Pacifier - Brooklyn,NY

Well, it is very hard because of her crying, but what I did was by my sons first birthday, I told him it got lost. I replaced the pacifier with a night time bottle. It is very hard at first but after a week it will get easy. If that doesn't work, I also put on a kids movie like Shrek and he would fall asleep to it with a bottle in hand. Hope this works and good luck.

My son is 18 months old and still uses it. I do not think there is an easy way. Try picking a weekend that is long or when you are on vacation, so the sleep pattern is not to challenging. ( I work full time so I would have to do it on a vacation or long weekend). We are flying to FL. in March, so we are going to wait until after then to do it, so he can use it on the plane.

My girlfriend did it with her 2.5 year old. She talked to her for 2 weeks before they did it and kept sayin that it was going a way. She had little problems.

You can just go cold turkey and be prepared for a few nights of crying. IMO I don;t think it is a
big deal if she has it to go to sleep. For her it is comforting. Some babies have blankets etc.
Your baby has a pacifier.

I understand that you want to get rid of it, but she might be a little young. Our DR recommended letting the kids keep it until their 2nd birthday as long as they only use it at night.

Hi Rose:

In order to discontinue the habit, she may cry for a bit. You can try getting her more relaxed prior to naps with Aromatherapy body massages or drops of essential oils in her bath. You can play soft music and lessen the stress in the house as well.

Let me know if you would be interested in my office creating a baby Aromatherapy product or kit for her.

All the best,
N.
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Yeah, I don't think it will be easy. If you're serious about doing it you'll have to gut it out for a few rough nights. I think you could always "arrange" a situation like that other person commented about - a trip where they get "lost". Or even if you are home and decide to go for it I would suggest really throwing them away and taking the trash out so you aren't tempted to give in and give it back. (if you just hide them then you'll be tempted to go get them when it gets hard.) If you go back and forth it will only make it worse and undermine your seriousness in her eyes. So go cold turkey and get them out of the house completely and for good - then stick with it, gut through it and after a few nights you'll reap the rewards of having it done! :)

My son used his until he was 2. He only used it for naps and at bedtime. One time we forgot to bring it to my parents when he slept over and he did ok. So we decided to go cold turkey. We had a 2 tough nights; crying and restlessness, but then he was fine. Good luck!

I never tried this myself, but I have heard some mothers suggest punching a small hole in the pacifier and then making it slightly larger every few days. It is supposed to make it slowly less satisfying to the baby. Like I said, I never tried it. My daughter had her paci until she was 2 1/2 and I wish I would have been able to break her of the habit much earlier.
It is great that she only uses it at night. That should make it much easier. Try to get her good and tired with lots of activity and fresh air if possible (not overtired though). Give her a nice warm bath to relax her and maybe she will be able to fall asleep without it. She my cry for a little while but hopefully she will eventually fall asleep. After a couple nights/naps you should be home free.
Good luck!
B.

Like all the other moms said, there is no EASY way. My daughter used her up until her 18 month check up. Before that, she used it all day until she moved up into the older toddler room (about 13-14months old). In that room she couldn't have for health reasons (other kids popping it in their mouths, dropping it on the floor since they were all walking in that room). She was fine all day at daycare because non of the other kids had one. Now when we would pick her up she was say pappy, pappy, pappy til we gave it to her. Finally at her 18 month check up the doctor told us to get rid of it. Her teeth were starting to shift due to it, so I knew I needed to ditch it. Since she got shots that day, I let her have it the rest of the day and that night to go to bed. When she woke up, it was gone :o) She asked for it and cried for it for about 3 days and then she seemed to sort of forget about it. Every once in a while she will ask for it (she is 21 months old now), but we either act like we didn't hear what she said and try to distract her, or we just say "ewwww those are babies! You are a big girl!" Any way, good luck! It just takes time.

There really isn't an easy way. You will have a few rough nights but you just need to take it away and let them be gone. She will probably cry for 2-4 nights and then be fine. You could try to take it away at naps but let her have it at night. Unless she doesn't have it at naps. Someone once told me to put a very small hole in the pacifier so she couldn't suck but I have heard that can be bad but not sure why. o we just took them away.

My son used it until he was about 3 year old for naps and bedtime only. Right before his third birthday he kind of just gave it up on his own, and we gave them to the Nukky Fairy to give to babies that needed them. We as a society have become so worried about too much. The more you stress about giving the pacifier up the harder it will be for your child. I have never seen anyone go to college with a pacifier in their mouth:) Just relax and let your child give it up when THEY are ready, it will be alot easier:)

My daughter had hers until two because I just couldn't do it. Just before she turned two the got "lost" on the way to grandmas. I think it helped that they went missing when her routine was disrupted anyway. Grandma put her to bed and she never even asked for it until we got home and by then she was over needing to sleeping with it. I wish you luck. I know that in ghe end I was making a bigger deal of taking it way than it really was. On those same lines when I had talked about taking them just before her first birthday she gathered them all up, put them in her little purse and slept with the purse clutched in her little hand!!! ;0)

Don't stress over it. I STRESSED. My husband stressed more which made me stress more. We tried for OVER A YEAR to figure out the binky and honestly after repeated FAILED attempts and countless distressful hours for me, DH and DS he just gave it up on his own over Thanksgiving weekend. He was about 2.5 yrs old. Was only using it for nap and night time. We TRIED to wean. no nap only night. BIG BIG MISTAKE in my house!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE! I'm a 1st time mom and I have learned from the binky debocle that as long as its only used for sleep that I don't care. My friend (3 kids) always said, no child goes to kindergarten with a binky...they will give it up. My son LOVED his binky and I still think he misses it BUT he gave it up - even at a time that I wasn't sure if I COULD - LOL. Granted his naps are terrible now and he's difficult to get to sleep but we are learning. He's almost 3 now so he's just testing ALL waters anyway. Whatever you do - DON'T STRESS and don't make it a big deal - its not worth it! If I have a second I am either NOT USING one, using it and taking it away before they know better if it seems like it will go smoothly or just using it and not worrying about it! oh - i was just reading other responses, its coming back to me now - we had been Talking about the binky removal for a while and we even tried a sticker chart, small rewards and a big reward - a red wagon - this however went on for many many weeks. But during this my son was biting his binky and as he bit through them, he'd throw it out - we only had a few binky's so i kept telling him, when he bites through that mommy isn't allowed to buy anymore. He finally bit through and tried to get me to get another one. At one point he threw it in the garbage but when he realized it was gone for good he slightly freaked and I got it back - I KNEW he wasn't ready. he probably played with the broken binky and held onto it for a few more nights after that and I would just talk and comfort and focus on his other MANY comfort items...he would tell me the binky didn't work anymore but he still held onto it - SO SAD - but seriously at one point he was talking to it and I think I heard him I'm sorry to it and he was basically paying his last respects - SOOO SAD but such a growing experience for him and for me to have to watch him - the next night he threw it in the garbage and rarely looked back - occassionally he's cry out for it but he'd stop himself. The next morning after he threw it out we went and got the big boy red wagon. He DOES sleep through the night, just getting to sleep is hard - oh and BTW he decided to fully pottry train not so long after that. He clearly does things on HIS OWN TERMS and I have learned a lot from that! LOL!

hi rose...this is gonna sound harsh, but the same thing happened when my daughter was 13 months, we tried weening her off of it and it wasn't working. so my husband n i told her that big girls don't need a pacifier anymore because they're for babies. then we went thru a whole week of sleepless nights. but after that week it was over!! she was used to not having it....she would even go up to other babies in the mall and tell them "you have a pacifier u a baby"...lol....so that's what worked for us!! i wish u all the best....and ofcourse when u decide to do it make sure you throw all the pacifiers in the garbage cause that would make it worse if she sees one!! good luck! -M.

Dear Rose, Not sure why you want her to give it up by her first birthday. She is still a baby and needs to suck. She may start sucking her thumb and you can't take that away. I never used a pacifier for any of my 5 but I don't think they are bad...just at bedtime? Why not? Grandma Mary