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Pacifier ? for Moms of 2+

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We're cutting out the paci from our son now that he's 2.  He's handling this cold turkey thing amazingly well right now.  However, he has a brother arriving in a few months and I'm worried about how he'll react when he sees his brother with a paci. 

Anyone have experience with this?  Did your child want theirs back?  Or will he be totally over it and not give a darn?

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  • Renee070806Renee070806 member
    i dont have advice... but am interested to see what others say.
    we were going to take it away at two and then figured with a baby on the way we would wait a bit until he was adjusted ..aka, im a whimp!
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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    Fortunately, DD's a thumb sucker so we didn't have to deal with this, but I saw how my SIL handled it. Our niece was just under 2 when her twin brothers arrived. I know that they didn't make her give the paci up at that point, and the goal was her 3rd b-day. I think they really played up that she could be a great big sister and give her pacis to the babies. Not sure if it totally worked, but I know she seemed really proud that she was "helping" by giving them to the boys.
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  • kfrisciakfriscia member
    My ds still uses his for bedtime only but we have been pretty lucky that he hasn't seemed too interested in his baby brother's during the day.  He seems to know the difference between the two. The baby's are smaller.  If it falls out he always tries to give it back to him and has never once tried to put it in his own mouth.
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  • MadringalMadringal member
    Not exacly the same, but my nephew was 2 when DD was born, and my siter was really trying tobreak him of his paci (or Wow Wow as he called it) before my DD got here.  Well he was off it for about 2 months, and DD was a month old when I baby sat him.  I had left one of hers on the floor in the living room and I saw him walk up to it.  He looked around to make sure no one was watching, bent over, picked it up, and gave it a tiny kiss.  The he put it down and took off to play.  He didn't have any issues.  The first few weeks were the worst, but once he was over it, he stayed over it.  Good luck!
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  • jessiel19jessiel19

    Not really the same... 

    My son gave it up with no issues around one. For some reason my MIL (ugh!) still has them around the house... A few times I'v gone to pick him up from there and he is playing with them... He will try to stick as many as he can into his mouth...  Anyway I guess my point is that it (in my experience) seems to be something that once broken from the habit for a while they don't care to have it all the time. Jay will play with it but he doesn't want it. He knows they are for babies.

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  • jnksmomjnksmom member

    We took DS's away when he was 2 because the pedi said it was effecting his teeth. DD was 7 months old at the time and has a paci. We told DS that he was a big boy and didn't need a paci anymore but sissy was still a baby and needed it. He did extremely well and has never tried to use her paci.

    My nephew is DD's age and so we let DS give his pacis to my nephew again telling him he is a big boy and nephew is a baby and needed them. He asked for it the first 2 nights and then he was fine. 

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  • BrewtowngrlBrewtowngrl member

    DS has not taken a paci since 3 months, but chews on them when teething.  He wanted a paci when we brought Nathan home for about 2 days. 

    I have heard some people have success with telling the older child that you are packing them up to give to the baby.  That way they are giving them away instead of them being taken away. 

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  • VrbkaVrbka
    our LO was born with our Oldest was 17 months old and he still had his paci.. he would still take LO's paci and it looked nothing like his.. we took his paci away at 19 months and he would take LO's all the time.. but LO stopped wanting a paci on his own at like 6 months so now we have NO paci's :) yah..
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  • W&J'sMommyW&J'sMommy
    DS stopped using his at 2.5, after I had DD, so my experience was a bit different.  I bought different brand for DD anyway so there wouldn't be any confusion for him.  He would occasionally take one of hers and walk around with it, but never wanted to keep it, he did it more to be funny I think.  I think the key was it wasn't the same kind as his.
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  • MrsAmersMrsAmers

    DD was 27 months when DS was born and still using her paci.  She was teething her 2nd year molars, and was a big paci chewer when teething, so we didn't ditch it before DS came.

    We got rid of it when she was about 34 months and when DS was about 9 months.  He continues to use his pacifier for naps and bedtime and it hasn't phased her.  She's asked once or twice if she can use his (we ditched hers because we lost the last one) and didn't freak out when I said "no".  

    YMMV, but in our experience it wasn't a big deal.  If anything, it is a little annoying that she'll give him the paci when he doesn't need it, but otherwise it hasn't been a problem.

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