I have an 11 Month baby, and I have tried everything to wean her from the pacifier (which she only uses to for her nap or sleep at night).The problem is that I sometimes leave her with my mom or mother-in-low, and they give it back to her because she wouldn't go to sleep without it!
Any ideas?
2006-11-24 20:11:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I made a big ordeal with my child.. I took them to walmart and told them to choose a cute cup (those thingies that have built in straws) with some sort of disney character on them and they would get it as soon as they gave up their sucker as they called it... When we got to the cash register (I told the lady that my child would pay for it *wink* with her sucker).. I of course paid for it out of sight, but my baby gave up her sucker to the cashier and got her nice new cup in place of it...
2006-11-24 20:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Mintee 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My pediatrician recommended waiting until most of his teeth have come in, and to do it at a time when there is nothing else disruptive in the child's life. For instance, don't do it when you switch his bed or right after a vacation or anything like that. For a younger child you can try cutting off the tip and then cut more off each day until the baby rejects it. For an older child you can leave the pacifier for Santa to take or donate it to the children who need it (or so he thinks). Make a big deal of saying bye-bye to the pacifier and then throw it out.
2016-05-23 00:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cold turkey is they way to go! Just explain to your mother and mother-in-law that you understand that it may take longer for her to go to sleep now that she is without her pacifier but you have stopped giving it to her completely and you hope they will follow suit. Also if they are watching her at your house just make sure that there are not any pacifiers in the house. It may take some time...good luck!
2006-11-25 02:29:54 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure anyone how cares for your child understands that they must follow your rules. It is only hard to wean her because she is confused. If she isnt napping with out it, than take her pacifier away and lay next to her until she does fall asleep...comfort her...if this seems to hard for you to do...just remember giving up her pacifier is hard for her too!
2006-11-24 20:17:14 · answer #4 · answered by wherenai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the pacifier is so bad. She will give up the pacifier in time.
Some people say it is a good ideea to put some spicy condiment on the pacifier in order to make the baby dislike it, but I think this is too cruel.
I you realy want to make the baby drop the pacifier, try giving her some tea or other liquid instead.
2006-11-24 20:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by rebel_g 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Throw them all away and let her cry for a few days shes young enough that if u keep it from her she will forget it existed. My baby was off it by 6 months, its best to do it asap, before a year is best and easiest to do. Evenually she will fall asleep without it, just be strong and let her cry herself to sleep it will be better in the long run and she will sleep better without it!!! It helps to wean them off the bottle at the same time so they lose both sucking habits because by a year the bottle becomes a habit too. She will evenually find other ways to calm herself. My son now sucks his thumb.
2006-11-25 02:28:50 · answer #6 · answered by Baby Julie due 5/12 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
good luck! it is so hard to get a child to give up thier binky! my oldest daughter didn't give hers up until she was about 3....and I let her do it on her own, I didn't force her because it was something that made her content and feel secure. My youngest daughter is almost 2 and she really only uses it when she naps or sleeps too, but has a hard time sleeping if she doesn't have it. don't worry too much about it, if it makes her happy, let her have it, she probably feels safe with it because it's a comfort to her.
2006-11-24 20:48:39 · answer #7 · answered by TaureanAngel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My son had the name binky boy. He was a baby who would shove two pacifiers in sideways and suck on them and still have one in each hand while he crawled around. My inlaws neighbor was 7 and still used the binky to sleep. I was SO scared of that to happen. I let him keep his binky's until he was 1. Then I hide all binkys from him until nap time. He kept them mostly for a comfort thing, but when they were gone he found something to substitute them. After he lost them he started to walk around more and investigate.
Just days after his birthday we took the binkys away at night time and instead gave him a sippy cup of water. He thinks he needs the binky to fall asleep. But with a sippy cup he doesnt want his belly full so he will not suck as much. It may not be fun but if you do NOT offer the binky they will be forgotten. My son was an ADDICT!!! But after 2 nights of not having them he did really well and we then took them away in the daytime naps as well. After 1 week he showed no signs of missing them.
When you pack her bags to go to someone else's house do not pack any binkys. And when she goes to someone elses house let them know she is not allowed binkys. If they insist on giving her binkys let them know she will not be falling asleep at their houses until she is wean off the binky so they dont feel inclined to give them to her.
Good luck.
2006-11-24 21:20:37 · answer #8 · answered by Summer H 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My daughter didn't give up her pacifier until she was about 18 months. Mind you, she was only using it at night time.
One night she asked for her "plug" (her name for her pacifier), and I told her it was dirty. So she says, "Dirty plug, put it in the laundry."
And that was it. She didn't ask for it ever again.
2006-11-24 20:24:01 · answer #9 · answered by ezza 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
aww..why are you wanting to take your baby's source of comfort away???..That is what a pacifier is..a source of comfort..for when she goes to sleep..for the when the world around her scares and intimidates her. We as adults can do things to comfort ourselves...babies can't do that. Sucking is the main source of comfort to a baby when the enviorment around them is to much for them. If your thinking because she is too old for one...she is not!!!..she needs one now. I always find this so sad for the poor baby who is being robbed of something so important to them because adults see it as too babyish..(which they are still!)..or will hurt her teeth..(these are baby teeth she will be getting..the pacifier won't damage her permanent ones at all...)
Please rethink taking away the pacifier..it makes no sense to put such trauma (and yes it is trauma for a baby of that age) on her
2006-11-24 21:52:47 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋