I'm hoping to get rid of them all together as my niece and nephew (2.5 and 9 months) constantly have one in and it looks awful, they even speak with them in and cry if its taken away
Urgh! That's what I hate about them, kids that are obviously too old for them with them in! I've seen kids in uniforms round our way with them in!
Is 9 months too old for a dummy though?
(I know you mention kiddies in uniform which is shocking but I just wondered what age you think the cut off point is?)
I am going to try and get rid of James' soon but he really does love it. It's currently another toy as he is just figuring out how to take it out, put it back in and even give it to me and Daddy so we're going to leave it for a little while longer.
Two of my nephews never took to a dummy, two have been weaned off dummy and one still has a dummy. He is two but my sister is having another baby in September so she has decided not to wean him from his dummy until a bit later as she doesn't want him to get jealous of new baby if he has to have a dummy.
Oddly the nephew that had his dummy the longest is actually the brightest, most grown-up [for his age] and the one you would least expect to have a dummy. He was over 3 when he gave it to santa. Again a new baby had been thrown into the mix though so his parents decided to let him keep it for nap times as to not make him feel pushed out as their other baby also had a dummy.
Sorry, I've rambled! Just wanted to say there are sometimes reasons for toddlers have dummies and it's not pure laziness.
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