https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:56:24 +0000 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:46:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3896 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=75025&title=dummies#75025 Author: Peace
Subject: 3896
Posted: 29 September 2006 at 5:46pm

I watched a great episiode of Dr Phil that was on this subject.
His son was on a dummy up till he was 4 years old, so what they did is they fostered his interest onto something else by giving him a walkman, they got him interested in music!
I remember Dr Phil also saying... "Children - medically - only need a pacifyer for the first 6 months of their lives, anything after that is just comfort".
IMHO, if you don't have a problem with him having it at night I wouldn't worry too much about taking him off cold turkey, I think you should just be relaxed about it and go slow. Olivia used a dummy for the first 8 weeks of her life now she hates it!]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:46:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=75025&title=dummies#75025 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74954&title=dummies#74954 Author: caitlynsmygirl
Subject: 3896
Posted: 29 September 2006 at 12:48pm

okay first of all the dental question, since i am a dental assistant i have a bit of knowledge in this area, thumb sucking and dummy sucking CAN in SOME children, cause damage,but then its not always the case..
And it doesnt necessarily have to be the baby teeth that the damage is noticeable in, often its when the adult teeth come thru that the child has a slight over bite.

Caitlyn had a dummy till about 18months and was fine giving them up (we did it gradually not cold turkey) but didnt matter cos she discovered her blimming thumb anyway!]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:48:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74954&title=dummies#74954 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74848&title=dummies#74848 Author: meow
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 9:53pm

AnnC wrote: As for cuddlies they get awfully dirty and the kid gets more attatched to them - I know of a 7 year old who still carries around her cuddly when she is tired, don't see any 7 year olds with dummies now do we???

That's why you get a few of them although I can't find the other one now and you're right, both toys she takes to bed do need a wash lol

There might be 7 year olds with dummies, who knows? ]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:53:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74848&title=dummies#74848 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74803&title=dummies#74803 Author: busymum
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 7:07pm

lol Emma we have some dearly beloved dolls here (one each) which go grey/brown very very quickly! Fortunately they wash out but I have to schedule a "day off" lol]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:07:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74803&title=dummies#74803 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74729&title=dummies#74729 Author: Maya
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 2:45pm

Maya never had a dummy coz my Mum is so anti them but IMHO a dummy is easier to 'remove' than a thumb...

Or a Fuzzy Bubba as the case is in our house. Maya is 3 1/2 and still lugging the revlolting rabbit type thing around the place, although she is gradually getting less dependent.]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:45:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74729&title=dummies#74729 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74702&title=dummies#74702 Author: AnnC
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 1:08pm

can you tell I am pro dummies????

Also I would not hestitate to give next baby one too....]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:08:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74702&title=dummies#74702 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74700&title=dummies#74700 Author: AnnC
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 1:06pm

both my kids had dummies. Josh was 17 months when he got rid of his (and he only had it at night time not during day) Brooke was 15 months when got rid of hers (once again from about 1 year on they only had them at night) They did not damage their teeth and the dental nurse is always commenting on how lovely their teeth are. Personally I think they are better than Thumbs or cuddlies. You can take the dummy off the kid not the thumb. As for cuddlies they get awfully dirty and the kid gets more attatched to them - I know of a 7 year old who still carries around her cuddly when she is tired, don't see any 7 year olds with dummies now do we??? Take no notice of your plunket nurse - everyone is different go with your mother instincs they are better than anyother 'medical' person can tell you.]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:06:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74700&title=dummies#74700 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74650&title=dummies#74650 Author: ellabellame
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 10:13am

mikey's never had a dummy, he just spat them out but my partners little cousin has just got rid of his at age 4. his parents just said that it was time to get rid of the dummy as the new baby's coming and he has to be a big brother now. they let him destroy it so he tried hitting it with a hammer but it just bounced off it so he watched while his dad melted it onto a piece of wood with a blow torch. i think they're actually going to keep it ]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:13:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74650&title=dummies#74650 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74643&title=dummies#74643 Author: 11111
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 9:29am

We had the same thing as Janine Alan sarted biting his about a month before we had Michael I was a little worried that he would steal Michael's if we took his away so we ave him ones he idi not like we idd this for about a week then one day forgot to give hm one casue he would jsut throw it away he woke about 3 time's in hte night grixxling for about a week we jsut left him he was not full on screaming and it has now gone not a problem and when Michael's falls out Alan tries to put it back in if Michael start's crying it is rather cute. Anyway your boy will kinda help you figure it out when it is time like with Alan biting it made me relise it was no longer being reaLLY SUCKED.]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:29:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74643&title=dummies#74643 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74641&title=dummies#74641 Author: busymum
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 9:27am

I've heard that the thumb sucking/dummy sucking thing is old wives' fable. I didn't have a dummy but I thumb-sucked until 12yrs and although I have slighty forward teeth, they are actually like that because I have a small mouth - they all fit together side by side with no gaps.

I heard that about 6 months is when they get interested in a favourite night-time teddy bear or whatever, so you could start by just having the same one in his cot each night and he'll get used to the association.

As for weaning off a dummy... My first daughter didn't have a dummy (sucks fingers) but my second did. At around 9mos she bit a whole and it went flat. I thought, well how about I just cut the end off (I've heard that they lose interest because it doesn't have that same feeling to it) but she just looked at it and put it back in. lol

Then a couple of weeks later she bit all across it - it looked like a surated (sp?) knife - so she got weaned cold turkey at that point. She would have been 10 mos. She cried the first couple of nights, but not for long, and haven't had a problem since.

Sorry, bit of a long story! I wouldn't worry about weaning a 6mo yet, just do it when you think it's the right time - after all you know him a lot better than Plunket do!]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:27:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74641&title=dummies#74641 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74634&title=dummies#74634 Author: mum2emj
Subject: 3896
Posted: 28 September 2006 at 8:25am

we have used dummies with all three, and we weaned jade off first during the day then cold turkey at night. she was a bit upset at first but it really did only take a few days then when wwe shoed her her dummy the next week she was like "ew yucky dummy" and wouldnt touch it! we still have a dummy for emma (2.5 years) at night and are about to take it off of her (just wanted to wait for things to settle after we had kayla didnt want too much change in her life) but she talks fine and seems to be ok ]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:25:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74634&title=dummies#74634 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74612&title=dummies#74612 Author: baalamb
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 9:39pm

My mum wanted to get rid of my brothers one when he was little and told him when it was broken that it was going down the 'gobbler' (the insinkerator). Obviously he was old enough to understand that it was gone for good and it never even phased him. He just knew that whatever went down the gobbler, doesn't come back!

That worked on my sister when mum wanted (probably needed to, more like it!) to take her cuddly off her. Mum told her that a friend of hers didn't have any blankets for their new baby and they had to give them my sister's cuddly. She was more than fine with that! Mum kept it in her wardrobe though for a few weeks just in case of emergency.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:39:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74612&title=dummies#74612 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74609&title=dummies#74609 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 9:35pm

Ok cool theres just so many mixed messages about whether they do any damage or not. I don't mind him having it at night I have been trying to encourage a cuddly but hes just not interested. I have been pulling it out just before he goes to sleep so hopefully he will eventually not need it at all.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:35:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74609&title=dummies#74609 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74608&title=dummies#74608 Author: EllenMumof2
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 9:32pm

both my 2 have had them since day 1 as they were suckers and would feed and feed if they didn't have one. when kalem was 1 it was only at sleep time never when playing etc and he finally said at 4 im a big boy and i don't need it now. There was nothing wrong with teeth etc so just do what you think is right


]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:32:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74608&title=dummies#74608 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74596&title=dummies#74596 Author: my2angels
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 8:53pm

Hmm not sure sorry but I know heaps of people who havent weaned thier kids of a dummy till they are about 1yrs or so so personally i wouldnt be to worried about it. In saying that its probably easier to get rid of it now rather than later when he understands a bit more, now it would be a week or so of pulling your hair out.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:53:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74596&title=dummies#74596 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74595&title=dummies#74595 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 8:51pm

We started to wean Paris off hers once we knew Ayja was on the way. We had always maintained that it was for sleep and hurts only.. but that had fallen by the wayside really. So back that rule came... she had her bunny too which she was attached to... otherwise she would have dragged bunny and dummy around with her everywhere.

So try that, make it for sleep only and if he hurts himself/gets really upset for a good reason..

If Paris hurt herself i would get bunny and dummy and it stopped the crying, we would sit and cuddle and calm down and she would come with me to put it back away. For her it worked well.

Eventually she got to the stage where she was biting them.. as each got flat we chucked it till one night she "really needed" one.. we opened the new one we had on standby for in case the new baby needed it (didn't know what Ayja was at that stage), withing a day that too was flat and deflated. so we took it away, she was old enough to know the meaning of broken, and she just kept her bunny.. which still had the same effect cos she had always related the two together to being comforted.

I spose i am saying, cut back first, encourage it only for extreme situations for a couple of weeks, and find something else that you can introduce now, that gets used for comfort at the same time, so onc the dummy is gone, he still gets the same reaction from a cuddly or toy or whatever.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:51:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74595&title=dummies#74595 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74585&title=dummies#74585 Author: james
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 8:26pm

james has had a dummy since he was 3 weeks old and his theeth are stright a little gabby at the front but i do wish i had never started him on one as he wont give it up at night ]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:26:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74585&title=dummies#74585 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74577&title=dummies#74577 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 3896
Posted: 27 September 2006 at 8:13pm

We went to plunket on Tuesday and she said its time to get rid of dums as Jack isn't really making a lot of noises and wakes for it a lot during the night. Plunket nurse said take them all away and go cold turkey. I agree with having no more dums during the day he doesn't even really need it. But at night there is no way I'm letting him scream and scream. So I'm slowly trying to wean him off it.

Anyway what is the age that dummys start doing damage to teeth etc?]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:13:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3896&PID=74577&title=dummies#74577