How to withdraw dummy?

[NewMumSept2014]

Ok so DS is 2 yrs 4 months and still loves his dummy. He doesn’t get it during the day at all but often asks for it in the late afternoon/ evening time if he’s grumpy or sad. We’ve cut that back to only after bath/ just before bed.
However when he was small I sewed dummies onto ribbons attached to his sleeping bags after reading advice on here so he has a dummy either in his mouth or readily available most of the night.
I have no idea how to go about this without it being absolute hell.
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Main reason I think it has to go is that I think his front 2 teeth are being pulled forward a bit, and I don’t want it to get any worse.

Ps I’ve floated the idea of the dummy fairy taking his dodo and giving them to the tiny babies who need help to stop crying a few times and he’s not going for that one at all.

Switch to 0-6 month dummies. They’re harder to suck and he’ll becomes disinterested.

Hmmm. Good idea. I hadn’t thought of that one! Did it work for you?

Yes

Going back a long way here but my ds was a bit older when we dispensed with the dummy, around three I think, we stopped it for a wooden engine. Better a dummy than a thumb imho - ds2 was a thumb sucker much harder habit to break!