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help please!

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i need to get my daughter off her paci,  she uses it only to sleep... i have gotten her to sleep maybe once or twice without it, and she will throw a fit...what do you suggest. her grandfather isnt a help because he gives it to her whenever he feels... i need to get her off of it. help...
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  • opaque1997opaque1997 member
    Not sure why you must get her off... But either way.. Really with a paci there is she has it or she doesn't.. So the only way to take it away is to do as such.

    I've heard one other way and that is to let them have it until they just fall asleep and then pull it but my kid would then just wake up and scream.

    So cold turkey is the only way I've heard anyone succeed
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  • jnnfrrose6jnnfrrose6 member
    Not sure the need to take it away just yet, especially if she only uses it when she's sleeping, but the only methods I've heard successfully working are with older kids (2-3).  The paci "gets hurt" (ie mom cuts off half of it) and since it's no longer easy to suck on, the kid gives it up.  Since the child is older, though, there is usually a conversation about it "being hurt" and not being able to fix it.  With your little one under a year, though, you probably can only go cold turkey and just take it away and struggle through the fits until she learns to be ok without it.
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  • LittleAppleLittleApple member
    Why do you want her off of the paci so bad?  If she only uses it to sleep, I don't see a problem.  
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  • ManateearmzManateearmz member
    We went cold turkey right around a year. It was a rough week, but totally worth it!

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  • AprilAngieAprilAngie member
    imageLittleApple:
    Why do you want her off of the paci so bad?  If she only uses it to sleep, I don't see a problem.  
      this.  I have found that sometimes when you take things away too early, they form another habit, ie:  sucking thumb
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  • sporkroxsporkrox member

    im trying to get mine to get rid of hers because i know from experiance with my bf that it can cause bad teeth. thats why his teeth are messed up. and he would rather that not happen to her. mine pops the paci out in her sleep. i just would like her to stop needing it to fall to sleep. i would rather her not have it till shes three like i did. 

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    imageManateearmz:
    We went cold turkey right around a year. It was a rough week, but totally worth it!

    how did that go?... fits around bed? or ? just very curious... i need to get her off of it. i have seen to peoples teeth around me get messed up do to there pacifiers and always having them. and i dont want her tied to it like i was. advice please?

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  • bigbootyjudibigbootyjudi member
    I hear cold turkey is easiest.
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  • ac1259ac1259 member
    Pacifiers have gotten a lot better since when we were kids, and they have those orthodontic ones that are shaped better so they don't mess with your teeth. I think it can only really make a difference with teeth if they're still using it at 3 or 4. And for the record, I had a friend who sucked her thumb through high school...so  if taking away a pacifier too early causes her to suck her thumb, that could be way more detrimental. You can't take away a thumb!




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    imagebigbootyjudi:
    I hear cold turkey is easiest.
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    imagebigbootyjudi:
    I hear cold turkey is easiest.
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    imagebigbootyjudi:
    I hear cold turkey is easiest.
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    imagebigbootyjudi:
    I hear cold turkey is easiest.
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    stupid computer was being funny sorry... i meant to say thanks for the feed back. i am taking away her paci tommorow and we shall see how that goes.
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  • austenfan919austenfan919 member

    I have read about this gentle paci removal plan, but I haven't actually done it: https://babyparenting.about.com/od/sleeping/a/nightfeed.htm It's from the No-Cry Sleep Solution author. The actual instructions are on page 2 of the link.

    We took DD's away cold turkey when she turned 1. It was really only rough for naps for a day or two. But you have to make sure all caregivers are on the same page. GL!

     

     

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  • sporkroxsporkrox member
    hey just an update for everyone...sorry that its late... we had my dds birthday party and just been a crazy few weeks... we went cold turkey and about four days after taking it away from her she was fine... no thumb sucking no issues couldnt be happier right now. and shes happy as could be and puts herself down for her naps with no issues.
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