Pacifier Advice- Took It Away Now Naps Shortened

Give him back the pacifier. Why did you want to remove it when it comforts him and makes him so good a sleeper. Don't just follow what other mothers say about their teeth or pushing them into growing up. Some children just need to be indulged a bit. I let my kids take their blankets everywhere with them. Then when they got to be about 4 years age I said only in the house or the car. They were happy. They didn't argue or fight. I reasoned why should I change such a good situation.

If he only uses his binky for naps and bedtime, why does it need to be taken away?

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Why not just give him his pacifier back for naps? If he is only using it to fall asleep, it's not like it's going to harm his teeth, using it for such a short time every day. The one thing I've learned as a mom (my kids are 6 and 9 now) is that sometimes, you just need to choose the path of least resistance. Do what works. Pick your battles and let the rest go! Your little guy is distraught without his pacifier, so give him his pacifier. End of story!

Honestly, I would give it back. I don't see any problem with a child who uses a pacifier for naps and bedtime. My pediatrician and pediatric dentist agree. I have never understood the rush to take away the pacifiers from kids who clearly need them and only use them for sleeping. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

My first son used his at naps and bedtime until he was 2 1/2, then he willingly gave them up when he moved to a "big-boy bed" and never looked back. No crying, no fights, nothing. My second son uses his pacifier for sleeping (he's 10 months) and he can keep it until he's much older or he gives it up. To me, taking it away at some arbitrary date is just creating problems, and frankly, I have enough of those without making them because someone said I should. In our house naps and bedtime are sacred, and if a pacifier helps your kid get the sleep he needs let him keep it.

Did you take it away cold turkey or did you talk with him about it for a few days first? Did you include him in making a plan for taking it away? If you took it away cold turkey I'm not sure what you can do now. But I would probably give it back to him and wait awhile to take it away in a more planned way.

You already were ahead of the game because he only used it for naps and bedtime. Let him keep using at those confined times. He needs the pacifier, still, and having it won't hurt him or his teeth at this age.

He's young to take it away so you could give it back only for naps, be sure you make that clear. It shouldn't be hard to break that one time with it later on when he's a little older. OR stick it out and he'll just sleep less probably but will continue to take his naps. I don't see the rush myself.

Give him a Lovey. If he will take to one.

My son was like that for a bit, when we took away his pacifiers.
Then he went back to his normal 2 hour naps.
It took a few days.

Or, maybe your son will learn to suck on his thumb now.

We took away my almost 17 mo old's paci last month. It's a long story, but look at my post if you want some good advice.
To make a long story short, we had to do the cold turkey. Naps were really bad for about a week, but then she started doing better. My advice is that after his "cat nap", just get him up if he wakes up screaming. Eventually, as he adjusts to not having the paci, his naps will lengthen back out again.
Oh and not to knock the other moms, but DON'T give it back once you have gone down this path. I let my son have his until he was a little over 2 years old (he's 5 now). Trust me- now is the perfect time.
In about two weeks, you'll be SO happy this is behind you! :) Hang in there...

i think you just have to give it time (im pregnant with my first child right now so i am not at all an expert) but i know someone that the exact same thing happend with their child, they ended up giving back the pacifier and then couldnt get rid of it til their child was 4 years old and even then it was like torture for them to take it away, it might take a while for him to get used to not having it during his naps but better than having a 4 year old with a pacifier .. sorry i couldnt be more helpful ..good luck

so give him back his binky.
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khairete
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It may just be a while to battle it out. But I would prefer a child to suck on a pacifier instead of their thumb. It is so much easier to deal with a pacifier later than trying to take away a thumb or finger. It can be really bad on the teeth and jaw bone growth if they suck on something other than a binky.

I went through this in December. My son wouldn't take a nap at all for the first few days and I thought it was all over. I just kept trying and once he got over missing his NUK, he started napping again. It took him about a week to stop crying for it, and about two weeks to stop asking for it. But your son is a little bit younger so he might get over it sooner. Can you try waking him up earlier in the morning so that he's more tired out at nap time?