Taking dummy

I think you’ll be absolutely fine. I’m currently expecting my first baby, but been a nanny for over 7 years and I’ve always been the one to take dummies away. The last LO I looked after was 10 months old when I took the dummy away and bare in mind she had the dummy ALL day long, everyone thought it would be difficult but literally I made sure she was very well stimulated in the morning before her lunch time nap so by the time nap time came, I put her to sleep and she was looking for the dummy everywhere.. I explained dummy had to go on a holiday (obviously they don’t fully understand it at this age!) but she took it just fine. Turned around and fell asleep and never ever had a dummy since then. She is now 4 years old 🩷

@Ana thank you i just put him down for a nap without it and we had some tears but he eventually calmed down and fell asleep without it in less than 10 minutes so fingers crossed this is it now for dummies 🤞🏼 x

🤞🏼 this is honestly the best time to take it away before it becomes a must have accessory for them!

@Ana yeah my worst nightmare was always if he became dummy obsessed i feel like it makes it so much harder to take away luckily he’s always spat it out about 10 mins after falling asleep anyway so it shouldn’t affect his overnight sleep at all

I just took it away one day and now we only offer it for bed, never been an issue. I will take it off her next month when she turns 1 x

My only advice is do it earlier rather than later. I waited till after he was 1 and it was too late, he’s fully aware of his dummy even when out of sight and I’m struggling to get rid 😅x

My advice is to wait until 1, they’ve learnt to breath through the night with it and as it’s time to change them to their own rooms only confusing that will make it worse, taking it away at one or now will not make a difference but it’s recommended by health visitors to do after 1 if they’ve already got it x

@Beth he’s actually been in his own room for a few weeks already i know its against guidelines but it was affecting everyones sleep and he always spits the dummy out after about 10 minutes of falling asleep anyway he literally only had it to fall asleep but he’s going through a phase of playing with it and accidentally ripping it out and chucking it out of reach when he’s trying to fall asleep, he’s not had it for 2 naps and bedtime now and has done really good so far without x

@Millie ah personally I’d just be the one that goes and puts the dummy back in, or in turn waits until it falls out naturally when they’re asleep, my little girl just turned 6 months and also plays with it, just them learning to use the dexterity in their hands

@Beth yeah for a while I was going back in and giving it back to him but I don’t see the point in having to deal with the stress off running in and out his room every 30 seconds for 10 minutes+ every nap and bedtime and him getting upset and making it harder to fall asleep when i can just take it off him and by Monday he will have forgotten he ever had one in the first place, he’s gets plenty of opportunities to use his hands and practice holding things when he isn’t supposed to be going to sleep

Go girl 🥳 @Millie! Well done xx

@Beth I think you might have the wrong understanding hun. They advise to wean off dummy by age of 1, as in to encourage people to stop using dummy by then at the latest, not necessarily do it only at the age of 1. The earlier you do it, the better. It’s only for their own benefit. Anyway each to their own, there’s no rules you create your own as you go along lmao