My son turned 2 July 2nd. He is VERY attached to his pacifier and it drives my father and some other people crazy. I don't really like it but when he doesn't have it and gets tired he cries FOREVER for it and sleeps through the night with it. I don't want my child to be 3 or 4 and still walking around with one in his mouth (no offense to parents of children that age who still have one). We just broke the bottle about 4 or 5 months ago. I know I am probably in for a hard time trying to get it away from him....any suggestions on how to get it away from him would be GREATLY appreciated! Please help!!!!!
2006-07-07 18:39:51 · 27 answers · asked by miranda.woods 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Here's what I did....You can...
1. Just take it away and listen to him scream for a few days but ignore his cries (He'll figure out that you are ignoring him and get over it)
or
2. Give him something else to replace it like a teddybear and wean him off of it...
Honestly, I know it sounds mean but the first was is what worked best for me and think of it this way...By next week he won't even remember how much he'll "hate" you for taking it away...It's not going to scar him for life, seriously. Try it for two days and see...
Sneak into his room at night and take it from his mouth and like run for your life or when you give him a bath misplace it... :D Like I said, mean but it works...
2006-07-07 18:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jade Orchid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that snipping off the very tip of the pacifier a little bit at a time until there is just a little nub left works, but I would check with your son's doctor or the manufacturer of the pacifiers to see if it is safe to do so. It also is not recommended to let a child over the age of 2 continue to use pacifiers because it can damage their teeth.
2006-07-08 01:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
firstly well done on a being a great mummy, ur son is still a baby really and if he likes it when he sleeps then i dont see any reason not to let him have it at sleepy times,
i have 16 month old twin boys who were also very attached to theirs day and night so what i did was slowly removed it, id let them have 10 mins in the morning after having a bottle then lift them out of their cots and put the dummy back in the cots and say just for sleepy time, then they have it again for a nap and bedtime, the first few days were odd and id find them hiding sucking dummies i hadnt found yet! .
u know ur son better than anyone and if u feel he still needs it then let it be for a little while longer but getting him to suck it only at night is a good start, good luck you will both be fine, just try to remember all the effective measures used when taking away his bottle and use those techniques again
2006-07-08 18:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by sharipoos22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My niece loved her fifi and had it until 2 1/2. Her mom finally had her gather them up and throw them into the trash and had the little one say that she is a big girl and didn't need them anymore. FiFi had gone bye bye. Since she had thrown them away it stuck with her and she did great. You might try starting by throwing them all away except one and then give it at nap and bedtime. Then just at bedtime and tell him a story or read to him to get soothed instead of the oral calming. It will help with the switch and to have him rely on human contact instead of an object.It will also help with reading later on! When you finally take it away at bedtime let him tell you a story or point at the pics in his favorite books. Then read to him,pat on his back and he will be asleep. If he wakes during the night, just pat him and tell him soflty that you are there and that you love him. It shouldn't take but 5-7 days if that long. Have a ball and don't give in if he cries. You know that it is best for him and will take a shorter time if you stick to it.
2006-07-08 02:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well here is what i did after many long long nights of trying to deal without giving my child there pacifier .. I went to the store and bought that nail bitting cream and found all the pacifiers in the house and rubbed this cream on them ... then I pretended to be reading a magazine and I told him there was a article about pacifiers and how they went bad and made kids sick .... Latter that day he went and found a pacifier and out it in his mouth and it tasted awfull so he said "yuck this is a bad paccy" and he threw it away ... He went on doing this till they were all gone ... He more or less broke himself of it ... This actually worked for us I hope maybee it will work for you too ... and belive it or not he did not ever ask for it again ???
2006-07-08 05:00:12 · answer #5 · answered by princess2luv_u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i saw this on super nanny! She took the child and told her that they were going to give them away to the pacifyer fairy. And they went thru the house and gathered all the binkies, and put them in a bag. The child was very sad about this too, keep that in mind. But once they found all of them they went out and tied it to a tree branch, letting the little girl be very involved, then they went outside in like an hour, and the bag was gone, and the little girl got sooo happy cus a fairy came and took them away. Id say with a little boy u might say the pacifyer super hero is comming, or the incedibile hulks little sister needs them. Make it fun and interesnting for you little man :-)
2006-07-08 11:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by lalachick78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really just have to bite the bullet and throw them out. Our daughter was finally 3 when we were told by the doctor she would need dental surgery if she didn't get rid of it. We did the really mean thing and made her toss them in the trash can...we let her say good bye to them. She just turned 4 and occasionally has a bad night where I wind up sleeping beside her with my finger in her mouth, but things seem ok now. It took her about a full month of crying nights to get over it, but we survived it.
The only suggestion I really have is get rid of them and try to negotiate with him to suck on your finger instead. (An adult finger is about the size of a pacifier nipple). Our daughter hated the feel of my finger nail and when she was given no other option she gladly caved in and kicked the binkie habbit.
Hope this helps.
2006-07-08 01:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ellen M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I stopped my daughter having the pacifier in the daytime.
Next, I invented a Pacifier fairy, just like a tooth fairy.
Place the pacifier under the pillow and say the fairy will come and collect it and give it to tiny babies who really need it.
Give it a go. It could work. It worked for us!
Good luck in whatever method you try!
2006-07-08 03:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best and least painful way of getting him off is to just take it and throw it out, away and gone forever......do it after he has gone to sleep and hopefully when he wakes up he won't even think of it right away. If he does start screaming and having a fit, just ignore, unless he starts a tantrum of course. My doctor said that children who have a pacifier past the age of two can ruin the way their teeth grow and affect their "bite"
2006-07-08 01:46:10 · answer #9 · answered by Kryztal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cut both of my children off theirs cold turkey. My first son, I made him put them all in the trash. I didn't even keep one because I didn't want to be tempted to give in to him. My 2nd son, I just took them away and when he fussed, I would show him something to get his mind off of it.
Some people (my mom) thought that was really mean, but you know what... it worked!!!
You will probably have a few rough nights, so if you're a working mom ~ you might want to wait till the weekend to start this one.
Good Luck!
2006-07-08 17:26:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋