Removing the paci

AdamsGirl81305

For those of you that used paci's, what age did you start to wean them off and how did you do it? 

With my niece, my sister weaned by allowing it only in the car and when sleeping.  Then it was just sleeping, then nothing.

My girls are almost 9 months, and I have no idea when to start thinking about moving them off.  I am thinking at 12 months.

carissasmom

I think a year is a good time to start weaning, but I'm not the perfect person to ask. My older DD still gets hers for naptime and bedtime and she's over 2. But w/ the new babies coming I didn't want to take it away from her completely when they were going to be allowed them. But I think anytime you want to go to just nap/bedtime at this point would be fine.

SoldiersGreenBean

DD still uses hers religiously.

I'm completely ok with it.  She has too much change over the next 6 months for me to bother fighting her over the one comfort she has.

FWIW, my pedi told me to cold turkey her by 15 months.

Rinnie

Around a year my DD was only allowed to have it at naps & bedtime, then when the twins came it was a the time.  Everytime we tried to limit it, it became a huge issue for her.  I will be honest and say I gave in a lot.  It was hard and I had to pick my battles.

I am embrassed to say that up until 2 months ago she was still using it.  She is almost 3 years old. 

How your sister did it was how I planned on doing it, but it just happened and I got lucky on how it went down.  We started losing them and I told her that since she was a big girl she would have to keep track of them.  We had about 6 of them.  I kept one safe and secure for emergency's.  Eventually we just started losing them and I wouldn't spend my time looking for them.

When the twins were born and I saw what happened I just kind of stopped using it for them around 2 months - cold turkey.  They weren't used to it and they didn't miss it.  I was really afraid to try to take it away from them later.

 Good Luck!

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carissasmom:

I think a year is a good time to start weaning, but I'm not the perfect person to ask. My older DD still gets hers for naptime and bedtime and she's over 2. But w/ the new babies coming I didn't want to take it away from her completely when they were going to be allowed them. But I think anytime you want to go to just nap/bedtime at this point would be fine.

Ditto.  DS still uses his, I didn't want to fight taking it away when the twins are going to have them (he'll just steal theirs anyway).  I'd like to take everyone's paci when the twins are 12m.  I figured it'd be much easier to get all of them weaned at once.

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Griffin still uses it at night and he's 2.5 y/o.  He is such a great sleeper and really loves his paci - doesn't have any othe type of lovie- so we thought there was no reason to stop... we plan on having the paci fairy come after he turns 3, b/c then he'll understand that, and i think 3 y/o is too old for any pacis at all.

jsmithoregon

My SIL just did paci fairy with her now 3 year old.  She said she sent it to live in the land of Elmo's.  So then my nephew would just talk to Elmo about it.  It was over in 1 day.  Although since I dont live with them, its possible my brother gives it to him to keep him happy when he watches the kids while his wife works.