2006-10-09 05:39:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Why do you want ot take it away?
As adults we have our little stress relievers - a drink, sex, cigarettes. All toddlers have are dummies.
Like all other baby things (bottles, nappies, special blankets etc) they will give them up when good and ready and i don't think they should be forced to before then. I have known many children who stopped using them outside the house but loved to keep one in their room to go and have a little suck on whenever upset.
2006-10-09 05:47:22 · answer #1 · answered by Leapling 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At Xmas or a birthday tell them that santa or faries are going to come and take their dummy away because they are a big boy/girl now and they will get presents in return. Make a big show of wrapping the dummy up and leaving it out the night before.
The fairy tale magic will overcome the loss of the dummy tit.
Or do what my mum did and cut the end off the dummy- very cruel!
2006-10-10 05:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My little boy understood the meaning of the word broken, as he has broken lots of toys and stuff.
One night just before bed, I cut the teat off the dummy and presented it to him and stated that it was broken, after about ten minutes of explaining the fact the dummy was broken he went to sleep without the dummy for the first time.
Every time he wanted the dummy I would show him the broken dummy and explain that he could not use it, after a couple of days he started to forget about the dummy and has not wanted it since.
He carried the plastic cover of the dummy in his pocket for a couple of days while I kept hold of the teat, I think this was like a comfort thing for him.
2006-10-10 08:50:37 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a little gift bag and tell your toddler that they now have to put the dummy in the bag as the dummy fairies are coming to get all the dummies to give to all the new born tiny babies,leave it in a special place where the fairies will find it ,and in the morning leave a little gift in the bag as a thank you from the tiny babies for their new dummies.
2006-10-09 13:58:06 · answer #4 · answered by candyfloss 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diffrent things work for diffrent kids. My eldest I told her if she gave up her dummy for a week she could get this doll she had seen on the t.v. But my youngest 2 were a bit more difficult, in the end I just to lose them and tell them the shop had no more.
The first few days are the hardest but when you decide to get rid of them stick to your guns, they soon get use to not having it.
Good luck
2006-10-09 14:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by big k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them they are big now and only babies have dummies and then make a big thing of putting it in the bin all the time praising them for being a big girl/boy make an adventure out of it.
2006-10-09 13:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by sharon s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of parents now encourage the child do give the dummy to santa at christmas.
2006-10-09 12:41:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
as its nearly Christmas, its an ideal time. Start to tell your child now that Santa needs to melt down theire dummies, to use to make them a new toy. Then sit and write a letter with them, asking for a particular toy, and that he/she is sending the dummy to help make it. Then, (most important) make sure you buy that toy for Xmas!
2006-10-09 23:10:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing you're talking about a pacifier??? Try weaning them off it slowly, only let them have it when they sleep, do that for a week or so, then only at night time, again for a week or so then once they are used to not having it a lot then just take it. Both my kids were paci babies, and I survived.
2006-10-09 12:47:41 · answer #9 · answered by Kitikat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a dreaded dummy?
2006-10-09 12:41:26 · answer #10 · answered by Rachel Bitchface 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋