Paci still??!!! Help!

Bubsie1020 · January 2013

L turned 2 this week. She still cries for the paci. I can get it away from her in the am and once she's at daycare she's distracted enough to forget it. Come nap time, she will not nap without and then insists in having in the rest of the day. I cut a hole in one didn't deter her. We have days where we can keep her occupied and she only asks for it a couple of times but its rare. We tried taking it away completely and she cried so hard she threw up twice! Some people tell me she will just grow out of it and its better than sucking her thumb. Her speech is fine, she talks a mile a minute pulls the paci to talk, but I feel like she's really too big for it ... Please share ur mommy advice!

WestCoastMommy · January 2013

My DD is 25 months and still has hers. She is obsessed with it. I plan to take it away soon...I think. lol

When DS was two we bagged up all the paci's and took him to Toys R Us and explained to him that he could pick out any toy he wanted but he had to pay with his paci's in order to get his big boy toy. It worked rather well. He asked for his paci for about a week but because he knew we didn't have them and that Toys R Us did there was no tantrum. When we tried cold turkey at home he would just scream until we gave in. So over all it was a success.

D&HMom · February 2013

We have a strict soother in bed rule. When they leave their crib they have to leave the soother there. They do ask sometimes to go to their crib so they can have a soother (usually when they are not feeling well or feeling sucky) and I allow that but to come out of the crib they must leave the soother there.

If they ask while we are putting on jammies and going through the bedtime routine I will allow them to have it but that's usually 20 minutes or so before bed.

We do not take them out of the house.

I am not ready to take it away, it brings them comfort and they sleep through the night!

BelhurstBride · February 2013

DD will be 3 in April and still uses it. We've always had a strict nap time and bed time only rule... but it doesn't seem to be leaving that part of our lives any time soon. She JUST self weaned almost 3 months ago and I'm not ready to push her to drop another security item just yet.

bridetobe920 · February 2013

We did cold turkey at 18 months, and it worked great! The first few days/nights were rough, but we stood our ground and she has been paci free ever since.

If you go that route, expect plenty of crying/begging/etc, but just stay strong. It was worth it!

Good luck

Neighner20 · February 2013

You mentioned you cut a hole in one. Cut holes in all of them and keep cutting away at it, not just once. When we broke her of the habit at 10 months we stopped giving it to her during the day, period. She didn't need it. She might whine but oh well. It is a crutch for the parents at that point because they just don't want to hear the whining/crying. Distract. Take them outside or whatever. We would lay her down without it and let her fuss for a little while, go in & try & comfort her without it & then let her fuss more, repeat. At a designated time after we put her to bed we would give her the binkie. But every night it would be later & later. And if they wake up in the middle of the night it is SO tempting to just give it to them. You just can't do that automatically, try other things first. Eventually she will get weaned from it. After she is totally done with them, throw them out! So you don't even have the option of giving it to her.

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