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Pacifier breaking

Raesofsunshine1Raesofsunshine1 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Hey all, Ive never posted here but have a question. DD will be 15 mo on the 13th and her pedi said to try to get her off her bottle and paci by then. The bottle was no problem and we stopped cold turkey.

The paci tho... We tried trimming the tips off about a month after stopping bottles. I think I trimmed them off too much and she hated them. I caved and got her new ones since we were going on a car trip and wanted them for that.

Ive been thinking to try again after the new year, but are there any other tips to try? She really only uses it when shes sleepy or sleeping and to help keep her quiet in church :). We say "do you need that" and she spits it right out if she doesnt want it. What do you think?
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  • singingirl96singingirl96 member
    We're on the same boat.  We just give him the paci for naps and bed time.  In the morning we take it away.  He's pretty dependent on it... so we're trying to break him of that, but at the same time, we're trying to keep our sanity :)
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  • cedentoncedenton member
    I'd be okay with a paci for quite a while as long as it was only for sleep/car.

    That said my DS is getting more and more attached and I'm tired of seeing them in pictures. He also can't have them in the next room at daycare which is only a few months away. I'm giving him a few more weeks to adjust to his new daycare and then we'll start weaning.
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  • JENandJEHJENandJEH member
    I'm fine with DS2 having it in the bed.  That's the only time he gets it and he is just recently become a good sleeper so I'm not rocking that boat.  

    DS1 had his til he was a little over 2.5 and then decided to give it up on his own.  He had been to the dentist and the pediatric dentist wasn't at all concerned.  He said that he didn't begin to worry until kids hit 3-3.5 and that he also didn't want DS to go for his thumb when we took the paci away.

    If I were you, I would limit it to in the bed only and then go from there.  If she does well with that transition and you want to take it away completely then go for it.  If not, I don't see any harm in letting her have it to sleep for now.  Everyone has different opinions on pacifiers and ultimately, you have to do what is going to work best for your child when it comes to taking it away.  Some kids do well with cold turkey while others do better with gradually taking it away. 
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  • Jenelle101Jenelle101 member
    My DD had a paci until she was 2.5. She NEEDED that thing at night. Some parents would say that she was too old, but they didn't live with her. She had colic as a young baby and just has always had a very difficult temperament (she actually just had a 90-minute tantrum today at 3.5 years old!!)  It was much easier to get her off of the paci at an age when I could talk to her about it, (and bribe her with things, like stickers. The sticker chart worked great for her.)  If we had tried any earlier to get her off the paci, it would have been hell. I'm glad we waited. Now my son, on the other hand, will probably be a little easier. He's 13 months now and he actually spits it out on his own sometimes. We haven't tried to get him off of it yet, but my plan is by 18 months. He is teething really badly right now, and still wakes up often. It's the one thing that calms him down at night, and I'm TOTALLY fine with it. It really depends on how YOU feel about it.
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  • unaveragejaneunaveragejane member
    I was really nervous about ditching the paci. DS only took it for naps, bedtime, and long car trips. I decided to just try going without it when he got done cutting bottom molars around 16 months. His naps were slightly shorter for 2 days, but that was the only change I noticed! I had psyched myself out for something that turned out to be NBD for us.
                 

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  • ahayes001ahayes001 member

    DD used her paci all the time. At 11 months, we limited it to just bed and nap times which she did well with. A week after her birthday, we took it away completely. There were two rough nights and nap days but she was fine after that.

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