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Sometimes children decide to give up their dummies by themselves. Most often, parents are the ones who decide it’s time to give it up. As a parent, you know your child best. You’re the best one to decide whether your child is ready to move on from the dummy. Try not to feel rushed or pressured by the reactions of family, other children or even strangers. Your child may need some extra support to make this transition. Extra hugs with you are likely to be needed and it can be helpful to introduce a nice new cuddly toy that the child can then gain extra comfort from cuddling.’ If your baby’s dummy isn’t causing a problem, then there is no urgency to get rid of it, and it’s entirely up to you when you do so. Nevertheless, if your baby is developing a dependency, especially when it comes to sleep, then you might need to consider a dummy intervention. When the big day arrives embrace it with a full sense of fun and frolics. After all this is a truly magical milestone and should be celebrated and enjoyed.

To explore the imaginary world and the benefits that fantasy offers to young developing minds, you can choose to also put up a fairy door to give the Dummy Fairy a way to enter your child's room. Our fairy doors are a beautiful room decor which can then continue bringing smiles year round. Daniel and the Dummy Fairy Book is written by Australia Mama Leisa Papa with vibrant illustrations by Karen Mounsey-Smith. This book introduces little ones to the sweetest Dummy Fairy you can imagine. A few days before removal day, start telling your child that soon they will have to say bye-bye to their dummy. Then it won’t come as a big surprise. Let them know their favourite superhero or dummy fairy thinks they’re such a big girl/boy they don’t need it anymore and they’re getting something much better in return. If your child uses a dummy, when is the right time to take it away? And what is the best way to do it?

If you choose to ditch the dummy there are options

Suzy Standon, owner of We Made A Wish, talked to us about getting her little one to give up her dummy. As a Fairy Godmother your job is to bring love, light and laughter to your little ones life. If you have to use a few magical props along the way, then so be it. You really are doing the most fantastic job. Leave your collection of dummies outside the Fairy Door for your Fairy Friend to come and collect. If your child is old enough, they might want to also leave a little note or picture for the Baby Fairies. Alternatively, ask them to whisper a message to the Fairy Door. Step four: A letter and a thank you gift

We’d used the dummy fairy for our eldest so decided to use it with our youngest too. We talked about it for about a week before and read “Bea Gives Up Her Dummy” by Jenny Album. Bea’s dummies go to the dummy fairy and the fairies use the dummies as boats, roundabouts and umbrellas which our youngest thought was great.’ The challenge ahead may seem simple at first however, may babies and indeed toddlers become very attached to their dummies, some rely on them for comfort throughout the day, others may need them during naps or at bedtime and throughout the night. Many babies and young toddlers love their dummies and use them as comforters to help them settle and sleep. There are a number of approaches that you may want to consider. The important thing is to take your child’s personality into account and use an approach that your child can relate to. Emma (Ready Freddie Go)– Freddie bit a hole in his and I told him it was full of germs and he cut it up! Been dummy free since! Alexandra (That Butterfly Effect)– We only used dummies between about 2-4 months with both our boys – we never agreed with the use of them but they helped on some occasions so we only used them sporadically. Ditching was still hard as both boys liked falling asleep with them. We went cold turkey and instead used a muslin cloth sprayed with breast milk in the corner of the cot to help them drift off to sleep – they both love sleeping cuddling their “blankeys” now which is so sweet. Sarah (Mummy Cat Notes)– Trying badly to go cold turkey but have given up many times, it’s been so hard this time around but it’s getting there.. I don’t think we will have dummies with our next one! Weaning off slowly Joanne (Winging Mamahood)– I started by cutting him down to just giving him a dummy for nap and bed time. When we had accomplished that step I took it away for nap time.. he overcome that and now we’re in the process of taking it off him all together! It’s worked a treat so far! Hayley (Very Mummy)– My second daughter has global delay, and we have found it harder with her to get rid of the dummy. We brought a pretty pot, and called it her “big girl pot” where we put her dummies in. This is how we weaned her from all day to just dummies for bedtime. She is 33 months and she puts her dummy in there every morning and takes it out every evening. We are working on the concept of getting rid all together but not quite there yet. My first daughter successfully dropped the dummy at 19 months and we used the baby fairy technique. Our verdict? I also have a gift for you. Further on in this blog you will find a FREE printable Dummy Fairy letter and certificate. Just my little contribution toward your enchanting childhood memories.There are different approaches you can take when it comes to weaning your baby off the dummy. Some parents like to do it gradually, while others go for the cold turkey method. Here are Nuby's top tips. Below are some more detailed suggestions for each approach, it can be an idea to make it as personal to your child as possible, use these ideas as a guide and create your own dummy giving experience. The dummy fairy We decided to go cold turkey there and then. Well, almost cold turkey, as we had already started the weaning away process. Having the trip to the dentist was a great excuse, as we ‘left’ the dummies with the dentist (aka thrown away in the bin). We promised her two presents – one from us (a huge playtent from Ikea) and also one from the ‘dummy fairy’ (a ‘Cake Pop Cuties’ toy which she adores). When she asked for the dummy, we reminded her of the presents she’d received and also reiterated that the dentist said she was a big girl now with all of her ‘big girl’ (baby) teeth. As parents, we also constantly keep reminding her of how proud we are of her becoming a big girl. The plan seemed to work.. in the daytime at least.

The most important thing during this whole process is your child’s happiness. If a visit from the Dummy Fairy results in heart-breaking sobs and sleepless nights, then perhaps she needs to take a more gentle approach. Dummy Fairy Daycare First, would you take a little advice from a seasoned Fairy Godmother? Approach this magical milestone with a very light tread. Your child is so very young, blessed with a brand new heart full of hopes and dreams and trust. Take care that all that hard work you have done so far to keep that heart in tact is not dashed away just yet by a heavy footed Fairy on a mission. Giving up the dummy can be difficult for a little one. Your Dummy Fairy set provides a sweet way for your child to gift their Dummy to the Fairyland babies and receive a reward in return. From 8 months to about 2 years you may wish to teach them to find and replace instead of taking away the dummy. It is a lovely skill to teach over the period of a week. Our daughter would be the first to tell you she loves / loved her dummy. One was never far behind wherever she was. We decided sometime between 24 and 30 months we should try and stop using it, and first started weaning her off it. She got to the point where she used it for naps and bedtime only, as well as for long car journeys. It also came into play should she need the extra comfort in scary or upsetting situations. If something happened, or she was tired, she always used to call out for ‘Biggins (her comforter) and Dummy’. A dummy was also useful in taming toddler tantrums!

And where do you find this story and printable letters?

Why It’s So Important To Teach Your Baby Good Sleeping Habits How to remove the dummy from a baby 6 months plus As with all the techniques, build up to a point where you have told your baby or child that the dummy fairy will be visiting. A week should be enough time to send them the message that the dummy will soon be gone but that the really exciting bit is still to come. How To Establish A Good Bedtime Routine For Your Child With Baby Annabell And Sleep Expert Lucy Wolfe If your child has a sibling or one on the way, this can be a great way to facilitate the separation. You can explain that dummies are only for babies and that it would be very kind if your child could give their dummy to the new baby or a baby they know. Your child can then gift wrap the dummy and present it to the new baby. If you don’t have any younger babies in the house, ask a friend or speak to your child’s carer or nursery worker about the concept and how they could help you to achieve the goal. Father Christmas is coming! The dummy fairy collects dummys from toddlers all over the world and gives them to babies who need them (wink, wink).

They have offered advice on when to take the dummy away and signs to look for that indicate it might be time to make the change. There are also suggestions for weaning little ones off their pacifiers. These are detailed below. But there are some disadvantages to dummies. For example, your child might be waking a lot at night when they lose the dummy. Much to my personal dismay however, our children cannot stay babies forever. So the time may have come for the dummy to go. As that terrible day dawns, we set to wondering how we can perform this vanishing spell without breaking our little ones heart? Enter the Dummy FairyAsking your little one to give up their dummy seems such a terrible, but necessary task. But in this blog I am going to show you how you can make this milestone truly magical. Together, let us invite the Dummy Fairy to visit. I’m going to talk through exactly how to stage this tiny intervention in four easy steps.