How to Take Paci Away

I will say this you are up for a fight. I tried that too. It didn;t work. My son is so bad with the paci I let him go over his father's house for 5 days without it. His father didn;t go out and but him another one and when he got out of that car the first words out of his mouth were" Where's my Paci Ma? And to add salt to wound when my son was first born he refused a paci I forced it on him when he was 3 months old. So good luck with that but you may have to wait a little longer for that, cause my son in alkost three and still has his.

My girls had their pacies until they were 3 and and 2 1/2 then we just did it cold turkey. For my oldest we picked a day and it was gone. For my 2nd we were tired of looking for them at bed time so we made a rule that if they came down stairs they went in the trash. She threw them all away and when the last one was gone that was it. It was really hard for the first couple of days but I am not above bribery...I gave my oldest stickers to stop crying for her pacie at bed time and my 2nd daughter got a Diego book!
Good luck
K.

make sure when you do they are gone and you do a clean sweep of the house my daughter who has a real high iq had one for way over two year aand it made me crazy i cut them we lost them we left them at store we gave them to baby with out mommy and one day this summer i was going thur some baby stuff for someone who lost everthing in a housefire and there she was with one i save for when she was all grown up in her mouth sucking away look mommy one of the baby brought it babk to me that took another six month to get back grrrr

If he's only getting it when he's sleeping - and with most kids it ends up falling out while they sleep - why take it away now. From what I understand adult teeth don't start forming until they're three or so. Not only that but if he's not ready to give it up he may start sucking his thumb and you can't take his thumb away. Just a thought...

Put a 'home' on his dresser to put the paci in. The home will consist of a jar or container with water and white vinegar. Every day, add some more white vinegar. Eventually, he won't be able to stand the taste of the paci and give it up on his own.

Not to scare you, but...
Evaluate whether or not your son is ready to get rid of the paci. If he is really attached to it, you may want to wait another 3-6 months and reevaluate OR spend a lot of time preparing your son. Our daughter was very attached to her "ninny" (paci) and we got rid of it cold turkey at age 3 (after a trip to the dentist). Well, she wasn't ready, and had a really (REALLY) hard time sleeping without it. I contacted a sleep expert, Dr. Jodi Mindell, several times in desperation because my daughter wasn't sleeping and was a total BRAT as a result. Dr. Mindell said that giving up the paci was akin to learning to walk-- some kids are ready earlier than others. My daughter wasn't ready when we took it away, so according to Dr. Mindell, we had two options: give it back (this was 8 weeks after taking it away) or stick it out. Giving it back wasn't an option, so we stuck it out and are FINALLY over the hump (4 months later), and she's napping well and sleeping through the night again. But my daughter still tells me how much she misses her ninny.
GOOD LUCK.

I went through this in July with my son, he was just turning 2 years old.

We got down to one paci. It was a Detroit Tigers paci, his pride and joy. I decided I would let him keep it until he lost it or it broke. A week after he turned 2 it got a tiny hole in it and lost suction. He was devestated but we got through it. The first 3-4 days were hard and he took an hour to fall asleep at naptime and bedtime. A week later it was like it had never existed!

We took him to Toys R Us to pick out new "big boy" toys and we made sure to tell every member of our family that he was a big boy now!

I think cold turkey is the only way to go. Good luck!

I haven't had this problem but I've heard that if you slowly start cutting off the tip, bit by bit till it's gone, that it works.

hi S.-
i did this w/ my son at 33 months (waaaay long over due!!) used the "BINKY FAIRY" he gathered 'em up that night, put them in a bag decorated for the fairy & left them on the front porch. built him up saying what a big boy he is & how other babies need it & he's not a baby anymore & i bet the binky fairy will leave you a prize in the am. i also let him pick out a stuffed animal at the store to replace it. that night was a little hard, but eventually he fell asleep. the next am- he looked on the front porch and the binky fairy left him a transformer & race cars - whenever he'd bring up the binky - i'd say but you got your cars & transformer instead & he'd forget after changing the subject. it's much harder on the parents than the kids!! i saw this process on supernanny - you can go to her website!
good luck!! you need it!! :)