Need encouragement - pacifier intervention day 6

yale · February 2014

DD has the Wubbanub - it's the pacifier connected to a little stuffed animal. I started by snipping the tip of the paci last Thursday and over 3 days cut the whole thing off. I would have gone cold turkey (like we did with DS), but she doesn't have a lovey - wanted her to be able to keep the animal part of the Wubbanub as her lovey. Needless to say, it's not going so well. Several times I've had to stop myself from giving her the backup we have that still has the paci attached (she doesn't know we have it). She is crying herself to sleep at nap and waking up at least twice at night screaming bloody murder. I would let her cry it out at night too, but she is waking DS if I let her go too long. Encouragement? Tips? Ugh...don't know why I waited so long to do this. Kicking myself for not starting sooner.

LittleApple · February 2014

Stick to your guns. If you give in now, you will have to start all over again.

BBhopes15 · February 2014

Hang in there! I took the paci away early so I may be no help but I think maybe you can try finding a lovey for her....take her shopping for a stuffed animal or special blankey and see if it helps. Don't be discouraged everything takes time and lots of patience. GL

hopefulmom81 · February 2014

Have you explained to her that "paci/binki is broken?"

I said that to DD once, and she got it and never asked for it again, not saying it is some magic idea, but it worked for us.

yale · February 2014

hopefulmom81 said:

Have you explained to her that "paci/binki is broken?"

I said that to DD once, and she got it and never asked for it again, not saying it is some magic idea, but it worked for us.

Yea, that's exactly what I said to her when she first noticed it. I think now it may be a matter of her retraining herself to sleep without sucking (don't want to think how long that's going to take). I'm just surprised she hasn't taken to sucking on the tail or ears or something. When I get up with her at night I've been trying to show her how to snuggle with her other stuffed animals too, but she is not having it. DS only took a couple days but he had a bear that he was attached to, so it was much easier.

yale · February 2014

We added white noise to her room last night. Seemed to help (could have been a fluke too). She only woke up once and seemed easier to console. I'm thinking this may help her transition to putting herself back to sleep a little better. We'll see. Going to try it again tonight and see if we get the same result.

arilevine · February 2014

DD is 16 months old and we started the bye bye paci technique 2 weeks ago tomorrow. It took about a week & had a little bit of crying but are now completely paci free. The best thing I can tell you is be consistent & keep telling her that it's broken or yucky. The basis of this tech is basically what your doing which is making something pleasurable to something non- pleasurable. Your tricking the brain into thinking that this thing is now not good. Good luck!

vrj0522 · February 2014

We still have a paci and are in the process of weaning but it has been a very very slow one, so I have no advice. I just want to say, I hope it all goes well and she gets over it pretty soon!

yale · March 2014

Thanks for all the encouragement. We've stuck with it and she's getting there. We only get 45 mins - 1 hour for naps now (as opposed to 2-3 hours before, but perhaps she was napping too long), and she has slept thru the night (with the white noise) two nights in a row now.

mpayne · March 2014

Nicb13 said:

LittleApple said:

Stick to your guns. If you give in now, you will have to start all over again.

This.
Although I'm no help because DS still has a paci at night and for naps at our house. Some how the sitter managed to dump the paci months ago but we just haven't done it yet.

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