My 2 year old son only uses a pacifier in the middle of the night if he wakes up. I want to get rid of the pacifier totally but wanted to know if anyone lets their toddler use one if they are sick as a soother or for comfort? Or if you get rid of it, you totally get rid of it, no exceptions (even if they are sick).
Thanks
I would have say that once you've got it gone...keep it that way! There are many other comfort items out there that can be used when they are sick. Blankets, stuffed animals, etc.
Once you take the paci away, you take it TOTALLY! The worst thing you could do is give it back for any reason.I let my 2 year old put it in the trash, he was a dedicated user of his pacifier aka "papa" :)...It was a hard 4 nights of crying but well worth it. a few tricks; tell him it is broke or nasty and let him get rid of it, but when you do NEVER give it back, NEVER.
Good luck!
My son will be 3 in October and he only gets his paci to sleep. If he wants it he has to be in his room. We have been taking some long trips and let him have it sometimes. Most of the time if he ask we give him something to drink or take his mind off of it because he has nothing to do. He also grinds his teeth when he sleeps so that is why he still has it.
After the age of 12 months, we only let our son have the paci at sleep time, in his crib only. Then, right before his 2nd birthday, we decided to take it away totally. We just threw them all away, and never let him have it again. it was tough, but we didn't want him to be weaned from it, only to have to wean him from it again later if we gave it back to him when he was sick or something. My cousin's son was totally weaned from it when he was 2, and then his parents were having some marital trouble and his mom decided to give it back to him to get him to sleep easier, and then they finally weaned him from it again when he was almost 4! I didn't want to deal with that, so we just took it away forever. He forgot about it within 2 weeks and we never looked back. Good luck!
Yes, it is very hard. My daughter gave up hers cold turkey one night and we haven't gone back since. She was 2 1/2 yo and still to this day gets very cranky and cries a LOT!! Sometimes I want to go and pull it out and give it to her to stop, but I don't. I have been trying to get her to use her words and find other ways to soothe herself. I still can't believe she did it herself :)
