dependence on paci

tigergreen

LO has started waking up when the paci falls out of his mouth, so last night i was up every hour on the hour just about, only to replace the paci & go back to bed.

i've obviously created the monster, giving it to him all the time, but now is there a way to make him not quite so dependent?  he used to fall asleep & if it fell out, it fell out.

LitlSara

I found that if DD is sound asleep and it falls out she doesn't care, but when she isn't quite in that deep sleep, she will wake up for it. I read that it takes newborns about 15 minutes to reach a deep sleep and last night after feedings rocked her to sleep for at least 15 minutes so she was sound asleep when I put her back in the crib. She didn't wake up at all until the next feeding.

thetwistedwillow

I only offer baby the binky during the day and especially if we're out and about but never at night.

New Wife

ds grew dependent on the paci in the NICU because they gave it to him ALL THE TIME. i give it to him at night to fall asleep. once he is in a deep sleep i gently move my hand away and let it fall out and he sleeps without it. also i wont give it to him unless he screams for it and nothing else will fix the problem. i found that i was giving the paci to him when he didnt really need it and now he uses it less and less everyday

xcrunr3

I had the same problem.  We used white noise and only have to give it to him once!

brainwashxx

njeosys:

I only offer baby the binky during the day and especially if we're out and about but never at night.

This. I didn't want to deal with that problem. If anything at night I let her use me as a pacifier which she never seems to want that long (5-10 minutes) and then is ready to go back to sleep.