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r/p Help me decide how to take away paci

Brit&NateBrit&Nate
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Okay, we've decided that we are ready to take away Avery's paci. I'm not looking for opinions about whether or not we should, just how we should do it. I've read two logical ways, and can't decide which would be better.1. cold turkey, just throw them all away so we're not tempted to give in2. cut the end off. a little at first, then more, until she gives it up (we hope)Has anyone had success with either of these methods (or something else we haven't thought of)? TIA?
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  • *Scuzzlebutt**Scuzzlebutt* member

    Cold turkey!!  We had to take Clara's soother away at 15 months because she had to have a tooth extracted (poor kid fell down and hurt it badly enough that it had to come out!)  The dentist told us no soother for one week.  We just took that as our chance to finally stop being so chicken and DO IT (we'd been saying "this is the week we do it!!" for months)  She was just fine and she didn't seem to care at all.

    We told her the soothers were "all gone" and she seemed to accept that.

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  • livinituplivinitup
    Neither.  My DD's 13 months and we don't see the big deal for overnight sleep and naps.  Nothing outside the crib.
    My darling daughter just turned 4 years old.
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  • SapphireprincssSapphireprincss member
    We did cold turkey around 10 months because we did not want to be taking away the pacifier and bottle at the same time!  I just made sure to do it at a time when we were home, over a weekend, because we both work!  I made sure that both grandmas knew that she could not have it anymore when she went back that week.  It happened to be a three day weekend so we did no pacifier for morning nap on Friday,  no pacifier for either morning or afternoon nap on Saturday, and then not at all on Sunday!  By
    Abigail Grace: 3/11/08 and Joshua Alan: 2/2/13 Image and video hosting by TinyPicImage and video hosting by TinyPic 5losses from 7/4/10 through 11/22/11 - “When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time."♥
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  • SapphireprincssSapphireprincss member
    We did cold turkey around 10 months because we did not want to be taking away the pacifier and bottle at the same time!  I just made sure to do it at a time when we were home, over a weekend, because we both work!  I made sure that both grandmas knew that she could not have it anymore when she went back that week.  It happened to be a three day weekend so we did no pacifier for morning nap on Friday,  no pacifier for either morning or afternoon nap on Saturday, and then not at all on Sunday!  By then
    Abigail Grace: 3/11/08 and Joshua Alan: 2/2/13 Image and video hosting by TinyPicImage and video hosting by TinyPic 5losses from 7/4/10 through 11/22/11 - “When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time."♥
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  • SapphireprincssSapphireprincss member
    We did cold turkey around 10 months because we did not want to be taking away the pacifier and bottle at the same time!  I just made sure to do it at a time when we were home, over a weekend, because we both work!  I made sure that both grandmas knew that she could not have it anymore when she went back that week.  It happened to be a three day weekend so we did no pacifier for morning nap on Friday,  no pacifier for either morning or afternoon nap on Saturday, and then not at all on Sunday!  By then she was
    Abigail Grace: 3/11/08 and Joshua Alan: 2/2/13 Image and video hosting by TinyPicImage and video hosting by TinyPic 5losses from 7/4/10 through 11/22/11 - “When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time."♥
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  • franciscazfranciscaz member
    We did cold turkey and it worked like a charm.
    Mom to Harmon 1/17/08 and twins Rachel & Callum 8/28/09 Photobucket 29o0v13.jpg
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  • SapphireprincssSapphireprincss member
    Sorry about the multiple posts, when i try to delete them it times out!
    Abigail Grace: 3/11/08 and Joshua Alan: 2/2/13 Image and video hosting by TinyPicImage and video hosting by TinyPic 5losses from 7/4/10 through 11/22/11 - “When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time."♥
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  • Jelliebean1982Jelliebean1982

    We took it away gradually and there was no adjustment period at all.  It was so smooth and she didn't even notice it missing.  First we took it away at playtime, so she would only have it for naps and bedtime.  We noticed that after we did that she would spit it out while sleeping and she didn't need it to stay asleep.  We then took it away for naps and bedtime.  I'm so glad we did it this way. 

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  • northhillsbridenorthhillsbride member

    We actually did a mix of cold turkey and easing into it - daycare started a couple of weeks ago of not giving it to him at nap time and he didn't fuss, so we continued that in the car (since he only ever really wanted it in the car and for sleep; I would put on his music CD when he asked for the paci in the car). By the time that Friday night rolled around, we went cold turkey for bed. We had one set back (on the following Monday night) where he had to have it for bed, but I took it out of his mouth a few hours later. We haven't looked back.

    Good luck!

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