cycle' (I am on the 'baby whisperer' 3 hour routine). I have had to abandon this because he was so upset and unsettled such that during his 'awake time' he was so tired and cranky that I was hardly able to change his nappy; and he slept badly that night (I am reluctant to jeopardise my new-found uninterrupted 3-4 hours at night!). One thing I haven't tried is a 'cherry dummy'- apparently easier to keep in the mouth albeit supposedly worse orthodontically- I found this on a previous mumsnet thread and will buy one today! I also have 5 books on sleep coming from amazon to get any tips I haven't yet tried!! 'What to expect' and the baby whisperer have been helpful but nothing seems to be working so far...... If anyone has any tips (or indeed has had the same experience), it would be great to hear from you.. Thank you!

I started by only letting ds1 have it at bedtime only, before then taking it away completely a few months later.
Actually we went on holiday and I forgot to take any with us! He asked for it the first couple of nights but was so tired he went to sleep without it. When we got home I threw them all away
I have a feeling ds2 isn't going to be quite as easy