Tips on Getting Rid of Pacifier

I got rid of my daughters pacifier by making them throw it away and took them to Walmart and let them pick out a new toy.

My kids never took a passy, but my friends have told me they cut the tip of the nipple off. Or gradually cut it till they won't take it anymore.
Good Luck!!

Didn't have to deal with this because my daughter gave it up herself.
But... one suggestion that I do have. Don't do this before the move. Get through that and after things settle down in a month or so, you can get started on the passy going away.
When we weaned from the bottle I did it slowly and not around any holidays or big events that upset the normal routine.
Good luck, I know some children just won't give them up!
T. S

My Husband and I where the same way it was almost like we had to brake our selves before we could brake him. I just stopped giving it to him one day and he cried the first night or two, but after that never asked about it again. I took his away right after his second birthday.

We had our daughter throw away her favorite one (we got rid of the rest before-hand so that she would not find them) and talked about how she was a big girl now so she didn't need the pacifier. Come night time she asked for it and we reminded her that SHE threw it away (I think if I had thrown it away for her, or they just disappeared this would not have worked) and she just said 'oh yeah' and tried to go to sleep. I warn you though, it messed up her going to sleep, and sometimes it take well over an hour for her to go to sleep now!
Good luck!

Get rid of all but one pacifier. Once he loses that one, don't get any more! If he understands "all gone" or "lost" then you just keep telling him it's all gone. We went on a trip & only took 1 paci with us b/c we were usually pretty good about keeping up with it. My daughter lost it the first night there and for 4 days we never found it! I was not about to go out and buy another one, so that was it for us. Just kept telling her she lost it & it was all gone. She gave up and was fine.

Before going to bed, have your child put the paci in a bag in the living room for the "paci farie". Replace the paci with a toy they wanted. If it was mainly for you, it won't be a hard transition Be sure to throw away all of the paci's in the house, diaper bag, etc. Good luck!

I really would recommend cold turkey. That is how my friend got her son to quit taking his. Give your son a sippy cup or something he really likes instead of the pacifier. It will only take a night or two. Good luck!

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J., what we did was by age 2 only let them have it at nap time/bed time. and then at 3 told them that "when they turn three the passi breaks." And on the night of their third birthday I let them have it one last time and reminded them, yet again, that "when they wake up there passi will be broken and it won't work." After they went to bed I snuck in their room took the passi and cut it down to the base all the way to the plastic, as well as the ones in cabinet (where they knew we kept extras) and told them "look these are broken too." She accepted it. Never had a problem after that. We had to come up with something that would allow for the baby to have one and not her. It worked very well. At age 3 they have a better concept of reasoning. Good luck.

J.,
Hello. I strongly suggest trying to do it in stages. I think it's easier on the child and parent and doesn't traumatize them. Actually, we gave our daughter a small stuffed animal to help replace that comfort item. We begin by saying "Paci stays in bed" and she only got it at nap & bedtime in the beginning. So, before I would pick her up out of the crib, I would say, Where does paci go? She would pop it out and throw it in her crib and we went about our day. And I didn't carry any with me, so if she was looking for it, I would just say Paci stays in bed. Then, after about a month of doing that, we started to only use it at nighttime, calling it a night-time paci. We did that for about a month and I was ready to try for no more paci the next week, but she decided she was done with it, and started throwing it out of her crib. So, she basically finished that last step all on her own. This is possibly rare, but I think I made it easy on her and she was just done. I will say she was 18 months when she was totally done with it, so being younger probably helped too. Every child is different and you have to figure out what's best for you and your child. Best of luck to you and this process.
Take Care,
J.