Tempted to wean from pacifier...WWYD

kristin172429 · November 2012

Ben has been sick since Tuesday night. He has been stuffed up and unable to use his pacifier. He's still doing well falling asleep (and back to sleep when the congestion wakes him up). Am I crazy to think of just not giving him the pacifier back once he is better? I am seriously toying with the idea of collecting them all up and putting them in a drawer somewhere and just seeing where how it goes. WWYD?

jju_stb_jju · November 2012

DS kinda weaned himself but there are nights where he is teething terribly and will use it just to doze off. He never cried for it or woke up because he didn't have it. But I say try putting them away, if he's doing good without them, he may just get used to not having them at all!!

jmccall79 · November 2012

If you're concerned about weening him from it at a later time, and you've already started the process, I'd say gather them all up and not give it back to him. Just to see how it goes. It may be fine. However, I'm of the mindset that if he wants it, I'm going to give it to him and just 'deal' with it later. But, it seems like you may have already 'dealt' with it, unintentionally. See how it goes...and go from there.

I'm about to try and ween Ian from 'warm milk'. He likes his bottles pretty hot...hotter than what I would've thought would be 'ok' but he likes it. I just know when it comes time for him to be switched to cow's milk, we'll have an issue because I won't just be mixing it with tap water to be able to control the temp of it. So, I'm going to start the process of 'cooling' his bottles a little at a time so we won't have an issue later.

I told that story to just reiterate that you may have already done something that you wanted to do at a later time...weening from the paci and I think it's ok to work on things now as opposed to having to switch later when it could be more of an issue. Just see how it goes.

pennyandandy · November 2012

It's worth a try! If it goes horribly, you can always give them back, right?

Jen0204 · November 2012

Why not? You can always pull them back out if you need to. We started trying to wean the girls but I have no idea how we'll break the bedtime habit. I'll have to really pay attention the next time they're stuffy and see if they don't use them as much like Ben.

AnessaDaneen · November 2012

I would!! We are planning/hoping to be completely weaned by a year, having the opportunity to start earlier would be awesome!

karleegirl · November 2012

pennyandandy:
It's worth a try! If it goes horribly, you can always give them back, right?

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Lena122 · November 2012

karleegirl:
pennyandandy:
It's worth a try! If it goes horribly, you can always give them back, right?
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Exactly.

runrinserepeat · November 2012

I think it's definitely worth a shot. We weaned L from her paci a while ago. I just didn't want to risk a huge battle when she was older and more attached to it.

hpharding · November 2012

Thats what we did when G got sick. We tried once to give it back when he wouldn't fall asleep and he flatly refused it. It kind of stinks when he is having a hard time falling asleep, but at the same time we now don't have to worry about it when he is older and more attached.

kristin172429 · November 2012

Thanks, ladies! I like how you think. In the drawer they go. Wish us luck!!! Smile

ALane1128 · November 2012

Good Luck! I would definitely take them away now if he's already not wanting them. Like PPs have said...you can always bring them back out. I think it would be easier to do it now, then to try and break him of the habit when he's 1 or 2 yrs old. My SIL is trying to break my 2 1/2 yr old neice of it and nothings working...this weekend they are going to Build-A-Bear and they are putting her main paci inside the bear.

sooner1981 · November 2012

My husband told me that that around 9-10 months is when the "emotional" attachment to pacifiers really takes hold. Before that, sucking fulfils a physical need that other "loveys" can't really replace--but after that, the pacifier is the same as a stuffed animal or blanket, only it also messes with their mouths/teeth.

So, I think right now is an ideal time to take them away. By the time he is well enough to enjoy it, he will have probably forgotten about them. And don't give them back even if he fusses a little--just think how much worse it will be to try to take them away when he is a toddler and can use words and can open up cabinets/drawers to find where you have put them. (Also, by the time he is that age, you may have a new little one--and then good luck trying to get the older one to give up the paci if he is seeing the new LO sucking on an identical copy of his security item that you are now trying to take away--talk about the makings for intense sibling rivalry!)

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