How can I wean my child off the dummy?

Answer 1

take it off her/him throw it in the bin, put up with the tantrums for a few days dont give in!

Answer 2

I think 'wean' is the key word, toddlers are going through so many changes which can be un settling for them, so it seems a bit un-fair to just take their favourite comforter away from them, if they have had it from a very early age they will have learnt to depend on it and don't understand why they can't have it anymore and taking it away can be traumatic for both parent and child.
With both my children i took it off them during the day, you can distract them with other things, games, attention, story book etc and i also explained why they were not to have it during the day(don't think they understood it all but it's all about respecting them).
Then they just got the dummy in the cot at night and nap time, this gradually stopped and by the time they were in a bed a teddy was more appealing than a dummy.
You have to be strong though and consistent and not give in during the day, after all if you do you will be un-doing all your hard work and confusing them.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

hi this depends on how old your child is, i have 3 children, 1 boy and 2 girls, my son had a dummy and the girls didn't, because they didn't like it,

but when my son was little, before he was 2 yrs, i used to say that he was growing up now and that when he was 2 yrs that he would have to give the dummy up as big boys don't have dummy's, and so then on his 2nd b/day, he opened his pressies then i said that it was time throw his dummy away, and he picked up his dummy and together we went to the bin and he throw it in. he never asked for it again, so my suggestion is that if you can set a date, in the near future and work towards that, or if there is a special occasion coming up you can work towards, then use that, and keep stating that he/she is growing up, and that bigger children don't need dummy's, and then agree that on this special date, you too together can throw away, the dummy, and hopefully this should work for you.

Answer 4

Just take them away, don't keep it just in case, throw them in the outside bin, that will stop you giving in. You may have tears and tantrums, but it wont last for to many days or nights. You need to be strong as it is for the best interest of you child, dummies at toddler or older age do cause damage to speech and growing teeth, so a bit of upset on your child part is well worth it saves loads of trips to dentist and speech therapy.

Answer 5

I managed to get my son to stop having one in the day but night time was a nightmare he had to have SEVEN in his bed at one time! in the end i made a deal with him that he could have a new toy (within reason) and i ordered it from an internet site but he had to give the 'lady in the computer' his dummy which he did without much fuss at all, we even put the dummy in an envelope and posted it, the postman must have thought some nutty person was having a laugh

Answer 6

Step one: dummy just in the bed when your kiddo goes to sleep.
Step two: We lost the dummy! It's nowhere to be found! (Good, be strong at that point because you will be desperate to give it back to him or her!) Lucky enough after 3 days you both will be used with life without dummy
P S Get rid off all of them because if you find it - you will use it again. It's a magic how quickly child goes to sleep with dummy compare to without it

Answer 7

when i wanted my son to give his up i waited until i took him to see father christmas, i talked to him the night before we went and explained that if he still had his dummy by christmas father christmas would think he was still only a baby and bring him only baby toys and rattles (he was just 3), this seemed to do the trick and the next day we went to the grotto armed with about 30 dummies he had hidden all over the house!!
he missed having it for a few days but by christmas it was a long forgotten comfort

good luck

Answer 8

Be tough on yourself as well as the child for a few days, you'll probably go through hell for a few days but thats a relatively short space of time compared to the thought of turning up at school with a dummy in his or her mouth. Pretend youve lost it or wait until Xmas and say Santa took it in return for a special present( i find that in the end bribery usually works, as sad as it may be)

Answer 9

My Mum threw mine on the fire, and I can remember that even now! (Traumatised!) lol

I saw someone in America who collected all the dummies or binkies as they are know there, tie them all up into the end of a couple of helium balloons, and sent them all up to the Angels, for the babies up there.

OR

Put them all in a bag for the fairy's on a tree or somewhere out in the garden, for the new babies. And in the morning, have them open the bag to find a nice sup rise what the fairies have left

AAAaaah Much nicer then throwing them on the fire. Good luck!

Answer 10

My daughter used to have a dummy and when I decided I was tired of buying more (she'd bite the ends off) we made a game out of it. First we gathered all the dummy's and put them in a box she colored and we tied a ribbon around it. We then put it on our porch for the "BOOBOO Fairy" to retrieve for all the babies who needed them more than my "big girl". In place of the dummy was a stuffed animal left on the porch for her to find. We had no tantrums, it was awesome!

Answer 11

i told my son that father Christmas was going to take them with him,so he left all of them by his bed on Christmas eve and in the morning he woke to find an extra special gift there instead of the dummy.I thought that it would be very hard afterwards especially at bedtimes as my son was very attached to his dummies, he had a box full of them and he would choose a different one,but we never had any problems.He never asked for them again.now when his little cousin tries to stuff a dummy in his mouth he just says no thank you dummies are for baby's.

Good luck.