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weaning from pacifier

jess8543jess8543 member
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So I had already had a plan as to when I would wean my LO from the bottle and pacifier. It didn't take me to long to transition her from bottle to sippy cup. I wanted to wean her from the pacifier once she started walking. She's going on 14 months and wobbling along and I have yet to wean her from the pacifier. I'm a bit hestitate. During the day she doesn't use it at all. But its harder for me to not give it to her at night because lately she tends to wake up at 3am, on rare occasion s multiple times. What should I expect, tips, tricks, or what was your experience
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Re: weaning from pacifier

  • kjsmith9kjsmith9 member
    We were going to do it at 12 months, but kept pushing it off for one reason or another. At 14.5 months I knew we had to bite the bullet, and threw them all in the garbage one night. We had absolutely zero issues. This probably isn't the norm, but I think sooner rather than later is better. She may wake up randomly at 3am for the next year with teething... You may have a few rough nights, but it's worth it.
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  • greyt00greyt00 member
    I transitioned DS2 just after 18 months.  I wanted to go the sleep-only route but he wanted his paci ALL. THE. TIME.  I tried snipping small holes in the tip and that didn't work.  As the holes got bigger it resulted in a massive drooling problem.  I snapped and wanted it done so I cut off the tip majorly and he didn't like it.  I cut them all like that and whenever he wanted one, I showed them to him and he didn't want them.  Naps were a little rough for a couple weekends (he is in daycare during the week) and day care reported zero problem.  I had some issues with nap but not really at night time.  He whined and cried for a couple weeks during the day, but it was SO much better than I feared.  I am SO glad the paci is gone!  

    I think the sooner the better as well, before they really get the attitude, LOL. I've heard about people weaning from the paci at age 3, you know when you think you can reason with them, and that sounds worse.  They mope and tell you how sad they are without it!

     
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  • landrewslandrews member
    we did it around 17 months.  we noticed she wasn't asking for it when we put her down for the night, so we decided to seize the opportunity.  the next night, she asked for it 1 time and that was it.  so MUCH easier than I expected.
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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member
    DS gave his up on his own at 18 months. 

    DD still uses pacis at night.  She somehow discovered this cache of different pacis she had refused as a a baby.  She is now obsessed with novel pacis.  She takes 5 or 6 of them to bed, fondles them, talks about them, and tries each one.  I am just going to see if she ends up giving them up on her own at some point, like before she goes to college. 
    DS born 8/8/09 and DD born 6/12/12.
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  • Angela814Angela814 member
    We just weaned DD2 at 3y8m. She got sick, I boiled her last paci to sanitize it, and it fell apart. It was the easiest transition ever. I thought she'd be really upset, but she went right to sleep without issue.
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  • arilevinearilevine member
    We weaned at around 14 months & used the bye bye paci technique, it worked really well & had barely any crying & it was done in less than a week. It costs $10 but well worth it!
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