Getting Rid of Pacifier - Keller,TX

When our son was a yr old, we poked tiny pin sized holes in his paci and gave it to him as usual. he spit it right out and made a face at us. He fussed a bit about it for a couple of days, but he didn't want the paci that didn't "work". Better to deal w/ a litle fussing now, than to deal with the major attachment a yr from now that you'd be dealing w/ if you try to take it away later on. He never really wanted it again, and we hid all of them after the first couple of tries w/ a "holy" pacifier. Hope this helps, Stephanie

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You have to decide that you are going to do it and stick with it. If she cries and you give it back, you are going to make this process worse for both of you because her response is only going to get louder and more extreme (gagging, etc.) if you give in just once. If you want her to only have it during naps/bedtime, then just do it. Tell her she can only have it during "night night" time or whatever you call it,put it in a special, unreachable place in her room and show her where it will be kept. She will cry but just be ready for that and plan on doing nothing else but distracting her/comforting her. No outings if she is used to having it when you go out. It will be tough for a few days but she will get used to it. The other option is just getting rid of it altogether so you won't have to deal with this again in a year.
You can do this!
Good luck!
Stephanie

I didn't ever agree with cutting it, or putting holes in it. We did it in steps. First, we would not offer it during the day. If he did ask for it, and we couldn't redirect his attention, we gave it to him for a few minutes. Then, when we were ready to only give it to him at night/nap time, we would tell him when he got up that the paci had to stay night night, and he would throw it in the crib and leave it there. He fussed a few times, but I guess he really thought it had to stay "night night". After he was very comfortable only getting it at night, we just didn't give it to him one night. He fussed for a few minutes, but that was it. I realize some children are probably harder to get off of it than that, but that is just what worked for us. My son was a little older though, he was 18 months.

Best of luck to you.

I know how tough it can be. Some people thik it is fine to have a child that has a paci until they are 3 or 4. I was just not one of them. My child was speech delayed and I think a big part of that was because he would suck on that darn paci all day if I let him! I finally just threw them all away and we quit cold turkey. There was no going back. He cried a little the first day, but after he realized that they were just gone, he stopped. Last night on SuperNanny she had the 3 year old put the paci's in an envelope to mail to the paci fairy so that the babies can have paci's. It worked, but that was a three year old. I waited until my first was 15 months old to take his away, but he was definitely speech delayed. Good luck and be strong and remember that when we give in to them when they cry, we teach them that crying gets them what they want. So you can deal with the crying now - or for the next 17 years.

My dd was addicted to her paci - but she was 2 when we "made" her give it up. We limited it to her bed only -she would go lie in her bed during the day just to have her paci, but it wouldn't last b/c she didn't want to stay in her room on her bed with nothing to do. Gradually we introduced "big girl" things - she wanted a barbie and chewing gum - things babies can't have - so one night she left her pacis in a basket by the back door for the paci fairy (we let her decide when she was ready for the paci fairy to come) - she woke up to find no paci, but some sugarfree gum and a barbie.... She never asked for the paci again.

You might have to give it up in stages - and endure some crying in the transition. She might be just a little too young still.