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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
sunflowergrl
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if LO uses paci only for sleeping (yes another weaning ?.... sorry)
sunflowergrl
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When do you plan on weaning?
DD only uses her paci for naps and nighttime. And I'm convinced it's why she's such a great sleeper. She still takes 2 naps a day, both about 2 hours, and she sleeps usually from 8-8 at night.
She seems to get that she's only allowed to have it in her crib, as she drops it before raising her arms to be lifted out. But, she is sneaky, and will try to steal my friend's son's when we're at their house. (if she sees it)
I don't think I'd be stressing it so much, because I don't mind her using it to sleep, but we're TTC and I don't want her to still be using it at night when baby #2 comes. This is 'cause I'm afraid she'll regress and start wanting it all the time if she sees baby with one. (that said, I know I'm not even pg yet, so i'm jumping the gun, but humor me on this one lol)
I'm back and forth between poking holes in it and hoping she just won't want it anymore, or waiting till she's a bit older and can understand more then making her trade it for something or having her "donate" it to a younger baby (not her sibling)
So what's your plan.
When will you do it?
and how will you do it?
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Chemical Pregnancy 10/5/10
BFP 2/7/11--m/c 2/12/11
TTD pics taken by knottie jen&louie
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Chemical Pregnancy 10/5/10
BFP 2/7/11--m/c 2/12/11
TTD pics taken by knottie jen&louie
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Re: if LO uses paci only for sleeping (yes another weaning ?.... sorry)
DD is in the same boat as your DD. She gets in only while in her crib. She knows to drop it when she gets out of the crib and she doesnt seem to be bothered by that at all. When she sees a family member with a paci (my sisters son who has it all.of.the.fing.time) she reaches for it but I explain thats his paci and not to take it and she doesn't. I dont think reaches for it because she really wants it, I think shes just curious.
I dont plan on weaning her from it and we are TTC#2 right now. I feel that when she wants to get rid of it she will- on her own terms. Its not hurting anything right now.
My DS only uses it at naps and bedtime too. He will pick it up and use through the day if he sees one laying around but I always take it away.
My pedi said around 18 months it should really go, since he should have more teeth by then, he only has 2 now.
I'm thinking first take away at naps then progress to bedtime and see how he does. He gave up the bottle with very little fuss but I don't know how the paci will go over...
Natural M/c 12/13/08 at 8w5d
I am in the same boat right now. When I was expecting DS2, I wanted to wean DS1 from the nighttime paci, too. I was afraid that it would be harder once the baby got here and he saw the baby with it all the time.
So we took it right around his 2nd birthday. We told him for a few days how it was for babies and he was a big boy. We did it cold turkey. He asked for it the first 2 nights or so, but never cried or refused to sleep.
I want to do the same with DS2, but I am all panicky. I don't think he will take it well. Then again, I didn't think DS1 would either... but I am still freaking out!
DD also gets the paci for sleep only...and she seems to really depend on it to go to sleep. Although if we're in the car, she can fall asleep without it. But as soon as I put her down in the crib she searches for it and grabs it immediately. I tried weaning her from it about 3 months ago and it was a massive FAIL. She cried for 40 mins at naptime and I just couldn't handle it. So ...I've put it on the back burner for right now. I'll try again in the next 6 mos. I want her to be paci-free definitely by the time she is 2 1/2.
We did it about a month ago (so 11 1/2 months or so). She, like your LO, only had it for naps and bedtime and knew that it was only for sleepy time.
We did it cold turkey. It took about 5 days for her to sleep well without it. It was H3LL, absolutely!! But so worth it. Now she doesn't wake during the night looking for it and whining until she finds it. She still naps and sleeps well, usually 11 - 12 hours overnight.
HTH. Good luck!
I honestly have no plans to wean DD from her paci anytime soon. She gets it in her crib and in the car, unless she's really sick (as she was today... she was able to have it pretty much all day since she was just laying on DH or I most of the day). It's not typically an issue... she doesn't usually throw it out of the crib and cry for it or anything like that.
She depends on it for sleep, and whether or not that's a good thing, I can't see just taking it away from her while she doesn't understand why. My good friend just took her 3 year old's paci away (she only used it while sleeping) and they made a big deal about it. She totally understood what was going on and only had an issue the 1st night. I'm not planning on doing it until DD is ready, and until she can understand. She has always been a horrible sleeper and the paci definitely helps... I joke with people that she can keep it until college if it helps us all get some sleep