Dummy removal at 3 years!

Following … my twins are 3 and only have it for bedtime but we have been trying to make plans to remove . They aren’t having it  we are planning on Easter maybe and get them a trampoline for garden

I took my son to build a bear and he put his favourite one in the bear and is now named 'dodo bear' so he can cuddle that... might not work for every child but maybe worth a try 😊

We snipped the end so that it didn’t feel as nice for him. He willingly handed it over and said it was broken. Once it didn’t give him the comfort he wanted, he didn’t want it anymore. He kept his soft toy which he uses for comfort. Im not sure the fairy idea would have worked for our son, I don’t think he would have wanted to hand it over for a reward 😂 so this was the best way for us

Our little boy actually broke whilst using it and we explained it needs to go in the bin now as he understood it had broke. It was hard the first few days in particular the nights but after a week he stopped asking for it. Maybe cut the top off and says it’s broken?

I was dreading this day so much. My LG was always using a dummy for bed and self soothing. Then one day she was so poorly coughing everywhere so I had to take it off her as she couldn't breathe properly with it in, which then kept waking her up when she spat it out. She never asked for it back again. I couldn't believe it. Cold turkey is the way for sure. 🥰

I didn’t do anything fancy. Just took it off her, explained that she was a big girl and didn’t need it any more and went cold turkey. She stopped asking for it after a week.

Yeah I just took it away with my first and rolled with the hard times, I cut every single one and explained that she's a big girl now and we need to send our dummies back to the babies. It was harddddddd that first 10days I almost caved, the meltdowns and the night waking had me on edge, then it got fewer and fewer.i didn't replace them with anything fancy just a good snuggle and affirming that I know she's sad but you are doing so well! Then she fell in love with her ears being stroked. My next two children I avoided the dummy after that experience!

My daughter went cold turkey at this age. Was fine after a few days during the day. Nighttime took a bit longer but I would just rock her until she got used to not having it. I find cold turkey kinder

We are currently doing this right now! He lost it the other day and I refused to buy a new one so he has just had to go cold turkey! First day was really hard but it’s been 4 days and he’s doing amazing still asks occasionally but no where near as much as he did when he had it and he was obsessed as he didn’t take to any other comforter!x

We gave it to the Easter bunny if you can hang on… got a golden egg in return… they need to want to and be ready… my daughter was 4 before fully gave hers up

We got rid of ours just before Christmas. She used to bite through them sometimes so we were down to our last one and we just kept telling her that once that one’s gone there’s no more. When the time came she told us there was a big hole in it and binned it herself. She never asked for it once it was gone but sometimes mentioned that there were no more dummies. We found it took her longer to get off to sleep initially but over time she’s got much better with that. I’m so proud of her because she was so attached to it! Sometimes they surprise you so just go for it 😊

My daughter still has hers and I genuinely think she would be heartbroken if I took it away! I figure she'll give it up eventually so I'm just going with it for now 😂