compared to premature babies that were not read to communication skills were more developed later on. 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

The dummy gets turned in to a star (kaboom! Great idea, after one reading, my toddler pointed to stars and said 'dummy') The book uses a fun and interesting story to teach children why it makes sense to give up dummies, and, importantly, it also offers up some effective ideas to stop them missing them once they've gone. For many babies and toddlers, a dummy is one of life’s great pleasures. The humble pacifier takes tots to their happy place by providing comfort, calm and even reducing the risk of SIDS during nap time. 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

Call in the big guns

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 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 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?

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 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: 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 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 HawthorneI think this book is trying to please everyone by covering a number of bases but this ends up making it feel a bit unnatural.

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 In psychotherapy, enabling promotes a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behaviour to make the enablers life easier. Try creating a house for the dummy with a bed. Tell him dummy needs rest too. It will take a lot of time and patience no matter what you try.”– Sara Many of our customers have loved using this book together with one of our wooden fairy doors. The book can be read on the night that the Dummy Fairy is coming to your house and any time before or after that.

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!