My son just turned 1 last month and i would love to start breaking him form the passy. He attends daycare and i have asked them to only give it to him at nap time, but who's to say that they do. He doesn't need it as long as he is being entertained. He sleeps with about 7 passy's that way if he wakes up during the night he can find 1 and pop it back in his mouth (that keeps me sane) instead of me or my husband having to go in there every hour to put it back in his mouth. If any of you have any suggestions ro ideas that would be great.
We waited till my daughter was 2 to take hers away and I wish we would have done it sooner because she did so well. It only took 2 nights and then she quit asking for it. She left it at friends house and we told her it was gone bye bye and she was a big girl now anyways and didn't need it. She cried for it the first night. The second night she asked for it but didn't cry and the third night she didn't ask for it at all. Good luck!
I started to trim the topsoff when she wasn't looking and leave them where she would "hide" them. it worked like a charm.
I took my oldest daughter off of the passy at a year & half. I limited use. It stayed on the dresser (& out of sight...behind something) until it was time to go to bed (including nap). Eventually, we took it away at naptime and once that was ok...none at night. We really didn't have too much of an issue. We thought it would be worse. Go with your gut!
Hi A.
At one year old I also took the passy away from my son except for nap and bedtime, once he turned 18 months I only gave it to him at bedtime and at 2 year old I took it completely away from him all we did was put them all in a bag and left them on the door step for the stork to take them to a new baby who needed them. It has been 3 months and the only time he askes about it is when he sees another baby with one. If you feel the daycare is giving it to him other then nap time just jump and make the step of not giving it to him until bedtime.
Lucky for me none of kids would take a passy , but my nephew loved his. He was around 2 and it was Christmas time. My Sister took him to see Santa and Santa told him he needed his passy to give to a new baby and asked him to leave it in his stocking and he would trade him cool toys for it. I remember my nephew talking about it for weeks. It worked great he never asked about his passy again. my nephew is now 19 years old. I understand its not Christmas but you get the idea. I admire you for trying to break him of the passy early it will be easer on you both now. Good Luck!
Hi,
With both of my children I cut a v out in the top of the passy. That way when they go to suck it it doesn't work. They both spit it out and never asked for it again.
It's actually quite funny because they look at it like it's an alien or something.
Sincerely,
A.
I did exactly the same thing at night with my son, who is now 22 months. He came off the passy at 14 months. He was sooooo addicted to that thing that I was very worried that it would be a huge ordeal to get rid of it. But, to my suprise, it was a breeze. We quit cold turkey. One night my husband and I decided that was the night to quit, and we did it. He cried when he was going to sleep for about 30-45 min and woke up a few times that night, but that was it! He never asked for it and never cried for it. And now he's not even interested in one when we get together with our friends who have passy babies. I know every baby is different, but you're doing exactly what I started out doing with my son, limiting only to nap and bedtime. My suggestion, start cutting out naptime. Go from there and use your instincts. Only you and your baby will know when it is right. Hope this helps.
I got rid of my daughter's at 1, along with the bottle. However, she was not ever allowed to sleep all night with it (once she was old enough to be sleeping through the night about an hour after she would fall asleep, I would go in to her room and pop it out so she didn't get used to it - although we did leave it in the crib so if she woke up during the night or in the morning she could find it and fall back to sleep on her own). Also I had already started snipping the end off, which I did gradually until there really wasn't anything to use. I found that worked well, and she has never shown much interest in other childrens' pacifiers since. However, I might recommend given that he is used to sleeping with it throughout the night, that you go w/ the cold turkey method. Tell him in advance, that he only has x number of days after which we're throwing it away/leaving it for the pacifier fairy so another baby can have it/etc. because he's a big boy now. Then follow through and get rid of it. You may have 2 or 3 nights that are tough (I recommend starting on a Friday so at least you don't have to work) but I'm sure if you stick to your guns he'll be fine. Also, make sure you purge the house/school of them entirely so there is no confusion, opportunity for him to see them and temptation for you to give it to him just this once b/c he's so upset. Good luck!
As a mother of 3 grown children who used passys --- my strong advice is DON'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOUR CHILD!" You will regret it. Some children have a strong oral need to suck, and will just go to their thumb. I promise he will give it up himself. How many college age kids do you know who use a passy? My grand-daughter had her passy taken away before she was ready to give it up, and as a result continues to "sneak" to her room when she is tired to suck her thumb in private.
Don't obsess about it. Give the kid a break. Drop the subject for now.
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Have you heard of the pacifier party? Where you send the pacifier to the babies in heaven on a helium balloon and then give your child a new gift? Here is an example of one on youtube. It's sad at first to see the child screaming as his binky flies away but keep watching to see how he quickly gets over it and replaces his binky with new exciting things!
