Hi all, I have a 15 month old daughter who can't live without her pacifier! Yes she has another comfort item, it's her daddyanna, ie her daddys bandana, she is most fond of the red one, but will settle for the other colors as long as they are soft. Back to the matter at hand.
We started out using the pacifier only for sleep, including naps. But since taking away the bottle she has wanted it more and more often. She gets upset and crys if I take it away or keep it from her and she wakes up at night if it falls out of her mouth.
I would love to have a stress free way of taking it away, so that she doesn't spend her days crying for it. Please Help!!
Thanks
N.
My oldest son was almost 3 when he stopped the pacifier. We tried the only at bed time or nap time thing and that worked for a while. He stopped taking it because we left it in Philly one day. The first two nights were hard because he cried and then he tried sucking his fingers but after 2-3 days he was fine. Everyone told me he'll stop sucking the pacifier when he is ready. Some kids just take longer than others.
i understand the stree of the binky(as we called it). someone once told me to cut the end of the binky off, like in half, so the child will not have anything to suck on. i did try this with my son and after a few times of trying to suck on it, he gave up. hope this works for you.
Hi. You might want to try dipping it it something that taste bad. That way when she gets it, the taste might drive her to loosing it herself. I've seen pics of children that hold on to it too long, it rots their teeth and their speach it messed up in the future. If that doesn't work, try it the hard way, just throw every binki in the house away. Out of site out of mind. Just make sure there are daddyannas around.
My son, who is now 11 years old did this. Except he had to have 3 pacifiers. One in each hand and one in his mouth! I know, crazy huh? Well, I tried takeing it away too and he screamed and cried for hours for it. So, I just gave it back and let him know that if he wanted it, he would have to go lay down because it was for night night time only now. He adventually gave it up. My question is though, why do you not want her to have it? She is still a baby and she needs to feel security. If other people say stuff about her still having the the pacifier then tell them that you are the only one sticking up for your daughter and she still feels the need to keep it. Why do we as a society feel the need to make our babies grow up so fast? I say let her keep it under the rule that she need to lay down when she has it. She'll get tired of laying down. Good luck! Raising kids is not easy! What works for one will not work for the other!
Someone asked about this recently in another forum I frequent. The advice was to cut the very tip off of the paci and when the Mom did this her daughter just replied "Its broken!" and threw it out. Several times the child got upset and stated she wanted it/missed it (over several days), but Mom reminded her it was broke and she went on about her day. Her daughter seemed to respond to that well. She eventually forgot about it, so it worked! All kids are different though.
