The Dummy Fairy

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The basis of this story is great: the fairy dummy takes the dummy and makes it in to a star, albeit, offering a present in return. I think this book is aimed at older children than I was expecting as the boy in the story looks school age. This created a slight problem in the preamble I've been having with my 2 year old daughter as I've been telling her that she's getting too old for a dummy and am planning that by the time she's 2 and a half we'll be on our way to ditching it. The boy in the story is in a "big bed" so my daughter was a bit confused about why he had a dummy at all as I'd been prepping her that she's getting too big for a dummy.There are some good things about this book but a lots of things I don't like about this book, some of them practical, some of them personal (and arguably subjective). compared to premature babies that were not read to communication skills were more developed later on. 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 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.”– Rach I tied all the dummies to the cot so whenever he wanted his dummy he had to go nap time. After a couple of days he wouldn’t give up play time for dummy time!”– Suzanne

Daniel's story : My son used his dummy both as as a tactile object with his hands and in his mouth when going to sleep. By age 2, we replaced that with a soft toy. He had two slightly upset days where he asked for it at nap time and then he completely forgot about it. I am thrilled to have The Story of the Dummy Fairy as this month’s featured book. Studies show that reading to premature babies is beneficial as it: Fairies Away is the brainchild of Hampshire mum, Lisa Bonner. The mother of three wrote this magical book ‘The Story of the Dummy Fairies’ for her eldest daughter India. India is now 7 years old but at the time struggled to give up her dummy. A challenging and often upsetting issue that faces many parents up and down the country daily. Lisa Bonner and her girls 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? The book follows the story of a little girl called Bea, who refuses to give up her dummy. Then one night her mother persuades her to leave all her dummies outside her room for the 'Dummy Fairy' to take to Fairyland - (in exchange for a special gift).We left ours out for the Easter Bunny to take for all the baby bunnies and he left an extra special treat to say thank you.”– Feli I tied my sons to a helium balloon and when it was dark we let them float up to the babies in the sky. I think he took it better than me, and never asked for it again.”– Angela Taking it to the zoo and donating it to a baby animal. With lots of preparation for our daughter and a gift. We donated it to the baby giraffe. Our daughter just threw it into the trash can in front of the giraffe house.”– Ada

Children love that they can see Daisy and her Fairy friends, learn about her favourite food and even see what happens to the dummies after she collects them. This book will give you an opportunity to talk about what is about to happen with your child and better prepare them for the Dummy Fairies' visit and the departure of their Dummy forever. We had a Dummy Mermaid who left little presents in exchange for a dummy in a special box. Then the dog ate the last one.”– Kate Fortunately, help is at hand! We asked the Mum’s Grapevine community on Facebook for their tried and tested ways to give up their dummy – and here are eight winning ideas. We left them in the letterbox for the postman to give to a new baby who didn’t have one yet. The postman even left a thank you note.”– Sian In psychotherapy, enabling promotes a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behaviour to make the enablers life easier.We set up a reward chart, giving little treats if he could do without it for the amount of time we set each day. Eventually, he just got used to having it less and less, then not at all.”– Lucy