Sleepy Time Pacifier

My daughter was HOOKED on pacifiers to the point where she needed one in her mouth and 2 backups in her hand for naps and bedtime. She also needed them in the car. When she turned 2 my husband and I buckled down and took them all away cold turkey. She threw a fit prior to falling asleep for about 2 nights and whined on and off about wanting one when she was tired for about 4 days and that was the last we heard about them. She is now 4 and has never had one since that week.

My daughter was the same way, paci only in bed, until we brought home the new baby at 26 months. Then she wanted it all the time and would sneak it out when I was busy with baby. She became obsessed with it and it was horrible, I thought I would never be able to get rid of it.
We decided that when the baby turned one twe would get rid of it. We told her when her brother turned one there would be no more babies in the house and therefore no more paci's. We prepped her nightly and had family and friends remind her too. It worked so well that when we had the baby's birthday party 2 days before his actually birthday she asked me why she still had her paci since the baby was one now. I couldn't believe it. I was dreading it and really it was almost painless. Just one night of fussing. At that age I think they are old enough to understand you are giving them a deadline. I hope this helps.

My daughter was taken off her paci when she was 24 months old. We went cold turkey. She luck the ducks so my husband took her to the duck pond and told her everytime she hears a duck quack that they are crying and need a paci. She loved the quack quack as she calls them so very much she decided to give them all her binkys and she never turned back. She did not ask for it again or want it after that. Thank goodness. Now I have a thumb sucker and she is 3 and won't give up her thumb so thank goodness you have a paci issue. Good luck

My son loved his passy. He had to have it at nap time, bed time and consolation time. During the year between 2 year old and 3 year old, DH and I tried to take his passy away from him. We were successful when he became 3 years old.

Ours just gave hers up at 18 months. She was still using it some during the day and I tried cutting a little off the end to make it not as desirable. Well, she knew something was wrong and didn't want them at all and went down for a nap fine without. I broke down the first night, and gave her a passy I hadn't cut the end off of. After about a week of only at night, we sat her down and told her she was a big girl now and big girls don't have passies. We kept telling her that through the day and at night, when she asked for it, I told her the same thing. She did have some trouble the first night when she'd wake up, but we'd tell her the same thing, and I really think she understood.