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New Year resolution - DD will be giving up her dummy - tips please

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Beabea · 21/12/2006 11:37

Whilst DH is off between Christmas and New Year we thought it was a good time to get rid of DD who is 26month dummy. I have stopped giving it to her during the day time nap. But then now she is resisting going to sleep then.

What tips can you offer for us to get through this time without it ruining our Christmas break. Or should we wait a bit longer?

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Beabea · 21/12/2006 12:07

no one ?

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laneydaye · 21/12/2006 12:09

bump for my dd too she is 2.2......keep telling her but she is so reliant on her dummy, it seems like it just wont happen

sweetheart · 21/12/2006 12:11

We put my dd's dummies on the xmas tree and told her santa would take them in exchange for her presents. Then he can deliever them to all the new babies.

sweetheart · 21/12/2006 12:12

Although she did cry when she went to bed and said she didn't want any presents. We caved in and let her keep one for bed time only. In the end she became old enough that we could explain how dirty the dummy was and she ended up cutting it into pieces herself! She was about 5 by then though

happystory · 21/12/2006 12:13

I would leave it till after Christmas. You want some peace and quiet! Our first step was not leaving any around, if it's just there she'll pop it in her mouth without thinking. Then we'd 'forget' it if we were going out etc and gradually she became less dependent on it. When we got down to one sorry old dummy, we threw it away, pleaded ignorance and she soon stopped asking.

It wasn't too painful

foxtrottothefestivegrotto · 21/12/2006 12:21

DD was a bit older, about 2.9, when she gave up her dummy - she left it out for the dummy fairy to deliver to a new baby who really needed it. Being that little bit older she was able to understand about giving it up, she'd decided she wasn't a baby anymore.
I wouldn't bother trying over Christmas unless you think she understands about leaving it out for Santa, because it is an unsettling time with late nights, trips out etc and you will probably be grateful to have the dummy handy. Good luck - you are probably more worried than she will be IME.

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Beabea · 21/12/2006 12:32

Thanks for all your suggestions. It looks like she gets to keep it a bit longer. She only has it at night anyway and when she gets upset she sometimes asks for it. She is very stuborn though.

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laneydaye · 21/12/2006 12:35

my dd seems to go around saying "dummy dummy dummy"

junkinmytrunk · 21/12/2006 12:39

I just told dd1 that we couldn't find it and we'd look for it tomorrow and she just went to sleep and by the morning didn't want to look for it because dora wa on.
I think the main thing is not to make a big deal over it, I know easier said than done!

but dd1 is a very calm, essy going little girl, so think i was just lucky!

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Beabea · 21/12/2006 12:45

Junkinmytrunk - We have tried the "we can't find it" before. She cried for more than an hour then we caved in. You were lucky.

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2nervesnapartridgeinapeartree · 21/12/2006 13:01

My DD was 2.5 when she gave it up. We bought a special gift box and on Easter Saturday she put all her dummies in this box in the middle of the garden. The Easter bunny replaced the dummies with chocs and little gifts. For the following 3 evenings she asked for her dodi and I kept saying the Easter bunny had them and I didn't know where he lived and then we never heard about it again. I think it is a good idea to find the right time to do this, preferably when they are old enough to understand but before they can ask you to go to 24 hour tesco to buy new dummies!

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Beabea · 21/12/2006 13:06

2nerves - I like your idea of a box in return for pressies. Might give that one a go later in Jan.

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Kidstrak · 21/12/2006 13:12

agree with other posters, i would trade the dummy to santa who then leaves presents, let her sit it out for santa to collect along with the milk and biscuit and carrot for rudolf, my sister did this with her 2 boys and it worked

Kidstrak · 21/12/2006 13:14

oh another thing if you decide to trade it, stay away from shops which sell dummies as my nephew was in Boots after xmas one year and screamed at the top of his voice for a new dum dum

MerryMellowmas · 21/12/2006 13:15

I might give it a go with ds2 after the year.

He calls it his Titty my mother taught him it.

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Beabea · 21/12/2006 13:31

Interesting name for a dummy!

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MerryMellowmas · 21/12/2006 13:39

very

I am teaching him dummy by refusing to anwer when he calls it Titty. My mother thinks its hilarous. Its not, he is also big for his age so looks about 4

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