Tips on how to get rid of the dummy please 🙏

We literally just took it away, cold turkey and he was fine. Similar age. He had only been having it for sleep since 1 though. Do you have any friends or relatives with young babies? Could you "give" them to the baby? Or as Easter is approaching, give to the Easter bunny?

I saw some people cut the tip or put vinegar on it if taking it away doesn’t work . But @Lisa is right though. Giving it to the Easter bunny and when he wakes up the next morning the easter bunny “came “ and gave him a basket of goodies for being such a good big boy

We just took it away cold turkey and told her she’s a big girl now and doesn’t need it anymore. She chose cuddly toys to take to bed as a comfort replacement (ones she already had we didn’t buy any new ones). Couple of nights she woke up asking for it but after that it was fine

Our dentist told us up until the age of 6 should be fine as long as they are the right size dummy. My little girl still has one for comfort and sleep.x

Cold turkey worked with both mine. Literally on their 2nd birthday. Work up to it.. we got tue dummy fairy books / set a date. Defs drop the day need. They both still slept completely fine without thank god

@Katrina my son replaced his dummy with a baby doll, has to take her to bed every night, but I'd much prefer that to the dummy

@Lisa oh that is so sweet 🥹

Mine would haves loved vinegar on it 😂 We did cold turkey after a big day where they were sleepy without it. They were younger though. x

Thank you, it seems cold Turkey is the way to go! 🙂 He rarely has it in the day, just at night. How did you all get them back to sleep when they woke in the night? I like the idea of leaving it for the Easter bunny, thank you. How quickly did your little ones forget about it?

My mum used santa with me, offered my dummies up to santa in exchange for gifts and donation with my brother, told him because he's a big boy now we need to donate them to other little babies that need them. Worked with us both, never a tantrum from any of us. I apparently asked for one of mine. But my mum just reminded me that I'd given them to santa and apparently I never asked again. Might be a good idea to do something similar? Or as others have done, offering a comfort toy in place of it. Another one I've seen is mums pricking holes in the dummy so it doesn't have the same buoyancy, most kids tend to not want them afterwards.

We let my little girl pick a teddy who looked after her dummy during the day. For the first week if she wanted it she had to sit on her bed with it and put it back when she wanted to get up. Once she had stopped asking for it during the day (took about 3 days) we gradually took it away at night as well. My little girl was so emotionally attached to it after her sister was born so the gentle approach definitely worked better for us!

Another vote for cold turkey x It really wasn’t as bad as we expected. First few nights were a bit rough. Worth pointing out though he dropped his nap pretty soon after no dummy (coincidence maybe). It was his main source or comfort as never took to teddys, so in the run up started to introduce the idea of cuddles with a teddy more at bedtime. We also took him to buy him a gift for being so good without it after his first night. Bribery, yes. Did it work? Yes ! Also he didn’t have his in the day at all anymore unless he’d really hurt himself so maybe cut that bit out first? X

Thank you all so much, all such helpful comments! I think the Easter bunny is definitely the way to go, thank you, he’s very excited about him coming as he remembers Christmas so hopefully that will distract him. Like you said @Katie my son is also very attached and it’s his main comfort, never shown much interest in cuddly toys as much as I’ve tried! But I think that’s because he didn’t see the need as he has his dummy. I like the idea of putting it in the bed and saying he needs to be in the bed to have it, that’s a great idea. He only tends to have it in the day for nap (which is not every day), or if he’s really upset about something. But he’ll start pre-school at 3 and I imagine they won’t allow them so need it gone! Love the idea of a teddy, and also we’ve just bought him a fireman Sam toy which he’ll get as a reward. It’s so tricky as I don’t want to make a big deal out of it but also want to praise him as it’s a huge deal for him. Good to hear it was much easier than expected!

@Isabelle my Boy still isn’t massively attached to one teddy, as you see other kids might be (maybe that will come). But he does like a cuddle with them of a night and reads them stories now. Good luck, you’ve got this :) x

We read my daughter a cute book called “no more dummies”. In it, the child gives the dummies to the dummy fairy and got a gift in the exchange. We talked about how babies are for dummies but big girls and boys don’t need one, so she will give hers to the dummy fairy too in a few weeks. Then we did that one night following the story. I was dreading it but it was totally fine! I think because it wasn’t a surprise and she knew what to expect

Thank you 🙂