He doesn't use it during the day, only to sleep. However he can sleep w/it through out the night. The moment I take it away he wakes up crying? Please help!!!!
2007-01-05 10:05:36 · 12 answers · asked by Nik's mom 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Not this again.. What is it with people and taking away a security device from children. Why all the neg answers here? You are to help not make anyone feel bad.. Geesh..PEER REVIEWED article have shown that children who have a secure childhood and utilize soothing,security devices (sucking thumb, blanket) are more secure in character as a child and more so when the grow up. The only people I know who still suck their thumb are those who were ABUSED as a child or had a very traumatic experience. That is not the norm. Now that I sd that; how often do you see a grown man wearing a diaper, sucking his thumb etc. Never. Let the child be a child for now, soon enough he won't have these things to make him feel safe, so he needs them now. Oh and about the teeth,ear etc..same studies have shown that pacifiers & sucking on finger DO NOT cause ear infections (acutaly it prevents and helps sooth them,) and teeth; so stupid..does not cause problems or speech problems. You know what will give them these issues? People who make such a big deal out of small things (you must be pressured by someone, otherwise you would not be worried), cause undue stress on the poor child and make it into a big ordeal, when if you had just waited they would have just given up the device when they were ready. when they are ready. thats the key. You r a good mom, don't forget that.
2007-01-06 16:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by cateyes 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm prepared for the "thumbs-down" reaction that i'm fixing to receive, yet i'm a mom of a pappy toddler too. till he change into about 3 months previous, his %. might want to come out of his mouth what looked like all minute. i tried to do as the different moms stated and punctiliously take it faraway from him and now I easily have a thumb-sucking pappy toddler. The sucking reflex is calming for an toddler, very like your heartbeat or a warmth bath and there is not something incorrect along with your toddler wanting to be soothed. J loved the soothie, yet i got here upon that it does not stay in his mouth. Their mouths are so tiny and they have not quite mastered the paintings of conserving it in position. try a pacifier with a similar structure yet diverse texture, alongside with Binky. many times cases, this is not inevitably the kind of the pacifier inspite of the indisputable fact that the slippery texture that keeps them from forming an enduring suction.
2016-12-01 21:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We took my daughter off of her "pappy" about four months ago. (she's 33 months old now). I've read that using a pacifier doesn't do any harm to their teeth until their about four. Since my husband and I didn't want to wait that long, we cut the "pappy" out during the day. A few weeks later, we cut it out at naptime. About a month after that, we took it away at night.
It helped her out grow her pappy more gradually than taking it away cold turkey.
Hopefully this helped.
Good luck!
2007-01-05 10:21:51 · answer #3 · answered by pixiedustplease 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the sooner the better. He is already attached to it. If you wait longer its going to be harder for him to give it up. My oldest stop taking hers at 5 months old and my youngest was never on it. But I would try and take it off him now. Maybe you can have him throw it in the garbage himself and tell him thats what big boys do. Or maybe put it in a tiny gift bag saying that now it can go to another little boy who needs it.
2007-01-05 10:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by mish_1125 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they say the best time to do it is before they turn a year old, now you will have to wait till they give it up or let them cry and take it cold turkey. One or 2 days of crying and then they will forget it existed. Good luck
2007-01-05 13:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by Baby Julie due 5/12 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try having him go to sleep without it, then he won't expect it to be there. It's going to be a hard few weeks but it's going to be longer and harder when he's 3. Try spending extra time with him while he's adjusting. Good Luck!
2007-01-05 10:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by mommy333 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My daughter is just over two and she still uses one, mainly when she is tired or cranky.
Don't worry too much, it is not bad for them to use one. Some one told my wife and I once that a child who uses a soother will be a thinker when they get older. So, maybe they're not so bad.
2007-01-05 10:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by Chris M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You shouldn't have given him one in the first place, it is a filthy habit and extremely bad for him. You have trained him to look to his mouth for comfort and this is one of the major causes of overeating and obesity in later life.
Just throw it away and live with it. Whatever you do, when he cries for it DON'T give him a sweet or food of any kind. Try to distract him with a game or something. You are in for a rough few days but it probably won't take longer than a week before he has forgotten all about it. Try to stimulate him visually with mobiles, and audially with songs and pleasant sounds etc. When it gets tough, remember it won't be long and you are helping him to be healthier and happier for his whole life.
2007-01-05 10:16:06 · answer #8 · answered by TC 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Try no to worry too much... I've heard that by age 3 they lose that need to suck. As long as he's using it for bedtime only, it'll be okay.
2007-01-05 10:09:25 · answer #9 · answered by naenae0011 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do it now. Cold turkey. A couple rough nights and it will be over. I let one of my kids have it till they were four at night, and I really regret it. It affected her speech badly.
2007-01-05 13:09:59 · answer #10 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋