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Kicking the pacifier addiction

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My ds loves his pacifier. Loves it. It soothes him and calms him down. He is going to be 1 very soon and I dont want this to go on. How can I kick the addiction..
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Re: Kicking the pacifier addiction

  • Que*SyrahQue*Syrah member
    You can either go cold turkey and just take it away, or do it gradually. Give it to him only at nap/bed time. Then eventually take it away completely.
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  • dunvillesdunvilles member

    imageQue_Syrah:
    You can either go cold turkey and just take it away, or do it gradually. Give it to him only at nap/bed time. Then eventually take it away completely.

    This! :) It depends on which one your LO would do best with. My DS does cold turkey better than gradual.

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  • LuckyBride06LuckyBride06 member
    DS only takes his for naps/bedtime. And sometimes he doesn't want it, it depends. So I'm going to go with it and let him have it if he wants for a few more months. If I were you, I'd ween him to naptime/bedtime only. Then worry about completely weening him after that. IMO it's not bad to give it to them for sleeping at this age...like you said, it calms them. If it's in his mouth 24/7, then I think that's too much. GL!
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  • doggylovrdoggylovr
    ds only gets it for naps and bedtime and is doing great!! we are going to let him have it for awhile, I dont want him to resort to his hand (which I obviously can't take away), i would rather him soothe with this for a few more months and go from there
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  • shopgirl78shopgirl78 member

    imagedoggylovr:
    ds only gets it for naps and bedtime and is doing great!! we are going to let him have it for awhile, I dont want him to resort to his hand (which I obviously can't take away), i would rather him soothe with this for a few more months and go from there

    Ditto this.  I don't generally get concerned about paci use until age 2+.   


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  • smbcoffeesmbcoffee
    Apparently if you poke holes in the nipple of the paci with a needle or straight pin, it's not as satisfying and then your LO will stop wanting it. One mom I know tried this & said it was a miracle!
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  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member

    We've just basically stopped letting him have it, except for in the car and at night/for naps.

    The past couple of days we haven't let him have it in the car either, and he's done great! We just make sure he has a fun toy to play with.

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  • gogoamygogoamy member
    dd only used hers for naps and bedtime. at about 8 months we went cold turkey and she was fine.
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  • TMDMJAOCT07TMDMJAOCT07 member

    As much as I didn't want a paci addiction, I wish we had that now. DD sucks the first 2 fingers on her left hand to fall asleep, it's cute but hard to break the habit.

    For a paci habit, if you poke holes in the nipple it looses its suction, there for it doesn't sooth and suck back  like it usually would, and they loose intrest. Since he's so young, its hard to do the "paci fairy" or something like that or cut it all appart to say it has ouchies.

    But, I know several moms who have poked holes and it works, you can slowly make them bigger if need be.

    GL.

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