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Night #2, no paci

michelleaxomichelleaxo
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I thought this whole ditching the paci thing was too easy. G cried a lot last night. Pretty much on and off all night. I would go in there, rub her head a little and tell her to go night-night and she would roll over and go to sleep, but then be back up looking for her paci and whimpering again within an hour.

Thanks to Taytee and Mollie for the the advice on holding strong and not giving it back to her. DH and I managed to hold out all night! But....I don't know how many more nights we can last. Luckily, the weekend is coming up.

For anyone who has done this before, how many nights did it take before your LO slept normally again?

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  • molliedbmolliedb
    well i can't answer your question since i always gave it back. :)  hang in there- i hope it improves quickly!
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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    Awww....I would have given it back to her.  I'm all about CIO but I can't take away a pacifier :)

    My kids gave up their pacifiers pretty easy.  Jakob was almost 3 and Layna was not quite 2.5.  They didn't cry for their pacifiers at all, they slept all night without any trouble. 

    Maybe she's not ready?  Sorry, not any help!  I just feel so bad when we give them these pacifiers, let them get attached and then take it away.  

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  • michelleaxomichelleaxo
    Oooooh boy, now I feel like a jerk. Maybe she isn't ready to give it up. The first night went so well but last night was a different story. She is quite attached to it but I was hoping to be done with them before her transition to a big girl bed since I know they won't stay in the bed very easily. Tongue Tied
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  • txbabs111txbabs111 member

    Well, the way I see it is that you've already done 2 nights, one of which was rough for her. If you give it back to her now, then she cried last night for no reason. However, if you stick it out, and meet your goal of weaning her completely, then at least it was a means to an end.

    Good luck. 

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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    imagemichelleaxo:
    Oooooh boy, now I feel like a jerk. Maybe she isn't ready to give it up. The first night went so well but last night was a different story. She is quite attached to it but I was hoping to be done with them before her transition to a big girl bed since I know they won't stay in the bed very easily. Tongue Tied

    Oh don't feel bad, I wasn't trying to do that.  You're doing your best :)

    Its different for everyone.  I've known lots of people to take away the pacifiers at 12 months, or 18 months, or 2 years old....and their kids aren't traumatized by it.  When Layna was approaching 2.5 I was slightly jealous of these people who had taken it away early.  I kept wondering if I should go ahead and take it away.

    But then she just gave it up.  It was so easy, she didn't cry for it, it wasn't painful at all.  And I knew that I had done the right thing for ::our:: family.  I truly believe that they will give it up easy when they're ready.  But maybe not, just because my two kids did doesn't mean that every kid will. 

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  • molliedbmolliedb
    oh i wasn't trying to make you feel bad at ALL!!!  i hope i didn't!!  i took the approach my pediatrician recommended but it wasn't easy.  i was ready for her to give it up about 2 years before she was and it drove me crazy at times.  you do what is right for you and your little one.  don't worry about what anyone else does!
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  • carlinlpcarlinlp member
    DS was very very attached to his. We had 3 rough nights before it got a lot better. It's been weeks and he hasn't asked for it. I'd hang in there another night or two and see how it goes :)


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    imagecarlinlp:
    DS was very very attached to his. We had 3 rough nights before it got a lot better. It's been weeks and he hasn't asked for it. I'd hang in there another night or two and see how it goes :)

    See?  A success story!  There ya go.  Hang in there.  With the weekend coming up it'll be easier.  You can do it and so can she! 

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  • michelleaxomichelleaxo

    I guess we will see how it goes tonight.

    On another note, it was so sweet to hear her talking this morning when she woke up. Normally she just plays with her paci, but this morning she was going over her body parts. "Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, knees" then she was saying her name "Gay-ceeeee" and telling herself "Noooo, noooo". So sweet!

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    imagetxbabs111:

    Well, the way I see it is that you've already done 2 nights, one of which was rough for her. If you give it back to her now, then she cried last night for no reason. However, if you stick it out, and meet your goal of weaning her completely, then at least it was a means to an end.

    Ditto!  Hold strong.  I bet tonight will be better.

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