2006-09-20 07:48:38 · 31 answers · asked by STUART F 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My friend bribed her daughter.... dummy for the presents. Told her thats what father christmas had requested in exchange for her stocking!
2006-09-20 07:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One Christmas we told my 3 year old that if she left her dummies in her stocking Santa would take them away to babies who didn't have a dummy. We put every dummy (lots) in the stocking on Christmas Eve and after she had gone to sleep, we took it out and replaced it with a silver chain with a tiny silver dummy on. We wrote a letter from Santa saying that he was really grateful for all the dummies and he had left her something extra special now that she was a big girl. It worked a treat-she never asked for it back again and still wears the chain. Will be a lovely story to tell when she's older! Good luck!
2006-09-20 15:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by nooka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard the best story from a friend who got her 3 year old off her dummy.
Wait a few months, until Christmas to be precise. Tell her that Father Christmas still thinks she's a baby cos she has a dummy and that she won't get any big girl toys unless she leaves all her dummy's out for him to swap for presents!
My friend said it worked a treat! I can't wait until next year when my daughter is old enuf to understand so i can get her off her dummy too!
Of course the old favourite is to find a friend with a new baby and say that the new baby has no dummy's and get your child to give them as a gift. The baby doesn't have to use them just collaborate with your friend to try and get it to work!
Oh and my other friend, her boyfriend when they wanted him off a dummy his grandmother told him that there were maggots in it. Yuk!!!!
2006-09-20 14:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this is going to sound harsh and impossible to deal with the aftermath. Just take the dummy away, tell your child she is a big girl now and she doesn't need it anymore, then throw it in the bin. Do not be give in, a week or two of tantrums is worth saving your daughter from possible speech impediments and malformation of her teeth. Allowing a child to suck a dummy for too long causes weakness of their tongue and lips and can make speech difficult. It's being cruel to be kind, be strong and you'll both get through it.
2006-09-20 16:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by Phion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could wait until she's ready to give it up - I doubt whether she will still want it when she starts primary school. If you take her dummy away, she may start sucking her thumb. My seventeen year old still sucks his thumb sometimes.
This is just my opinion but what is so bad about a dummy or pacifier. I've never understood why small children have to do things at certain ages because other people say so. It's not as if she's taken up smoking!
2006-09-21 10:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just take it off her. I took my sons dummy away when he was 1 and a half and it was easy for me as he didn't cause too much fuss. It may be harder for you as she is a little older but I think just taking it away will be easier for her and she will get used to not having it quicker.
My sister in laws daughter was 4 when she took hers away. It was Christmas time and she told her she must throw it away or Santa would not leave her any toys. I'm not saying you should do this but it worked for her.
2006-09-21 10:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by koolkatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi im a nursery nurse and have been working with kids now for some time. i understand that sometimes it can be hard not giving children things when they will cry if taken away, it must be really difficult for you but if ur determined and confident about it YOU WILL suceed! my sister gave her childrens' dummys' to Father christmas and that worked for them. its a good suggestion but n e thing u try you must continue what ever you choose to do else nothing will ever go your way because your child will learn that they can play up ever time you say 'No' and get what they want so if you can wait for Christmas then try that but you must stick to what you say eventually you will get their even if your child throws the bigest tantrum they will not stop loving you and will proberbly fall asleep without needing it in the end becaues they have worn themselves out!
otherwise when a child's parents ask you to try and get their dummy off them at my setting we agree a time with the parents when they have their dummy and when the child feels that it s that time and starts to cry we keep tring to put them off the idea by using distractions for as long as possible sometimes this doesnt work and we give it to them because they are not calming themselfs down but other times you can see the child gradually calming down sometimes they fall asleep and others they give in and we leave it longer and longer each time until they start to forget why they cry at that time. but at the end of the day listen to and take in every ones differant advise and try the ones u feel comfortable with but just stick to it and u will get their feel free to get in touch with me and let me know how you get on. Nat
2006-09-20 15:31:56 · answer #7 · answered by nat l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait till its christmas and say that Santa wants to look after her dummys and hopefully she will give in. Thats what im thinking of doing when the time is right.
2006-09-21 10:05:35 · answer #8 · answered by Supertwirly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people gather all the dummies from around the house, accompanied with their toddler, and take them to the bin and "say goodbye" by throwing them in the bin..forever! if you throw one in, encourage your toddler to throw the rest in one by one saying goodbye?
then when requesting for them, say you dont have a dummy, their for babys, youre big, distract them by playing a game or giving them a little snack?
or just saying you dont have it anymore and maybe ignoring the question and concentrating on something possitive?
i have no idea if youve tried these answers? but i know ill definately do the first one tommorow when my 2year old wakes up! whether i stick with it and not give is the question!!
good luck!!
2006-09-20 15:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by Cass xoxox 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slowly reduce the amount of time you give the dummy to her
2006-09-20 14:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋