The Dummy Fairy

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We gave ours to our friends baby who was still in her tummy… worked amazingly only two days of asking, wanting to see the photo. And she was addicted at a time for two years.”– Bec ADD On - A Dummy Fairy Reciept which you can fill out and add to your baby box along with their other memorable items such as their hospital wrist band.

Popped all the dummies in a magical box and on Christmas day the reindeers take all the dummies. They left behind a trail of sparkles and glitter and a special present. It worked too.”– Shelley Hawthorne My first four I told them they’re not allowed to go into ‘big girl/boy’ beds with a dummy, so they gave it up.”– Belinda We set a date on the calendar that we would be visiting the zoo (his favourite place) but said we could only go if he had given up the dummy by then. So he had time to get used to the idea, and a reward at the end.”– RachWe told my son that we would need to stop using a dummy well before he starts school and that he needs to show us he can be a big boy before school starts. After about two weeks of just talking about the fact he needed to not have it to be a big boy he came and gave them to me one day and said he didn’t need it anymore and was now a big boy. Never asked for it again.”– Kimberly

I think this book is trying to please everyone by covering a number of bases but this ends up making it feel a bit unnatural. We told her that new babies can’t be born until a child gives up their dummy, so she wouldn’t be able to have a brother or sister until she gave up the dummy – worked a treat, and I was already pregnant!”– Anna All my kids gave it up on their second birthday – kept telling them leading up to their birthday that the garbage men were going to take the dummy away as they are big kids now! They watched them empty the bin and drive off, never had a problem – only one of them said to go to the shop and buy another one but we didn’t.”– Debbie

Customer reviews

In psychotherapy, enabling promotes a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behaviour to make the enablers life easier. I didn't like the poems at all. They might have been better for older children but I found them a bit tedious and found I had to skip them or paraphrase as my toddler lost interest, about 20 seconds before me Lisa began to think of ways to help her daughter give up her dummy without it being a big traumatic event for either of them. Author Lisa Bonner and daughter with her dummy

compared to premature babies that were not read to communication skills were more developed later on. Are you aware that child psychologists suggest that parents talk to their child about taking away their Dummy at least 10 times before you actually do it? We got rid of the dummy by cutting the nipple off and showing her it had broken. She went to bed with it a few times and had it just as something to hold on to (the plastic part). But she soon realised it was broken and lost her attachment to it. It helped that she also had become attached to a little comforter before this transition. (Her tiny ‘taggy’ blanket).”– Celeste It can affect their teeth. Frequent dummy use after the age of one could push your baby's teeth out of alignment, meaning they won't come in straight. Adult teeth tend to follow the alignment of baby teeth, so this could leave your child with crooked teeth for years to come. Using a dummy for long periods can also contribute to tooth decay, especially if the dummy is dipped in anything sweet.

Sneaky sabotage

Daisy the Dummy Fairy has a very special job to do. When children grow big enough to give away their dummies, she flutters into their house at night to collect them, leaving every child a surprise to find in the morning! 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.