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Advice on taking away pacifier
So, it's time now to pull the plug on the pacifier. So, do you have suggestions on how to go about it? The pedi told me yesterday to go cold turkey. Put all his pacifiers in a box and tell him he's a big boy. She said in a week he'd be over it. I"m scared! He only uses them at nap time & bed time. He's not allowed out of his room with it.
Any advice??
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Re: Advice on taking away pacifier
I am dreading this day too so let me know how it goes.
I have heard butting the tip off of them sometimes works.
Neither of my kids liked the paci, thumb suckers they are (pedi told DD to stop the thumb sucking-so we're in the same boat).
Anyways, maybe you could tell him that they need to go away & get ready for the new baby to use, that they are only for babies, and he's no longer a baby.
otherwise I got nuttin'.....but good luck!
have you tried the Toddler 24+ month board?
What's the rush, Suri Cruise who is almost 5 still uses one:
https://moms.today.com/_news/2011/03/08/6218100-binky-buzz-is-suri-cruise-too-old-for-pacifier?GT1=43001
My kids didn't use pacifiers. But my friend told her daugher, who was 3, that the pacifier fairy was coming and collecting all of her pacifiers and she left in it's place a stuffed animal for her to cuddle with at night. It worked for her, so maybe if your child has a character that he's really into you could say that he's coming to collect the pacifiers and leave him a toy that he's been looking forward to getting.
I tried the whole "binky fairy" thing when my daughter was 2.5. Binky fairy came, collected the pacis, and left a few small gifts. Basically, at 10 at night after no nap that day, I caved and let her ask the binky fairy to bring the pacis back. (flame away if you want, whatever!) I was a single working mom at the time and just. couldn't. take it. She also only used them at bed time/nap time.
We waited a year and then when she was 3.5, she spent the night at my aunt's house, and I forgot to pack the binky. My aunt tried to go buy a new one but they didn't have the brand DD used. So she slept without it at night once, and when she came home to me, she fussed the first night and then was fine. No more pacis. I will also add, though, no more naps. The only naps she has ever taken since then were in the car.
You can google "binky fairy" and there are actually some stories you can read aloud to your child. Might help. I will say it would have worked if I didn't cave, but that was just not gonna happen for my own sanity's sake.
HTH!
wow......though I laughed at the line in the story:
Frankly, if you lived with Tom Cruise and had photographers following you to every play date, you'd probably need a little soothing, too.
since your LO only uses a paci and nap and bedtime it shouldn't be so bad. if cold turkey doesn't work try eliminating nap time first and then move to bedtime.
my sister had a serious attachment to her pa (paci) she had it all the time. we tried to wean her when the baby was born (they are 3 yrs apart) but she would steal the baby's pa and hide them! finally when she was about 6 or 7 we used hard candies (like a smoker would do) and that worked.
We took it away at 2 1/2 for good. It was our second attempt. We tried and 2 and it was horrible. By 2 1/2, she only used it to fall asleep at night. Daycare had taken it away at naptime.
My DD was basically chewing them apart anyway. I told her we only had 3 left and when she chewed through them, that was it (it was sorta the same as cutting the tip off; she just did it herself).
I was SO worried about it, and we were going to use the paci fairy (or put all of them into the stuffing of a Build-a-Bear she got to pick out), but it never came to that. She never had a really bad night. She would ask about it ever now and again, but I think it was easier when she was 2 1/2 because we told her she was too big for it and she understood.
I think you are in good shape if you are only using it for naps and nighttime. Maybe try taking it away at naptime first and see how it goes for a few days.
My sister did this method with her daughter. It worked. She just cut little pieces at a time so the difference was too little for her to notice, but eventually there was nothing left. It worked. If I was in that boat, I'd try cold turkey. If that didn't work, I'd start cutting.
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