What age did you remove the dummy

I’ve just had my son’s 1 year review and been told to take the dummy away as it’s a habit and not a comfort. I’m willing to give it ago as my little one doesn’t fall asleep with it in very often but is 1 year old still too young to take it away?

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i took my daughter’s away cold turkey at 17m. she did amazing. one big tantrum then she didn’t cry about it again
with my son, he’s almost 14m. i plan on taking his around the same time. between 17 and 18m. and the same way too. taking it cold turkey

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If they don't fall asleep with it I'd just give it a go before they can ask for it 😂 we have it only for sleeps and when poorly so we are unsure when to do it

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Thank you, I’ll give it a go he always had it clipped to him but normally puts it in his mouth when he’s playing or watching tv seems to be when he’s concentrating on something so I think I’ll deffo try taking it away completely and see how we get on

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Lots of distraction may help! Or other teething type toys he can put in his mouth that aren't a dummy? I think we will try for naps first and see how that goes.

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We went cold turkey at around 10 months and it only took around 3 days. You feel terrible at first but I’m so glad we did it! Xx

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6 weeks... but only because he was rejecting it. He hated the dummy from birth. Looking back I'm glad, but he does use his fingers as a substitute!

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We have it mainly for settling her and then she spits it out once she’s asleep so right now I’m not overly concerned tbh. If I notice she’s becoming more dependent on it then I may try stop

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