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If you have 2 kids using pacifiers...
Is it worth it to even try keeping their pacifiers separate?
Both of my girls love their pacis. DD #1 mostly just uses hers for sleeping, but she likes to take one out with her when she wakes up. I could probably sneak that one away once she puts it down, but I'm thinking DD #2 is soon going to need the same size pacifier and will probably want more access to the paci than DD # 1 currently needs.
DD #2 is using the smaller size of the same type of paci as DD #1. I could try assigning one color to each girl or labeling them, but I'm thinking that is probably an exercise in futility.
What did you do if you had two using pacifiers at the same time?
I'm not interested in taking away DD #1's pacifier yet as she is a great sleeper, and I don't want to muck with that. She's also had to deal with a lot of change and a decrease in attention due to DD #2's arrival, so I'm okay with her using a pacifier for comfort.
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Re: If you have 2 kids using pacifiers...
Could you tie some sort of small string or ribbon to your older daughters so that she knows that it's hers? What if you implemented a new rule for your older daughter that her paci has to stay in her crib but give her something else special(like a blanket) that she can take downstairs with her in the morning?
With my two year old, she has always slept with those huge aden and anais blankets. When she was about 15 or 18 months, I got tired of tracking them all over the house so I implemented a "it has to stay in your bed" policy. Now, unless she is sick or just having a rough morning, they stay in her bed. I usually distract her with her dolly so that she doesn't think about it.
Or, you could take her to the store and have her pick out a special "new" paci and just tell her that it's her special color and that's the only color she will have and that sister won't be able to have that color. Then, get something completely opposite for the baby while she is still young and doesn't care.
Could you use a binky leash? I clip Catie's right to her so we never panic over a lost paci in the middle of the night, they work well.
Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions. I've been thinking about this issue for a while, and the suggestions got me thinking about some new possibilities.
DH and I spent some time discussing the paci issue as this is a big deal in our house.
The problem isn't so much lost pacis as it is whether the kids will know which pacifiers belong to which girl.
Right now, DD #1 knows that the tiny pacifiers belong to DD #2. She will pick up stray tiny pacifiers and bring them to DD #2, sometimes even putting the pacifier into #2's mouth (whether #2 wants the paci or not--but that is another issue).
I spent some time looking on a ma zon, and it looks like there is an "air version" of this brand of pacifier that looks different from the oval-shaped pacifiers that DD #1 uses. Our current thinking is that we buy the air version pacifiers for DD #2 and hope that both girls get the idea that those pacis belong to #2.
And if all this fails, I figure they are probably sharing the same germs anyway.