Tips for ditching dummy

He’s 2.5 years old and has always had a dummy. At 1 years old we switched to nap and bedtime only, also in the car/pram if needed.

But he’s now 2.5 years old and I want to get him off it for good, especially because he hides them so he just pulls them out of nowhere

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For my oldest I got her to gather them all up and put them in a bag before she went to bed. I think we tied a balloon to it too so it would “float away” Told her that the dummy fairy was going to collect them cos she was as too old and when she woke up it was replaced with presents but we done it the night before her birthday.
Tried to do it this year with my son to get him off his bottle and to send it to Santa but him and his dad were so unwell Christmas Eve so I might try something similar on new year

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