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Just before she turned 18 months and we went cold turkey, just took it away completely. She only had it for naps so maybe makes it easier.

Was a bit upset for 1-2 days but then totally forgot about it and hasn’t asked for it since! I feel it’s better to do it sooner rather than later as they’re less attached to it and not as opinionated😂

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Same as above. We did cold turkey around 2 years. I planned it that way because it was January, so just after holidays, not really any visitors or interruptions and no other big life changes happening like potty training. It took about 2 days, she was really upset the first day, a little upset the second day, and by day 3 she was doing fine. Forgot about it and never asked again. I think it's easier when they are developmentally ready to go without them and I avoided using it outside of naps and sleep at all. That just makes the removal more difficult.

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Nearly 3. She was 2 years and 9ish months I think. We used the dummy fairy. Spoke about it for weeks at first. Said she was coming, then picked a day, put the dummies in an envelope and the next day the dummy fairy had left a few super cool presents. 2 days of taking a little longer to get to sleep and it was like she never had them x

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6 months. We went cold turkey as it was really impacting his sleep xxx

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We got rid at 6 months. Just went cold turkey and she was fine.

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