Well C went down for her 3rd night tonight no dummy and didnt have it in the day today so its been over 24 hours without one. Im now not inclined to give in as i figured the 1st couple of days would be the most important ones.

Now i think that we should give it tonight and tommorrow night and if all is fine on sunday when we are both off get c to either throw them in the bin herself or watch us do it and say bye bye to them then we will give her a present. But neil is of the opinion we should just never mention them again.

What do you guys think

I think u shudnt mention the dummy again and only throw it away if she mentions it. x

I think never mention them again!

Only one of mine had dummies (and he wad a bloody nightmare) then one day he just didn't bother with them so after a few days I binned them.

But I can kinda see what you mean as you want jet to be aware and have closure of the dummy era!

Even though she hasn't had them for the past couple of days, have they been lying round for her to see?
My thinking is she may get upset etc if she see's them now and them getting thrown away. Am not sure tbh, you know your own LO.
Moo choose to give up his dummy at 9mths and we just bagged them up and put them in the cupboard (they are still there to this day ) but we just never mentioned them, he still comes across the odd one in his toy box etc, but he just chews and flings now

Personally if nothings been mentioned about them from C i'd just bin them and not make a huge ish

No she saw one this morning and asked but i moved it and she forgot after a minute

i wouldnt mention it... she may get uspet x i wish amelie would give them up she is obsesses with it x

I think don't mention it again.

Well done Caelyn, what a clever girl you are xx

I dont get it! Everyone says not to mention it, but the poll says 3-1 the other way

I said to say bye btw!

Lol who is voting and who is commenting they are total polar opposites, all the comments say dont mention it but the votes say throw it away and say bye bye to it. Thanks for the opinions though they are appreciated

Lisa wrote:

I dont get it! Everyone says not to mention it, but the poll says 3-1 the other way

I said to say bye btw!

Lol was just saying that

Bizarre!

Soz, I missed the poll and just answered

i saw the baby whisperer take a little one out and help them dig a hole and plant a dummy tree - then later the mummy (or daddy) went out in the night, dug them back up just in case and binned them...by the time the little one had gotten bored of waiting for a tree they were over the dummies - maybe it's worth a shot if it becomes an issue, but until then i would just not mention it

I say get rid of them without her knowing - not that I have any experience with dummies but I know if Libby sees something she's not supposed to have she 'has' to have it but if it's hidden away she doesn't even mention it (if that made sense ) x

i'm not sure because it really depends on how much she was using them, but i do agree with you, wait for a couple of days and if still nothing then decide.

but i think you will have to judge for yourself on this one

good luck

A few months ago it was all day but id gotten her down to dummy for sleeps only and the odd afternoon when she woke up in one of her funnies after a nap and needed half an hour.

Shes good at finding em though i did a thorough sweep today to make sure none left

I dont knw about dummys myself as callum never took to them but i voted to throw away not say bye bye one xx

Shove them in a cupboard and forget about them forever more.
2 of my boys just threw them at 8 months, my middle one Owen was 3 had the dummy arch in his teeth and developed a lisp. From memory we just told him no more!! And put away..... That was hard going crying for it - the younger the better to remove.
A month after we took it away his lisp disappeared and within 3 months his teeth had grown down

Thanks for your opinions guys i really appreciate the thoughts. Ive been thinking on it all evening as i have been reading.

I think you all make good points about seeing them might cause problems and upset her and if she sees them thrown she might get distressed and start off about them.

However i also know my c and if i just ignore it she will set off whenever the word is mentioned and wont just forget em immediately. So im not sure i want to spent the next few months spelling words out.

So i figured on a halfway house. Im going to throw the dummies away myself without her seeing em but i am going to explain to her that because she is a big girl now her dumdums are all gone bye byes (she gets bye bye and all gone) because babies have dumdums and ive got her a big girl present.

Id already gotten her something for this eventuality so im going to give her a leap frog animal guitar as her big girl present. Then at least if she does ask i can say remember the dumdums gone bye byes and you have your guitar now

Any thoughts

I bought hannah a new nursery bag and a little teddy and dressing up shoes and I gave her the bag first and asked her to put all her dodis in the bag and we hung it up on the front door handle. the dodi fairy came and took all the dodis away and left her teddy and shoes. she was well chuffed and the dodi was never mentioned again

Sorry, I never answered the poll, I just replied!

Totally agree with this decision. If she see's you toss them out..she will be into your garbage bins. Out of site..out of mind. xxx

Sounds perfect Mario,
this may possibly need backing up when new baby comes and dummies are about again.
If H sees someone elses dummy layjng about he now just picks it up and brings to me, or takes to owners mum bless him