Any help getting rid of dummy?

Hi everyone,

Wondering if people have or are thinking of getting rid of the dummies their littles use? Ours is very attached to it when sleeping, and is inconsolable without it when teething. Tried teethers, toys, a lot of stuff to replace but he won't budge. Problem is he is biting into them and theyre breaking so obviously dangerous. I'm not sure what to do, he is so distressed without it when sleeping, and won't take anything else- hates a blanket, cuddly toy, hard toy, chewy toy. Any tips, please?

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I won’t be taking my little ones away for sleep for a while but during the day I just hide it away because for her it’s out of sight out of mind so she doesn’t need it during the day unless she’s had a bump or something

yeah during the day he's mostly off unless teething or as you say a bump. But am afraid cause he's chewing through them, he pierced through 5 of them already :(

We haven’t taken it away completely but she doesn’t have it anymore at night time for sleep, and we just waited for a day where she was v tired and went cold turkey that night x

There is a super nanny episode I randomly watched today where she helps two twins loose the dummy - with a dummy fairy. They were 4 though so might be quite different.

yeah, appreciate all the tips I saw online were for older kids. My son doesn't even get when I tell him to wait 30s for the food to get from counter to his chair so I kinda doubt he will manage anything as abstract lol

We still have it, its a god send for night sleep and nap to be honest, they are kept up in her room so they are only for sleep. I imagined around this age I would be looking rid of them but when she wakes up it can get her back to sleep almost instantly so Im too scared 🙈

Our daughter had one from 5 weeks old and we took it away when she turned 2. She was gifted a teddy with music white noise and mood lighting which helped as some sort of substitute. It was an absolute nightmare for about 2 months as she was heavily reliant on it & there has been lots of crying and tantrums but now she has forgotten about it. I think just be prepared to got through the fire and remember the end goal.

I went cold turkey and just prepared myself for a rough week, he had completely forgotten about it after 3 (hard) days/nights, best decision ever

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i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
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so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔