Breaking of the paci

mrsk2005

We want to get rid of the paci for DD.  We had started taking it away more right before DS was born but since he's been here we've gotten more lax on DD having hers.  She does go to daycare and does not have it all day (except naptime).  But when she is home she requests it.  She is also getting 4 (yes.. 4) teeth in right now so she is also using it as a teether (naws on it).  If we don't give it to her when she requests it... we get a meltdown.  I was just wondering how others eliminated the paci with their child.  I definitely want it gone by 2 years at the latest.

beebe929

We are in the same boat right now (teeth too).  So she asks for it at home. But she is fine until we leave daycare.

I am trying to wait the teeth out and then get back to being more aggressive about it.  I would like it gone before #2.  But realistically that isnt going to happen.

Good luck.

It was working when I was saying things like "give me it... you don't need it anymore".... she would hand it right over.

 

CaitlinJ22

GL! i think we are waiting til he's close to 2. He only gets it for bed and nap, and I figure when his teeth are all in , we'll try and get rid of it. DD will get one, so I figure there is no use getting rid of it before shes here. 

 

pamiva1

I took mine from DD before she turned one, but the easiest way for us was to just stop cold turkey. Since you have a little one, and you can reason with your older one, I would try telling your DD that she needs to give them to her little brother to use from now on. It may be hard at first, but I think stopping all together is easiest for everyone!

laurenbug

We got rid of it a few months ago, because the dentist said that he could already tell it was affecting his teeth growth.  My children are doomed to have bad teeth (the orthodontic bills for my brothers and I probably paid our ortho's salary for 10 years, lol), so I didn't want to make it any worse than it was going to be!

We just sucked it up and went cold turkey one day.  I'll be honest, the first night was rough, although he didn't cry for very long...he just didn't sleep well (waking a few times).  The second day's naps he fussed a little more than normal, and then by the second night, it was as if he had never had one...and he was seriously addicted.

I'd say if you're serious, just go for it cold turkey.  GL!!

jnksmom

We took DS's away cold turkey at 25 months. We tried to limit it to just nap and bedtime but he would ask for it other times and we gave in. We moved twice within 9 months and moved from all of our family that he was used to being around all the time. His paci was his security and I couldn't take it away from him. But the pedi told me at his 2yr check up it was affecting his teeth so we had to take it away. The first couple nights were really rough but then he was ok. My nephew was 6 months at the time and so we told DS that his baby cousin needed pacis and they were for babies and he was a big boy so he didn't need them anymore. He helped me find them all and put them in a bag to give to nephew. Then the next time we saw my nephew DS gave them to him.