Gurgle expert Liz Costagliola says 'Hi, we usually advice getting rid of the dummy at around the age of 1. Beyond this it can affect speech and teeth. You can start by reducing the amount of time she has it. For example only let her have it when she is distressed or tired and then remove it when she is settled and then just gradually reduce the time she has it. Use other techniques to settle her such as singing or cuddling. Keep the dummy in a place where she can’t see it so that she is not being constantly reminded about it.
Hope this helps
Liz'
Well my daughter hasn't had her dummy for the last 2 days & to be honest, she hasn't really bothered about it!!
So fingers crossed things are going well so far x
well done! fingers crossed! x x
Hi,
My first never had a dummy (dumpy as they are known in our house) soon as he realised no food came out of it he spat it out and never touched again..my second had it from about 3 months till just before her second birthday..it didnt affect her speech etc or her teeth. We decided the best way to do it was to get her to collect them up and explaine to her she was a big girlie now and only babies have dumpies..she put them all in a bag and we put them in the bin!! She missed them occasionally but no real problems. With our 4th baby Aimee who is now 25 weeks,she had one from almost birth..she is a very sucky baby..i fed her myself and she would latch on just for comfort, made me very sore and was time consuming. She has it mainly when she is tired and spits out before she drops off..hopefully we can loose them before she becomes too dependant on them.
I have my fingers crossed lol xx
Well my daughter hasn't had her dummy for the last 2 days & to be honest, she hasn't really bothered about it!!
So fingers crossed things are going well so far x
ps just to say even tho he was 2 when he gave it up it did affect his speech in some ways - I know each child diff but it really can delay certain sounds - having said that he had really bad reflux as a tiny baby and used it to comfort himself thro the pain so its all swings and roundabouts
I had a similar idea for my son - I waited till he was old enough to understand about father christmas and on christmas morning a letter appeared for him instructing him he had to give up his dummy now as he was a big boy and the elves would collect it. It worked - did miss it for a week or so but didn't last long at all
She usually just has the dummy when she is tired but once she is asleep she spits it out but i think i will try & wean her off it during the day over the weekend & see how that goes!!
I didn't give her a dummy until she started teething at 5 months as the dummy was the only thing that she seemed to get comfort from xx
I am trying to decide whether to give dummy or not, was talking to my mum. She took mine off me when I was old enough to know who Father Christmas was she told me on Christmas Eve that I needed to put my dummy on the tree cos I was a big girl, and father christmas would swap it for lots of presents! I fell for it, she said it was great cos, I was kept too busy wih presents and being fussed over by family members to really notice it was gone! When I did ntice it had been a couple of days, she had held back a nice new teddy from father christmas to open to distract me and to be a replacement comforter. Perhaps as it's getting close to christmas you could try this? x
ooh i like that might try it on lily! dummys are great imo and a total godsend helping with colic. dont seem to have affected her speech so far but it worries me that she might use it to hide behind. x x
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