Chantelle - posted on 10/23/2009 ( 8 moms have responded )
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i would like to know what is the right age to take a dummy away from the baby and how can i go about doing so with my 7 and half month old?
how to take my 7 and half month of the dummy?
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Crystal - posted on 10/24/2009
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dummy a binkey? never heard that one before but how i got my son off is took it away all but naps and over night and when we mastered that night only then when we masterd that took it away all together.
Chantelle - posted on 10/24/2009
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thanx every one your advise really worked spesially the fluffy toy part :)
Rebecca - posted on 10/23/2009
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I've heard a few people say to take them off it by 5 months, or after 18 months! Don't know what that's based on - I think because before 5 months they forget it quickly, and after 18 months you can reason with them and external incentives work a bit better...
As a speech pathologist I'd say try to stop it by 1, and definitely limit it to sleep time only. When we got rid of my daughter's we just reduced the time she had it for a few days, then went "cold turkey", and it didn't take long for her to forget it. She was only 4 months though.
Maybe introducing another comfort object (liked a fluffy toy) that you are happy for your little one to keep as long as they like might ease the transition...
Good luck!
Megan - posted on 10/23/2009
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my lil boy has a dummy at the minute and a friend suggested i get him off the dummy b4 he can ask for it, because then it becomes harder
Elyse - posted on 10/23/2009
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my son switched at 8mo i just replaced the dummy with a cup and he had no problem i got a cup with the silicone nipple on it.
Claire - posted on 10/23/2009
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you could try cutting the end off it, or telling them it fell in the toilet and it's gone now. Although at 7 months I don't think the second option would work.
Rosa - posted on 10/23/2009
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Some go as 9 with a dummy but my daughter stopped at 1 year. I started giving her drinks in a cup instead of a dummy and when there a other children drinking in cups, she refused her dummy opting for a cup. it eventually stopped and had to do it slowing and not forcing her to drop the dummy immediately.
Leah - posted on 10/23/2009
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my lil girl came off the dummy over nite. i couldnt find 1 for her she cried her self to sleep tha nite n never asked 4 it since she was 2 then tho x
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