Best way to get rid of a dummy?

We said Santa was coming a bit early to take dummies to give them to other baby’s for their Christmas, and if she put it under her pillow he’d put a lolly under there, so every night for 4 nights we put dummies under there and in the morning she’d get excited to check for her lolly, after 3 nights there was no issues, fury’s night was a lot of reminding though x

Snip the ends and she won’t like them broken. Get her to throw them away one by one over a few days

I'm a nursery manager and we used a dummy tree so we hung all the dummies on the tree and the next day the dummies are gone and in its place was a note and a small gift form the tree elf x

This is the issue she's old enough to understand but I just can't see her willingly give them up, even for presents 🤣 I could possibly snip one and then see if the dummy fairy could get it? Or is that too complicated 🫠

I did cold turkey my little one only asked for it once , which I understand all kids are different maybe wait till Xmas and say Santa took it or I have heard people tie them to balloons and let them go

I’ve seen people dip them in apple cider vinegar!😂🤢 would definitely work on me 😂😂😂

We took them cold turkey when we switched to a toddler bed and simply said he couldn’t have them in the big bed. The only time he asked for one was when he saw them sitting on a shelf. Everything else seemed too complicated lol.

I snipped the top of the dummy off and it worked a charm. He just didn’t want to suck it. He only whinged the first couple of nights without it, didn’t bother him much in the day either. Think I saw it on TikTok!

I did it cold turkey. Only asked for a few times and switch the dummy for just a bottle of cows milk. Did the trick 😂

I just put them in the bin and told my son they were for the bin now thought he would be a nightmare as he was becoming obsessed with them but he did brilliant i think sometimes if you draw too much attention to things it makes it harder

Can I ask for the people that have taken them away how you got your babies to sleep through? It's her comfort and the only thing that's worked with her sleeps. She sleeps so well I'm so worried 🙈

We went cold turkey and handed them to “baby room” at nursery for the babies. We replaced them with a book at bedtime as a distraction and worked fine - forgot after about 2 nights x

Dummy fairy worked a treat for us !

@Kirsty we were always with him when he fell asleep, as a baby we’d rock him and put him in the crib, so when we did the toddler bed/no pacifier we also cut the rocking. We just sit with him, sometimes rub his back. If I think he’s looking for that extra comfort I hand him his stuffed animal (which he isn’t super attached to but some nights will hug it.) But overnight we really saw no difference after we took the pacifier away.

My little girl was the same. She only used to have it for nap times or bedtime.. one day I just didn't give it to her. The only thing was.. the dummy used to soothe her. So for example, if she woke up crying.. we could or she would put the dummy, and it would calm her. Without the dummy, this part was a bit challenging.

Cold turkey for day time. And then a couple weeks later cut off the end for sleep and that was that. It was rough for maybe 2-3 days? Then it was like it never existed .

@Katharine thank you appreciate you're reply 😊 x

We snipped it a little at a time and it still hasn’t worked 🙈 She does not care that it is like half of what it was, she still wants it for sleeping and if she’s having a hard time. But I will say, it falls out of her mouth as soon as she falls asleep bc she can’t keep suction, so I think her teeth will be better bc she only has it a few minutes.

My little girl was about 2 and a half when she got rid of her dummy and my plan was to give it to Santa before her 3rd birthday which was January there but she woke up one day in September and said I don’t want this anymore and put it in the bin, she never asked for it again. Wait until she’s ready and you’ll have a much easier time. Children’s teeth move until they are 5 so you still have plenty of time before you have to be worried about her teeth x

This is something ive been struggling to pull the trigger on as well. My son gets his babies “cuddly” and pac every night. I want to take away the pac but also want him to feel good 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️and new baby is coming in 1.5 months so worry if they have their paci he may be like why cant I have mine.

My kids never took to them, so this isn't something I dealt with personally, but a friend of mine did and I loved the method she used! She took her child to build-a-bear, let her pick out a special bear, then at the part where they stuff it and add the heart, she had her child add her pacifier in with it! That way the child knew she always had her paci nearby for comfort, but she could no longer access it since it was tied into the bear.

When I was little, my parents made me give mine to Santa