Wish me luck - plan to wean DD off dummy this week! Any success stories?

[catstar]

I've been reading various threads about weaning off the dummy, but most of them seem to be for younger babies. DD is just approaching 11 months and the dummy is starting to become a problem - for me!

She only has the dummy for napping and nighttime and it works like flicking a switch - as soon as I put it in, her eyes sort of roll back in ecstasy, head flops to the side and hey presto, she's asleep . However, she's started waking at night 6 or 7 times crying hard for because the dummy has come out. She's more than capable of putting it back in if she can find it, but I think she likes me coming in to see her. She's been at nursery for over 2 months now, and I think she's settled there, so feel the time has come to get rid of the blasted thing .

Any tips - or just some words of encouragement? Or am I being hasty - she loves it to bits, but will she wean herself off in the near future (think I know the answer to that!). Sorry if all these things have been asked before - I need to be strong and both DH and I 100% committed to follow it through!

My ds is 10 months and he had the same problem. I took away his dummy one day and decided not to give back. I thought he would not sleep but it wasnt tht bad. He cried for 3 nights and no whe has forgotten everything. I am glad I took thid decision.

Just throw it away - that's what I did with both my DS's and plan the same again, although I waited until nearer 18 months.

Cold turkey is the easiest way, if you want it done quickly. Children soon forget, like Smerchant says

good luck

Hi Catstar

You are much braver than me, I let my dd get to about 2 yrs old and she had 4 dummies (just for night time tho) until I bit the bullet and chucked them all in the bin. She loved them with a passion and I was all geared up for tantrums and nights of screaming. But she was fine, she just asked for her dummy, I said they had gone and she just rolled over and went to sleep.

Amazing!

I should have done it much sooner as it was so painless.

Best of luck to you x

I had exactly the same problem at the same age!
The morning after DD had woken seven times in the night because she had lost her dummy I cut off the tops(so that there was no going back)and threw them all in the bin.

She cried for 20mins at her afternoon nap and about 10 mins when she went to bed that night.

The next day she has forgotten all about it.

Go for it,good luck

I was told a cute story from a friend
She took her dd to the farm the day she wanted to stop. They walked around for a while as you do. They saw some mummy daddy and baby rabbits running about. The mummy rabbit come to the fence and my friend said to her dd 'ah thats nice shes come to see you.' then pretended she heard the rabbit ask a question. 'Is that ok dd? Mummy rabbit just asked you if she could have your dumdums for her babies'
She said she put them on the floor by the fence and said the rabbit will take them as we walk away. (dh picked them up when back was turned hehe)
That night dd asked for her dumdum and mum said 'dont you remember ................' It worked perfect well for her it did anyway
I always remembered that thinking ah i'll use that myself, but dd was not interested in dummies. Hope this helps

My DS was a bit older - maybe 2 - and used dummies only at nighttime. I told him there was a special deal on at the toy shop. If you took in all your dummies you could buy any toy in the shop with them. We went to the shop with a bag of about 10 dummies, he picked out a toy (fortunately not too expensive - I was holding my breath on this one), we went to the cash desk and he handed over the bag of dummies. I gave the cashier a note explaining what was happening and she played her part to the full including asking him to confirm he understood that he couldh't have them back after he bought the toy.
He did grumble a bit at bedtimes for a couple of nights but it seemed to work to remind him that he had bought the shiny new digger with it.