My son has a pacifier addiction, he is 13 months old. Any help for getting rid of it?

Answer 1

That's a little early to be taking his pacifier away. I'd suggest when he's 18 or maybe even 20 months old. Right now, it's like a security blanket to him...it makes him feel happy and secure.

Answer 2

it is definitely not too young to take the pacifier away. he already has teeth and since they are still growing, constantly sucking on a pacifier will cause problems with his teeth growing the right way. so, i would tell him that you no longer have the pacifier. Throw all of them away without him looking, then take the last one. tell him that there are babys being born all over the world and they need his pacifier and throw it in the garbage in front of him. this is probably going to be traumatic for him and hes probably going to scream and cry a whole lot. but, the next day, if he doesn't see a pacifier he'll probably forget about it. he'll adopt a new way of comforting himself after a couple of days. but, if you try to get rid of it gradually, then he;s always going to think there's a chance he could still get it back and he;ll throw a fit every time he wants it thinking it's still around and you'll give into him.

Answer 3

I think being addicted to a pacifier at 13 months is perfectly normal. I took my daughter off of her pacifier at 15 months old. The first night as hard but that was it. By the 3rd night she was fine.

Answer 4

Two of my boys were on the pacifier and we needed to get rid of it. They were both about 1 when we took them away, and they actually did a really good job with it gone. We just took it and threw them in the garbage because then you arent so tempted to give it back to them. It is more of a tolerance thing for the parents. You have to deal with the crying and such, but it only takes a day or two and they forget about it. Make sure you are firm and dont take it away and then keep giving it back. Once its gone, its gone! Good luck, and Im sure he will be fine without it.

Answer 5

Let him get rid of it in his own time. It pacifies him, would you have wanted your mother to take away whatever pacified you as a toddler?

Answer 6

Get rid of the pacifier.

Answer 7

I would say dont worry about it right now my daughter carried her till she was 2 1/2 and then she just gave it up. basically you phase it out by saying you can only have it at nap and bed time then phase down to bed time then completely phase it out I also hear that a paci fariry works too putting pacis in a bag hangin it in the tree then the next day you go out to find a presant wrapped hangin in its place good luck

ps if you take it away too early then they will revert to sucking their thumb or finger that is what happened when we took my daughters away before she was ready now we have a harder addiction to break

Answer 8

have him help you gather up all his pacifiers for the 'Passifier Fairy'. Put a basket or bag outside and let him put them in before bedtime. Put a tiy or other prize that he will really enjoy in the bag and trash the pacifiers. Let him check the bag in the morning to see what the fairy left him.

Answer 9

13 months is kinda young wait a while till he is older. You know what we did for our two year old to get rid of it, we had the "binky fairy" come and take all the binkys to the little babies that needed them and she left her money in place of them. Not once did she ask about them after that. And BTW taking a binky is always harder on the parents than it is on the child. Good luck

Answer 10

Depends on how addicted he is. Only let him use it *in* his bed. If he's not *in* bed he can't have it. No sitting on the couch with it, no rocking in a chair with it, no going to the grocery store with it. It's to be used in the bed ONLY. When he's not in his bed, take it out of his bed and put it away only give it back when he's in his bed asking for it.

Once you get to that point, then you can slowly forget to give it to him and distract him with other things like lots of kisses before bedtime.