Weaning off Dummy! - Help

[GillScot]

Hi, Anybody have any suggestions for weaning a 24 month old off dummies?

Wait til they're 3

You can reason with them more

(But mine only had them for bedtime at that age)

3? Its driving me potty though. Keep being woken up during the night even though there are about 5 in the bed. Desperate to get rid! The santa trick didnt work!

Cut a hole in it - we did this with DD at 18months. The first night I just said 'oh, is it broken?' but then left it clipped onto her grobag. I left it there for 3 nights and then just took it away.

No tears at all

I thought of that but my little boy has mega tantrums and has had them over dummied he has chewed through in the past, throwing them out the cot and crying until i bring him a decent one!

Oh dear

My 2.4 yr old has got the hang of independent dummy-retrieval

Can see why it's doing your head in

Cold Turkey?

At 3 we did that (though dd1 was up for it). V hard for the first night, tricky the 2nd, fine 3rd onwards

He does have nights where he manages to find his dummy and sleeps well but if they fall behind the cot, Ive had It.

he tends to have dummy for naps at nursery and at home in the day and wont go down without it, also likes it in the car.

I would love to go cold turkey but would be living hell!

Can you get one of those clip things to go on his PJs?

I know what you mean, DD2 is not ready to give up her dummy yet

And I don't really want to take it away... it's her comfort object. It would be like me taking away her Special Teddy, which I would NEVER dream of doing!

At 24 months I would recommend cold turkey. Explain to him that they are being removed, that he's old enough and doesn't need them any more. Then knuckle down and steel yourselves for a rough ride.

I was dreading this one with ds2, and it was actually far easier than I anticipated.

OMG Cold turkey. It was horrendous when i gathered them up for santa. (santa even left him a new teddy inplace of them). In the end he just got himself into such a state, i couldnt bare to see him upset like that and gave in after 4 hours! how weak!

I think if he is that attached to it don't bother getting rid yet

2 is v young... he won't be able to understand why you're doing it

also, this is my first mumsnet convo. what is ds and dd1 etc ??

ds - dear son

dd - dear daughter

dd1 - dear daughter no. 1

etc etc

thanks for clarifying

By the way GillScot a thread about dummy weaning was the first time I posted on mumsnet ... that was 8.5 years ago! My babies are now 9 and 11 yrs old.

So welcome to mumsnet, and be warned you may be here for some time.

Good luck with the dummies whatever you decide to do.

OMG! I had no idea it was even going that long!

Ooh, yes...

It all starts with dummies...

Get out while you can

ha ha - I may just take you up on your advice! ;)

we just went cold turkey with ds, there were a couple of nights with tears, i got in bed with him when he woke and cuddled him back to sleep . but since then, it's gone, we are dummy free. cold turkey was a lot easier than i thought it was going to be, i was dreading the idea but it was quite painless in the end.