my son is two yrs.old and still uses a pacifier, what can i do to stop him?

Question

He is unable to sleep without it. If he can't finds it he cries continually

Answer 1

I was mean and started breaking them. They would have to go in the trash and I didn't buy more. When we got down to just one left we had the pacifier fairy come and take it away. She left some wonderful gifts under the pillow with a note that since she was a big girl now she needed to give up the paci for a new baby that was just born. When she cried for it we just reminded her of the nice gifts she got and she'd stop. It's hard and some doctors say that if the teeth aren't being affected (as in malshaping of the palette) that it's not a big deal. I was just tired of fetching it all the time.

Answer 2

I suggest the best thing to do would be just to take it away. He'll probably cry for a couple of nights before falling asleep, but i doubt there is anything else you can do. Tough love they call it. He's better off not using it, especially since his teeth are growing in because it can really damage the shape and form of his teeth. My little cousin is going to be 4 and still uses her pacifier. We keep telling my aunt to get rid of it, but she doesn't want to deal with her crying. Well due to use the pacifier for so long while her teeth were growing in her top and bottom teeth don't touch and kind of make an arch.

Answer 3

Gosh, I wouldn't do anything that's going to traumatize your son, like putting hot sauce on his binky. That's just mean! As a former thumb sucker, hut hum, I can remember people harassing me to stop it. To date, I still don't understand what the big deal is. I wasn't hurting anyone or myself. I'm a mommy now and have been one for 17 years. Trust me, the paci is a little thing not to sweat. I'm sure it's annoying to have your little guy crying for it all the time, but he won't take it to college with him, promise. I think the good answer here is to try and gradually wean him from it, like one person suggested. Let him have it at bedtime and naps and when he's relaxing. For the rest of the time, perhaps you can just let him cry it out. At least, in the day, you won't be trying to sleep while he's crying for it. Try to redirect his attention to new things, like play dough and crayons. It's going to take a lot of effort to redirect his attention at first, but before you know it, he'll be going all day without his paci. I tried to break my friend's kid when she was 4 of the binky by 'returning' the binkies to the store so other babies could buy them. It worked for one day and after that, she could have cared less for the other babies. She wanted her freakin' binky! LOL! Good luck!

Someone here mentioned that a pacifier will rot your baby's teeth. That's not true. What she's thinking about it 'bottle rot' and that's when a baby uses juice or milk in a bottle and falls asleep with it his mouth. The sugars in the milk or juice bathe the teeth over hours, causing decay. Once the front teeth are decayed, they either need to be removed or capped. This is a different situation though and pacifiers do not cause decay. Just wanted to make sure we all were clear on that one.

Answer 4

My neice used a pacifier till she was 5 her mother would take it away from her and throw it away and her daddy would go get her another one not to mention the ones she had hid all over the house. The only way then got it away from her was to offer her other things and tell her that she couldnt do certain things if the took the pacey with her.
My neice is 9 they moved last month and found 12 pacifiers hit through out the house.

Answer 5

Ooooo I watched an episode of SuperNanny where this little girl who was about 3 was still suckin on a pacifier, so SuperNanny did this neat thing where they hung all the pacifiers from a tree and told the little girl an angel would come and take them and give them to other babies who needed them.....overnight, they took down the pacifiers and I think they put something in their place (Don't remember what), and it worked. The little girl never asked again for her pacifiers!

With my daughter, once she turned one, I took all her pacifiers and tossed them in the garbage. She must not have been too dependent on them because it didn't take long for her to forget they ever existed.

Answer 6

My 2 year old son uses a pacifier also. I only let him use it at night and I sprinkle 3-4 of them all over his bed so that he can find one when he needs it. Some kids need a little more time than others to learn how to soothe themselves. Why is it ok for some kids to have a blanket and stuffed animal, but not ok for kids to have pacifiers? When he is ready and is old enough to understand, you can tie them to a helium balloon and tell him you are going to let them fly away for the angel babies to have..or something similar. Good luck!

Answer 7

Start allowing it only in his bed, then gradually only at night. Then show him a calendar, and chose a party date to celebrate being pacifier free. Have a celebration as he throws it away himself. Make it a birthday party of sorts. Praise him for being a big boy now. Be sure to take the trash out to the garage, or do this on garbage day or you may wake in the middle of the night to find him searching the trash!

After a week or two kids forget, you may have a few sleepless nights, but if you don't cave in, he will overcome the need for it.

Answer 8

I understand thoroughly. My oldest daughter loved her pappy. Then my 2d and nil.33 newborn does no longer take them- and changed into I ever so chuffed! yet I took my oldest daughter's pappy and the child females bottle all interior a similar day-so it will be demanding. yet your medical professional is nice. i'd wait and delivers him time to regulate to the recent infant. yet commence suggesting such issues as how he's the massive brother. enable him help out as a lot as plausible. this kind he will nonetheless experience necessary. Then discover some thing that he truly needs- my daughter changed into fake earrings- and tell him if he throws away each of the pappys then he may have it. good success on each little thing. and that i promise it does get extra proper because the child receives a lil older. I surely have a 4 year old, 3- next month and a 21 month old!

Answer 9

with my son, we left the pacifier out and the easter bunny left him a basket ( it was spring) you can do that with any holiday and maybe it will help. Please dont throw it out in front of his as that can be very mentally distressing. It's a very hard time for the child as the pacifier is a means of comforting himself. Maybe a pillow or small blanket to hold and comfort while sleeping. I know it's heartbreaking to listen to him cry, but he will stop. Hopefully sooner then later. Good Luck

Answer 10

Take it away cold turkey. Sorry, that's all you can do. Put it somewhere up high but still in his view. If he wants it say "sorry, those are for babies." After a few days of that and also letting him cry it out, take it out of his view completely. Don't let him have it. For the first couple of days he'll start crying and want it back but he'll eventually forget about it. He is unable to sleep without it because he doesn't realize he will be fine without it. You just have to show him he'll be fine by taking it away.