lately my 22 month old girl has been addicted to her pacifier. ever since she learned the name of it "paci" .. she goes paci paci all over the place haha what can i do? i already tried throwing it in the trash but then she screams even more. ... wat can i do thanks!
2006-11-13 12:39:27 · 16 answers · asked by L0Lziny0face 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My daughter also lover her paci...when she ws around 2 I started limiting it to the bed and the car seat...One day when she was well past age 2 she ws in bed and she bit the end of it off...called me in and said she had "bloke" her paci..that was when I said OK..and we threw it away..but when she whined for it i asked her about it and she remembered she had broken it..If she had not done that I do not know what I would have done...it is a hard thing to do to them I know...I have heard of folks putting a tiny whole in the end so it does not feel the same...donot know if it works or not...Good Luck
2006-11-13 12:58:55 · answer #1 · answered by JIM D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughters never used one, but I heard of other people doing this...
Get a plastic grocery sack and tell her that the paci fairy is coming and that she needs all her pacis to give to little babies that don't have any pacis and if she'll be a big girl and give her pacis to the little babies that the fairy will leave her a special treat. Tie all the pacis up in a bag and take them outside and tie the bag to a tree.. that night after she falls asleep- go get the pacis-throw them away and leave a little toy in the paci bag as her reward. make a big deal about her reward and what a big girl she is for not needing her pacis anymore.
2006-11-13 13:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What I did with my daughter- When she wasn't looking I took the sissors and cut off the tip that way when she wanted the binki it wasn't as fun anymore. She sucked on it for a while and then just threw it on the floor. After a couple of days I tossed it in the garbage and she was fine. It's easier to them if the binki is broken rather then throwing it in the trash and them thinking it's lost. Good Luck- she might cry a little in the beginning but then they forget about it and it makes things so much easier without the binki
2006-11-13 12:49:05 · answer #3 · answered by mommy@18 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the posters saying to cut off the very tip of the paci. I did this too. I started with poking a bunch of holes in them with a pin. It takes away that "suck" factor when the air just goes through them. After about a week with the holes in them, I cut the very tip off of them. Every week you cut just a tiny bit more off of all of them when they're otherwise occupied.
My now 4yo daughter was really stubborn about it. She didn't give them up until the rubber binky part was about 1/4 of an inch left and she just held onto it with her front teeth. At that point, she pretty much gave it up and I never saw her with it other than her wanting to hold it in her hand when she went to bed. Which was fine with me.
My now 2.5 yo son gave it up the first time I snipped the ends off. I think he decided it was broken and didn't care about it after that.
With both of them, they showed me that it wasn't "working" anymore. I acted very concerned about it. "Oh dear! Your binky is broken. How very sad." I didn't say anything more about it. Just pretend you had nothing to do with it and act like it's no big deal. She'll figure the rest out on her own.
Nancy
2006-11-16 18:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by Nancy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be brave and take it away for good. We took our son's away at 4 1/2 months so we would have an easier time getting it away from him. When we did it, he really only needed it at night time before bed (or before a nap) to get to sleep. So, what I did, was rock him and sing to him, and it really worked. I was the one who soothed him instead of his pacifire. So if there is any way you can soothe her... if you have to, give her a bath, take her outside, do things with her she likes- read her a book... all of these my son loves. But when you take it away, don't get it back out for her because she cries... it might take a few days, but she will get over it and learn she doesn't need it. Also, give her a blanket to sleep with (our son loves to have a blankey under his head and to hold on to when we rock him to get ready for bed. Also, he has only a couple of stuffed animals he loves in his crib as well. Those might be soothing for her to replace the pacifire, and I think those are a lot better than having the binky in her mouth all the time.
Goodluck
2006-11-13 12:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by m930 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter called her's "mine" and had it until she was almost 3. We put restrictions on it, like not out in public, then just at sleeping time. Then it just got "lost". But we had to make sure that ALL of them got lost. And then just had to put up with the screaming for about 2 or 3 nights. But she got over it and now she is 4 1/2 and doesn't even remember having it. Her screaming will "hurt" you more than it will hurt her. That's what worked for us, Good luck
2006-11-13 12:47:30 · answer #6 · answered by aimster113 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I waited until both my children were three to take away the pacifier. I then told her the pacifier fairy was coming to take all her pacifiers to little children who needed them, and in return the fairy would bring her a gift of her choice. This seemed like a good age. I loved the pacifier because both my children used it to sleep and relieve stress- and nothing is wrong with that. Don't stress out about taking it away.
2006-11-13 12:44:47 · answer #7 · answered by weswe 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only way to get rid of it is to throw all of them in the trash. Yes she will scream and cry but give her a week and she'll forget she ever had it.
2006-11-13 16:32:56 · answer #8 · answered by noone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son wanted his all the time and at bedtime especially, and after his first birthday I wanted to have him off of it completely so I started with during the day never giving it to him, just at bedtime, and then once he adjusted to that I took it away at bedtime, and now he's 2 and hasn't had or wanted one for a year now! Took me about 2 weeks to master this.
2006-11-13 13:11:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
tell her that "big girls" dont need pacifiers. just throw them away, and let her cry it out. ignore her like nothing has changed, she will get use to the fact that you are not going to give it back to her. tell her how big she is that she doesnt use a pacifier any more, say things like mommie and daddy dont use one, and or use people that she knows that dont use one. she will want to become "big" like you and not want to use one. just make a big deal out of it saying how big she is that she doesnt use it any more. if you are talking to someone, say ya my daughter is still using a binky because she is a "baby". they will want to be big and deal with not using the binky any more. this also works with potty training too.
2006-11-13 12:54:38 · answer #10 · answered by JennyJen91 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋