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Toddler still uses a paci ages 2.5+
Logan still loves his paci, hes getting closer to 3 than two, and crap I feel like its getting worse. We were really good about only having paci during naps/night time. But hes been manipulative lately. Saying he wants to nap (not even close to nap time) just so he gets his paci. And just now he told me hes never giving me back the paci. Great.
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Re: Toddler still uses a paci ages 2.5+
We are trying to break the pacifier habit in our house too. We just started this weekend, Riley is only allowed to have it in her bed, if she is not in her bed, she can't have it. So far, it has worked. We used the binkie fairy for Peyton, we will try this with Riley too, but she is a bit too young to understand it right now.
Funny story, my parents only allowed me to have my pacifier in my room, my mom said I would some times stop playing, run into my room and suck on my pacifier for a few minutes, then return to playing. Guess it runs in the family!
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L gave her "bobby" up the day she turned 3. At about 2 we started using it only for sleeping and long LONG car trips. And at 2.5 we started talking about bobbies being for babies, and that when she turned 3 she wouldn't be a baby anymore (she had already decided that 3 was "grown up."). We also negotiated that when she turned 3, if she gave up the bobby, she could have a big girl bed.
On her third birthday, she gave the bobby lots of love and handed it to me. She said "I'm not a baby anymore" and insisted we immediately convert her crib to a big girl bed (i.e. toddler bed).
She still talks about it sometimes, but it was an easy transition. I think what helped the very most was setting a deadline that was tangible to her, and having knowing what her currancy was (the bed).
Good luck!
P.S. FWIW, our pedi told us 3 was the age to get rid of it, so I don't see anything wrong with having it at 2.5
Ditto. Our dentist also said to get rid of it by 3 - according to him after 3 is when you risk causing damage to teeth that may require braces to correct in future.
M was so attached to his paci that he would get teary eyed when we talked about giving it up. Just after his third birthday, he found a toy that he really wanted (cranky the crane) so I told him that he could use all his paci's to buy the toy. He agreed because he wanted that toy so badly. He gave me the paci's, he got the crane. At bedtime he wanted to return the crane, but I told him there was a no refund policy :-) He actually took it pretty well. He asked for them on and off for a while, but has been totally over it for some time. Good luck!
The paci fairy came to our house over the weekend: https://thesecretpage.binary-girl.com/blog/?p=11367
She's already three and our dentist said to get rid of it by four so I knew it needed to go. Originally, we were hoping that she'd WANT to help it go away but there was no way in hell -- she was way too attached to it and reasoned circles around any ideas I had to push her in that direction. Ultimately, I was the hard a$$ and I decided the day that the paci fairy came.
Since then, she's asked for it and told me to get it back from the paci fairy, but I've been telling her stories about the baby she gave her paci too, which is helping.
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rosie still uses hers although she hasn't used it at daycare since last february. its a strictly car/home sleeping thing now. she's funny about it - she'll have it the entire way to dcp then spit it out and HANDS it over to me when we get to dcp.
next step is removing it from the car .. i'll be thrilled when its a strictly bedtime ONLY thing.
Maddy picked up the paci habit back in April this year. Her attachment has been getting worse and worse since then. We don't allow the paci at school so we know she CAN sleep at home without, I just would rather not put up the fight.
Our goal is to be rid of it by 3 and her pedi agreed with that plan. I like the idea of the paci fairy and building it up for DD like around her bday.
Right now DD's emotions are rough. Huge swings from very happy to frustrated/mad/sad. I think she's going through a big development stage right now, and the paci really calms her down. Its one of the few things left in our toolbox of soothing solutions so we are having just as hard of time letting the paci go...