December 2013 Moms
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Weaning off the paci
greenbeanqueen
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Ok so as our babies are approaching 1year I was wondering about pacis. For those of you who use a paci at what point do you wean off the paci? I have heard different things and I have a friend whose 3 year old still has a paci.
So when is a good age to take the paci away?
So when is a good age to take the paci away?
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Re: Weaning off the paci
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That's my question too. I kinda think it's weird for a school to dictate what a parent choses to give their child as a soother. Sorry, your kid uses a paci, they can't come here.
Our parent handbook states "we do not accept pacifiers or sippy cups and it's important that when entering your child into toddler or primary that they have the skills to drink from a cup and can soothe themselves without a pacifier. Without these skills it's going to be a difficult transition for them."
For now LO is in the infant room. The restrictions are for toddler and primary classrooms. Kids move up from infant around 15 months but must be able to walk, drink from a regular cup, and eat table foods at a family style table. We chose to cut out pacis and skip the sippy so that we are consistent with the practices of the school.
Montessori isn't for everyone. It's definitely the right fit for our family. We like the small group sizes, the outdoor time and garden in the back of the school, and the fact that his movement is never restricted. There are no bouncy seats, play pens, or high chairs. He is free to roam about the room. We tried a traditional daycare and were pretty unhappy with their attitude on BLW, understanding about breastmilk oz intake vs formula oz intake, and how often he was strapped in a seat of some kind.
Many people have mentioned to me they think the sippy cup thing is weird. He drinks water from a tiny cup that looks like a shot glass. It's pretty hilarious.
Our parent handbook states "we do not accept pacifiers or sippy cups and it's important that when entering your child into toddler or primary that they have the skills to drink from a cup and can soothe themselves without a pacifier. Without these skills it's going to be a difficult transition for them."
For now LO is in the infant room. The restrictions are for toddler and primary classrooms. Kids move up from infant around 15 months but must be able to walk, drink from a regular cup, and eat table foods at a family style table. We chose to cut out pacis and skip the sippy so that we are consistent with the practices of the school.
Montessori isn't for everyone. It's definitely the right fit for our family. We like the small group sizes, the outdoor time and garden in the back of the school, and the fact that his movement is never restricted. There are no bouncy seats, play pens, or high chairs. He is free to roam about the room. We tried a traditional daycare and were pretty unhappy with their attitude on BLW, understanding about breastmilk oz intake vs formula oz intake, and how often he was strapped in a seat of some kind.
Many people have mentioned to me they think the sippy cup thing is weird. He drinks water from a tiny cup that looks like a shot glass. It's pretty hilarious.
I get the idea of this, but what if your child is a late bloomer and can't walk at 15 months?
Montessori is not for me from what I have learned about it, but would they seriously not allow a child in the school if they can't walk at 15mo?
Before I earned my degree I worked at a Montessori school in the toddler class. I really enjoyed the program and felt the parents and kids did too but again it won't work for all families. You must believe in the philosophy for it to be beneficial.
We spend quite a bit in tuition since we switched from traditional daycare in August. It's worth it to us and we have no complaints. Here is a pic they sent me last week of Monty in the garden out back.
I also said it was anecdotal. And they all came from the same program. (Possibly not run the way it should be).
This is a similar experience I've had with students coming from Montessori.
It may work for some but it's not for us.
Anyways thanks for the input about pacis. I think we are going to try to slowly start taking it and hopefully wean her from it around 1-1.5yr
We weaned DD off her pacifier at 28 months. She had wubbanubs and she loved them. Daycare had weaned her off of it by 18 months so it went straight into her cubby once she got there, but home was a different story. We finally took it away cold turkey 2 months before baby boy's arrival because we didn't want her stealing LOs. I'm not sure I would've done it any differently in hindsight.
DS1 is a thumb sucker and we are having a really hard time getting him to stop. You can already see the effects of sucking his thumb molding his mouth so we really want him to stop. We are working very hard at keeping LO from becoming a thumb sucker and offer his paci whenever we see him with his thumb in his mouth.
RE no sippy cups, the twins could drink out of open cups starting around 18 months at daycare with no issues, but we used sippy cups when out and about to limit spillage.