Gosh dont worry! If he only needs if to sleep then leave him be. My 4 year old still has his dummy at night, he would not sleep without it, and its his comfort tool. His teeth are all fine and healthy, doesnt lisp (it tends to fall out of his mouth as soon as he's asleep), so why make him miserable?
If he still has it when he's 12..then id say you have serious issues lol
I'm with you on this one. at 14months you can't explain to them in a way they will understand the reason behind taking dummy from them so why confuse baby and make him/her miserable? My daughter is 14mths and has a dummy both at night and during the day and it's a life saver tbh. if she's still got it at 2 and a half I'll tell her all about the dummy fairy and gently but firmly relieve her of her dummies. I've found that since lily turned one I've been quizzed by "wellmeaning" people about when she will ditch her dummies but I don't see the hurry right now, don't think it affects her negatively. x x
Gosh dont worry! If he only needs if to sleep then leave him be. My 4 year old still has his dummy at night, he would not sleep without it, and its his comfort tool. His teeth are all fine and healthy, doesnt lisp (it tends to fall out of his mouth as soon as he's asleep), so why make him miserable?
If he still has it when he's 12..then id say you have serious issues lol
my eldest had a dummy, we were going to take it off her at this age too but when we discovered baby no 2 was coming we let her keep it a while longer- when we decided it was time enough it was luckily not far from christmas so i said i would put it next to her bed and leave a note for santa- then came down an hour later with a toy saying santa had recognised how she is a big girl now and turned her pink dummy into a pink phone! (she had wanted one for christmas so i already had it in the loft!)that way she couldn't ask for her dummy back because it wasn't a dummy anymore and technically she still had it! she complained at bedtime until she realised the phone was far more fun!
We waited for one of those windows of opertunity as well. For us it was a cold and a sore throat at the age of 14 months. A couple of times my little girl spat the dummy out and refused to take it back so I knew it's time to stop using it and that she can do without it. By that time she was only using it in the evening for going to sleep. On last friday she went down without even mentioning it, saturday she said "dudu" twice, sunday once, monday- like it never existed. No crying at all! We had it very easy I would say.
Best of luck whenever you decide to do anything about it!!! lol
My first son used a dummy to go to sleep until he was nearly 3, he used to spit it out as soon as he fell asleep. We told him that if he buried his dummies in the garden the easter bunny would find them and replace them wih easter eggs. He was really pleased when his dummies turned into little chocolate eggs overnight and never got upset about his dummies being taken away.
aww thats really sweet
with both my children, I waited until they were 2 and then the 'dummy fairy' paid a visit and swapped the dummy for a toy that they had said they really wanted around that time (can't remember what it was with my son but my daughter had a singing fimble!!!) There were a few tears for a couple of days but the fact they had a new toy seemed to take their minds off of it!!
Hi there. My son had a dummy up to 14 or 15 months old and I took the advice of a friend and waited till there was a window of opportunity to remove it. The window presented itself when he caught the Hand Foot and Mouth virus, which is a bit like chicken pox, localised to those areas only. His mouth was so sore, he didn't want his dummy, so I removed it. Just to make sure I didn't cave in once he was well enough to want / need it, I binned them all!
About a week later, he was better and knew something was missing from his bedtime routine. I replaced the dummy by spending a few minutes stroking his cheek with his comfort blanket to soothe and settle him. My son is now fast approaching 3yrs and Blankie Bear is still his favourite comforter, a bond which was firmly established at that time.
My advice would be to wait until your baby has a cold, have a comforter at the ready and do a swap! I now have a 9 week old girl, who is happily using a dummy and I plan to follow the same strategy with her. Good luck!
hey I like this advice! Definately gonna try it with lily who is 13mths right now. haven't weaned her off bottles yet (work in progress) so gonna do that first before I start on the dummies don't want to leave it too late like till she's 3 years old or something obscene lol. x x
I wouldn't worry about him using the dummy. If t gives him comfort and helps him to sleep then leave it until he's older. If the problem is that he loses teh dummy at night, you could try a Sleepytot Baby Comforter from www.sleepytot.com. You could get him used to using the comforter and dummies, and then take the dummies away when he's older and feels secure with the baby comforter.