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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
Day 3 of daycare and day 3 of daycare vent.
Colin has never really taken a paci and we stopped trying to get him to take one about 3 months ago. Well I go pick him up today and his is alseep with a paci in his mouth. mind you I did not provide a paci and it wasn't a new one. She did say they sanitized it, but still. Her excuse was he was fussy and since I nixed giving him orajel after yesterday they tried a paci and it worked. Ugg. he sucks on his hands 24/7. When he was little he had no interest in them so I was supprised he even took it.
When I got home I got out his pacis and boiled them to send tomorrow. If they are going to give him one I would rather it be his. Am I making a mistake but letting him have the paci back since he is this old and has been fine wihtout it, or will this help him stop sucking his hands? I can always take the paci away later, but can't his fingers. I don't know how I feel about his starting a paci at 6 months, but I am def. aggrivated they gave him an old used one.
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Re: Day 3 of daycare and day 3 of daycare vent.
Gross...I never heard of a daycare giving used pacis to the kids...I would be pissed too!
It's a choice you have to make, and there isn't a right or wrong here.
My DD1 never took a paci and sucked her hands/fingers; she gave it up on her own around like six months, I think, except that she'd always bite her hands whenever she went through a round of teething (she didn't like teethers, either).
My DD2 didn't have much interest in a paci as a newborn, but she just started taking one within the past couple of weeks and it has helped her sleep better at night. DH and I are okay with that. Hopefully she'll give it up when she doesn't need the extra comfort, the way DD1 did -- if not, we'll deal with it when the time comes.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
As hard as it may be, this.
They should've asked you before doing something like that. Even the hospital staff asked before giving LO a paci.
I don't know if giving LO a paci at this stage of the game is good or bad... that's for you to decide... and that is why I find it ridic that not only did the day care make that decision for you, they made it with a freaking used paci. I would be LIVID.
I would also drop to my knees in gratitude to Baby Jesus if my DD took a paci, ever. But that's me.
I try, often. I get out the whole arsenal of pacis and one by one try to gently place them in her mouth... and watch either make gag face, or spit them out. I'm not gonna give up though! But again, that is MY choice, not the choice of some rando day care provider who is too lazy to do their job so they shove a USED paci in my child's mouth. Heads would ROLL.
This. What next, you know? I would be constantly worried because they keep doing things without your permission.
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Maybe I missed you posting about another issue, but I would not pull him out of the daycare just because they gave him a pacifier. From your post, it doesn't sound like you told them no paci - just that you didn't send him with one because he never seemed interested. I also believe that they washed it. Besides, once he's older its likely all the kids in his room will be shoving toys in their mouths constantly - while I'd expect the daycare to sanitize as much as possible, its unrealistic to think they will be able to clean toys every single time a kid sucks on them.
I might ask them only to offer it if other methods aren't effective (like, changing his seat, feeding, changing, etc.). If he's teething, have you considered some tylenol? If you are opposed, I'd say the paci is the only other option.
They had given her LO Orajel the other day without asking too. I would be livid. I agree with PP - I would pull him especially if you had a talk with them about the other issues and they continue to pull stuff like this. GL!
DD1 born 5/24/10.
Missed M/C at 14 wks Feb 2012.
DD2 born 5/14/13.
Missed M/C at 9 wks July 2015.