My son is almost 17 months old and still takes a paci at night and when he is "really" cranky. Does any one have any suggestions how to get him to give it up????
Thanks
At 15 months old I hid EVERY SINGLE binky in the house. My son didn't think about it and now he is 4 years old.
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Let me know what you decide. My daughter will be 2 on Saturday and she still had her paci. We have tried on several occassions to take it from her and it has been pure torture for her and us. She goes all day long without at daycare and requests it as soon as I put her in her carseat to head home and she asks for it at night. Like one of the other moms, she woke up all night long crying because she couldn't find her paci. No one got any sleep. The 2 times we took them and got rid of them, she became very ill and attached to them all over again. We have decided that she will let it go when she is ready I am not going to rush her. Right now she doesn't understand why she can't have hers, but her 8 month old sister can. We will keep working with her and looking for things to replace it at night, but until we find something that works, old faithful will be there. I rather have her happy and comforted then angry and upset.
I know I would like to see it gone by 4 who knows maybe my 2 girls will give it up together. :-)
My sister had the same issue with her 2 year old. She only had it for nap time. We both looked up some ideas. Such as cutting the tip off so it's just no fun, or "sending" it to the hospital for new babies or even having a little ceremony to send it to "pacifier land" by tying balloons to it and letting it float off. Then, my son had to be admitted to the hospital for a kidney infection at 2 months, he is now 8 months, and she talked her daughter into sending it to him because he was so scared. She had had stitches in her forehead just weeks before and remembered how scared she was at the emergency room It was cute and a fortunate situation, for getting rid of the pacifier anyway. She calls to check up on it sometimes and says that her Jackson is soooo happy!
Good luck
E.
I just stopped giving it to my son at nap time and then the next week he stopped getting it at bed time. He was 19 months old. The sooner you do it the better because the long term memory isn't as long yet. That's what our doctor told us. My son didn't like it too much at first, but he only had a fit the first couple times and after that, nothing. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. Best of luck to you!
We all want things that bring us comfort. Even as an adult we have that favourite throw that we cover with while watching a movie or TV, or perhaps a fav pillow or coffee mug. Your baby's paci is his comfort item. Let him keep it for as long as it comforts him. It doesn't rot his teeth or has any unhealthy consequences. He's only been on earth for 17 months now, PLEASE don't take away his comfort. He'll give it up eventually.
I'm a loving mom of three, one is already an amazing adult.
I am of the thinking that the best thing is to just not give it to him anymore. Throw it away. The day my son turned 1 we threw all of them away. That gets rid of your habbit of giving it to him. I REALLY think that's the best way. He's going to have his cranky fits, the trick is trying to find new ways to deal with it. Everyday with a child brings new (and exciting) adventures.
Try to make it a spepcial time for your little guy. May be take him to one of the stores that let you stuff your own stuffed animal and let him put inside, that way he still has it, but is not sucking on it. You could also use his next birthday the day he gives up the paci, maybe tell him that the "Paci Fairy" will come that night and take his paci and might leave him a "big boy toy", marke the day on the calender and let him help count down with you!
I'm 23years old and a single mother of a 2 year old boy. When I finally took the paci from my son it was kinda weird how it happened. My best friend had a baby and my son loved Santa. One night he couldn't find his paci in his bed at all....well i told him that santa took it and gave it to my friends baby. He was really excited to know that santa took his bink and gave it to CaCa's (that's what he calls my friend)baby. After that he never asked for it again. So my suggestion to you is to find something that your child likes and go from there. I first started by tellin my son that he wasn't allowed to have the paci outside of his bed. Hope this infor may help
