How did you take the paci away?

dairygirl19 · January 2012

**Before I go down in "But she's only 6 months old" flames Disclaimer**

LO doesn't really love her paci. She likes it at nap, bedtime and once in awhile in the carseat. During the day she couldn't careless. Most of the time I clip a teething ring to her instead of the paci because she chews the opposite end rather than suck the right side anyways.

That said:

LO probably needs to move up a size in paci. She doesn't love it and I'd rather not buy more. I just want to take it away all together. Like I said, she likes it at bedtime but it pops out then she wakes up. She sticks it back in, but I feel like if I took it away she wouldn't be waking at all/less.

So suggestions/thoughts? Just keep doing what I'm doing and gradually stop giving it to her at nap/bed? Let her outgrow this one entirely and then take it away?

katie4253 · January 2012

I'd just try it and see. You'll know if it isn't going to work.

BTW, I think it is kind of lame that people get all worked up about paci's after 6 months. I've never heard this. Gabe hates pacis of all kinds though (we tried every brand). So, I guess I am not really "in the know" about them. He took one in the hospital and then for about 2 weeks after he came home...then never again.

ETA: reading fail. LOL! please disregard everything from BTW on...

fcp1234 · January 2012

I personally think the "6 month" rule is BS.

I just stopped cold turkey with DS when he was 2 mo old. He missed it for a few days, then just forgot about it.

dairygirl19 · January 2012

katie4253:

I'd just try it and see. You'll know if it isn't going to work.

BTW, I think it is kind of lame that people get all worked up about paci's after 6 months. I've never heard this. Gabe hates pacis of all kinds though (we tried every brand). So, I guess I am not really "in the know" about them. He took one in the hospital and then for about 2 weeks after he came home...then never again.

ETA: reading fail. LOL! please disregard everything from BTW on...

LOL. Katie. I was all like "WhereTF are you going with this. I said from the start I agreed." Then I assumed you just misread me.

Yeah, Cube doesn't love hers either. I may just take it away randomly and see what happens. She's little so if it's a shrieking battle I'll just give it back. It's not like she's 2 and I need to break it ASAP.

dairygirl19 · January 2012

fcp1234:

I personally think the "6 month" rule is BS.

I just stopped cold turkey with DS when he was 2 mo old. He missed it for a few days, then just forgot about it.

There's really a rule about this? I just assumed I'd take some flames because there's a lot of "But she's only a baby, don't push it" that goes on here. (I do it too, TBH). I don't want my kid to be 2 and sucking on a plug but as a baby I don't particularly worry. I just thought I'd work on taking it away becuase she doesn't care really.

MrsEllis10 · January 2012

I have thought about doing this as well. She only wants it sometimes to go to sleep. My dilemma is that in the middle of the night when she wakes up and I am half asleep I go in there and give her the paci and she goes right back to sleep. I have to do this a few times a night lately. I wonder if I just stop giving it to her she will eventually forget about it and stop waking in the middle of the night for it. Hmmmm. something I might want to try. I think I will wait until the weekend when I can nap with her if she does give me a little trouble.

All we can do is try!

katie4253 · January 2012

dairygirl19:
fcp1234:

I personally think the "6 month" rule is BS.

I just stopped cold turkey with DS when he was 2 mo old. He missed it for a few days, then just forgot about it.

There's really a rule about this? I just assumed I'd take some flames because there's a lot of "But she's only a baby, don't push it" that goes on here. (I do it too, TBH). I don't want my kid to be 2 and sucking on a plug but as a baby I don't particularly worry. I just thought I'd work on taking it away becuase she doesn't care really.

I did once hear a friends mom says that the "paci should be taken at 3 months. by that time they don't need to suck for comfort anymore". I figured she was just an old-timer with regards to that stuff. But, maybe it is more the norm than you thought?

dairygirl19 · January 2012

Update: I just laid her down for a nap without it. She searched a bit for it then laid right down. Took a bit more back rubbing and butt patting than normal for her to settle (our usual 5ish minute routine) but she's still asleep!

We'll see what happens in 10 minutes I guess.

And LOL: Apparently there's rules for everything!

Deblondie1 · January 2012

Man, y'all are lucky. If I don't have Emme's paci at the ready it is total meltdown-city. I have been trying to not give it to her but good Lord can this kid shriek!

dairygirl19 · January 2012

Deblondie1:
Man, y'all are lucky. If I don't have Emme's paci at the ready it is total meltdown-city. I have been trying to not give it to her but good Lord can this kid shriek!

I know kids like that too. I think most are actually. And believe me, the second we have a shrieking meltdown, LO is getting hers back.

aveeh · January 2012

I guess I am starting this too. DD is the same way with her paci, only really wants it for sleep. She cries for naps and the paci is the only thing that calms her, so we are keeping for naps, but at nighttime she goes down really easy and continues to do that after her feeding wakeups.

Last night she literally fell asleep on the changing table after she ate so i just put her down without her paci and she fell asleep right away. I think I'm going to do a gradual take away...first at night, and then at naps.

Deblondie1 · January 2012

dairygirl19:
Deblondie1:
Man, y'all are lucky. If I don't have Emme's paci at the ready it is total meltdown-city. I have been trying to not give it to her but good Lord can this kid shriek!

I know kids like that too. I think most are actually. And believe me, the second we have a shrieking meltdown, LO is getting hers back.

My goal is to start weaning "for sleep only." Mostly because I am irrationally worried about her teeth LOL I couldn't care less what others think, I just don't want the dental bills in the future! And we are teething right now, so if it isn't the paci it's her hands.

Beckypooh09 · January 2012

DS1 LOVED his paci and I tried to take it away cold turkey around 5 months but he was a mess so I waited till 7 months and he had a rough few days and that was the end of it. DS2 doesn't care for it either and hardly even uses it at this point. I plan to toss them in the trash at 6 months and that's the end of it.

GL!

fcp1234 · January 2012

dairygirl19:
Update: I just laid her down for a nap without it. She searched a bit for it then laid right down. Took a bit more back rubbing and butt patting than normal for her to settle (our usual 5ish minute routine) but she's still asleep!

We'll see what happens in 10 minutes I guess.

And LOL: Apparently there's rules for everything!

MIL was over once when LO was 3 weeks old, and he was crying when MIL was holding him, I washed a paci and gave it to her. As she is putting it in his little mouth she goes " Here baby, you can have your paci now, but by 6th month no more paci"..Im like "seriously!! the baby is 3 weeks old and we are telling him what the "rules" are already?!?!..

rose1883 · January 2012

Man. I posted this when LO was just over 4 months old and got flamed TO DEATH. Why are you doing it so early?? she needs it for comfort!! Wah wah. She only used it for naps and bed time. She too was getting to the point where if she woke up at night, she was searching for it but not skilled enough to find it and put it back in, therefore making me get up and put it back in. So last week it started. I laid her down at night with no paci and she screamed her head off for 3 min. I went in, rubbed her, told her she was okay, and she cried even harder for 2 more min and then was out like a light and slept until morning. This has been consistent for the last week... except nap time. I cannot figure out how to keep it from her at nap time. She will scream bloody murder. Tongue Tied

Mason&Mama · January 2012

I never used a pacifier. My sister never used a pacifier. Therefore, my child was never going to use a pacifier. LOL. So..... that lasted until he came back from his circumcision with one. I let him have it for an hour for comfort, and then I took it away forever. Then we were discharged from the hospital 2 hours later. He screamed in the carseat so daddy convinced me to let him use the paci just for the one ride. Ok. Just for the one car ride and then never again. Flash forward to 5 months old and I have a paci baby. However, he has never been dependent on it. He spits it out at night. He wakes up a lot, but a paci has never-ever-not-even-once put him back to sleep. I think has more fun playing with it, popping in an out of his mouth, than he actually finds comfort from it. I plan on trying to take it away cold turkey sometime around 6 months or so, but if it doesn't go smoothly, I won't stress about. Personally, I really don't want my baby having it past his first birthday. I am firm on that decision for various reasons including tooth development and speech development.

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