Did ditching the dummy help your child sleep?

[jimjamjoo]

We never intended our almost 2 year old to have a dummy for this long. He's had it since he was 6 months. Did anyone have any success in helping their toddlers sleep? I feel like it keeps him up as he likes to play with it. He was up at 3.45 this morning and I didn't know if removing the dummy would help... any success stories?

At 2 years old the dummy will make absolutely no difference to your toddlers sleep.

The issue some families have is when a younger baby can't find or replace their own dummy in the night. A 2yo should have no problem doing that physically.

You could drop the dummy at 2yo. It's just I don't think it will magically solve any sleep issues at this age.

What's happening with your little ones sleep? Does he nap in the day?

We were worse kept the dummy until 5 and she was addicted to it! I took her to the dentist (just before lockdown) and he sadly did our parenting for us! He told her she would end up with real problems with her teeth - he said to me there is already damage and the dummy has to go. So that evening we collected them up for the dummy fairy and said the fairy will leave a note and then she can decide what gift she would like.

She does like sucking things like a teddy's ear - so the teddies gets a regular wash!

But it really didn't affect her sleep at all. Wish we had done it sooner.