weaning from pacifier

jess8543

So I had already had a plan as to when I would wean my LO from the bottle and pacifier. It didn't take me to long to transition her from bottle to sippy cup. I wanted to wean her from the pacifier once she started walking. She's going on 14 months and wobbling along and I have yet to wean her from the pacifier. I'm a bit hestitate. During the day she doesn't use it at all. But its harder for me to not give it to her at night because lately she tends to wake up at 3am, on rare occasion s multiple times. What should I expect, tips, tricks, or what was your experience?

jess8543

Sorry wrong discussion boarrd. Now I have to figure how to delete it

Jags8

Don't worry about deleting it!
I think it's ok to let her have it at night for now. I know some people just did cold turkey with the paci, and it worked for them.

LnR70707

We didn't end up breaking DS paci addiction until 21 months, when he started actively seeking them out during awake periods (they were for naps and night only).  At that age, there was enough understanding that we used the "broken" method.  I hid all pacifiers but one and cut the tip off that one in hopes he'd reject it on his own.  He used it anyway so the next day I cut more off and showed him it was broken and we threw it out together.  First day was rough, and I left it in the nursery trash for a few days because he'd check on it, say "broken" and then be fine.

steph8289

My son is 19 months old now and he has been without his pacifier for a few months now. I switched him from a bottle to sippy cup first. Then the pacifier was cold turkey. It was not planned that way though we were going to just keep it for sleeping and slowly start taking it away but he lost the 3 he had and it was bed time so he just went to bed without one, one night and now he hasn't had one since. So when I found them I hide them asap so he wouldn't see it and want it again. So far we have not had any paci relapse in 3 months.

loisloan1118

We waited way too long w/ DD. She turned 2 in August & we let her have it at night until Christmas. We told her Santa took the paci's and left her toys. She still talks about it but does well. It's not as hard as you think it will be, there may be a few nights that suck, but stay strong & get through it! The longer you wait the harder it is...

mamab3ar

I agree that the longer you wait the harder it is to get rid of. DD is 26months and we are still fighting with this issue. She doesn't take one at all at daycare and hasn't for probably about a year. She still wants it for bedtime though. I knew I should have taken it but in all honestly we got lazy and just let her keep it for naps (on weekends) and bedtime. A few weeks ago I told her that the cat took it and given it to a needy baby and she was okay with that. Then DH wasn't paying attention to wear I hid the thing until I could throw it out and she discovered it. We had to start all over.

She has been having an issue with getting upset and wanting it. I think I am going to try having her throw them out on her own soon. We took DS's away a lot sooner and that worked a lot better.

MrsRustyGriswold

DD was about 2.5 when we finally did the Paci Fairy thing.  We talked about the fairy coming and let her pick the day of the week.  We meant to do it sooner and really it was our own convenience that kept it going too long.  She was really upset for a few days and then occasionally upset for a few weeks.  

Then we had on and off problems with her taking DS's pacis.  So we swore to get him off them sooner.  When he seemed to be less attached over the last few weeks, we've been using our own will power to keep from using it and we're pretty much weaned at about 16 mo.

JustinzGirl05

DS was 15 months when we got rid of the paci. We took him off the bottle at 12 months, 2 days and had been considering taking the paci around the same time. luckily, we didn't have any problem with bottle. Emmett lost his "pa pa" one morning and after turning the house upside down without finding it, decided for it to be gone for good. He still asked for it for naps and bed but I told him we threw it away, gone gone. It only took a few days to forget about it. The only thing I suggest (because it worked for us) is quit cold Turkey. It may be hard but, so much easier IMO because I have a niece that's is 4 1/2 still using one...good luck!

iloveu4ever

We just took it away from our son. Sippy cup was alittle harder than pacifier.

orangecrush32

DD tossed her binky in the trash yesterday. Daddy decided she didn't need it anymore and told her to throw it in the trash. She walked right over and threw it away. It was a little rough last night and a lot rough tonight, but we're sticking to it. She's 18 months.