Wednesday night my 25 month old daughter put her paci inside a "build a bear (elephant)"...she did this on her own and was excited about it and being a BIG KID. She only used it at night to sleep - never during the day. She did ok that night. But last night she was inconsolable...she screamed for at least an hour. Not cried, there were no tears...she screamed. We finally went in...we tried holding, singing, rocking but all she wanted was to sleep on the floor (like she does at nap time at MDO) and watch a Barney video. So we let her...I know we caved and I feel like we traded one bad habit for another. But there was no ending to the screaming. She is strong willed and I do not think she would have gone to sleep. She didn't fall asleep till 10:30 or 11:00 and woke at 6AM.
Will this get easier...please give some suggestions or past experiences. She has a lovey she holds, a favorite blanket and she has the elephant with the paci in it now. She knows its in there b/c she can feel it. PLEASE HELP! Will she keep screaming every night?? And do we let her?? Her voice is sore b/c she was screaming so long and loud. BTW...we also have a 10 month old. He uses a paci to sleep but she says "he's a baby" so she knows that is why he gets it. And she never tries to take his. She is tired and exhausted and WE ARE too!
After 4 days she was fine! We even went on our vacation and she took her elephant and did great. I think she asked for her paci one time and we reminded her it was in the elephant...she said "oh yeah" grabbed it and went back to doing what she was doing. I even think that elephant is going to help us potty train...no kidding. I know the build a bear idea might not be for everyone but it worked for us and she laughs with mommy and daddy that the paci is in the "booty" b/c she can feel it. She keeps it in her bed...some nights she holds it other she doesn't. Thanks again to everyone! : )
My son cried for about 4 nights. Be strong, my son is strong willed also. Don't give in, she will get sleepy, and she will fall asleep. Hang in there. It is hard, but I promise you it will only last a few days.
Try to hold strong but honestly, she is still age-appropriate to need it AT NIGHT (only) and believe me,she wont go to college with a paci.If she needs it for a little while longer, dont worry,she will decide to give it up and it will be fine.Its very difficult for her seeing the baby with one so give her a break if she really needs it for a while!
Don't give it back whatever you do. IMO, once you take it away, there's NO going back. If you think she's falling apart because she can feel it, take it out of the elephant without her knowing and sew it back up. It may take a few days but she will get over this. I think letting her watch the show was okay. Don't feel bad about that. We all cave. Hopefully, she will sleep better tonight since she'll be exhausted. I would do the regular routine or you really may have a new habit to break.
Hang in there! This too shall pass.
Yes she will get other this, but it might be a little harder with her knowing the binky is in the elephant. Maybe you should take it back and get the binky removed. Have her put it in the trash and take it outside. Then she will know the binky is no longer in the house and has gone away for good. It has to be very hard on her knowing it right there, but she just cannot get it.
Let her scream........it will stop in about TWO nights! It will drive you and your entire household crazy for that long, too!!!!!! Good idea to get rid of the one in the elephant. That is a tease. If she knows its there, she will eventually have it in her mouth one morning when you wake up.HAHA! My granddaughter had a stash. She rounded up about FIVE paci's one night and 1 a couple of nights later. She found yet another one and hid it under her pillow a couple of days later. They are very cunning little people! HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!
I was having major problems with my son's binky use; well actually it was more along the lines of a binky addiction!! My friend absolutely raved about the cut method, and all of the psychology behind it. She found it on www.bye-bye-binky.com , which is great that it was also free. We went with it and OMGosh... worked so beautifully for my son with NO tantrums, not even one! Thank you God. Five days later he did not want anything to do with his binky. What a relief it was to all of us to finally be done with those darn binkies. Highly recommended! I am also interested in others experiences.... B.
I say give it back to her. She's miserable, you're miserable. It's ridiculous to say that once you give in, there's no going back. Ofcourse she's not going to have the paci in college, know what I mean? I'd rather my kid have a pacifier and sleep peacefully in bed than be in the habit of watching television every night to put herself to sleep.
Our eldest daughter had a paci until she was 4; it was so easy to get her to give it up because she gave her incentives, which she was able to understand since she was older and could reason.
Give her a pacie and you can all get some sleep tonight! :)
