My 5 year old still uses her pacifier at night should I still let her have it?

Answer 1

no way, no how. she should've learned appropriate self-soothing skills by age 2...not meaning to sound harsh...but the pacifier is usually for the parent's benefit, not the child's. did you happen to catch the dr. phil show the other day, with the extremely insecure 22 yr old gal who still sleeps with a shredded baby blanket, and sucks her thumb...while living with her boyfriend? get rid if the "woobie." asap. no sippy cups either. she's a "big" girl now.
EDITS: under no conditions trade this for candy, esp at bedtime. you don't want to get into the bargaining habit...you are the parent and in charge. i would advise going to bed a bit earlier and reading a story to her...or reading a longer story if you already read. that is great use of quality time.
EDITS: oh gimme a break. there are some really uninformed, or lazy parents out there. bring on the thumbs down, i'm educated in what i stated above.

Answer 2

At 5 years old your child should not be using a pacifier at all.

Answer 3

Hi Beth. I am the mother of 5 children. My oldest is 29 and my youngest is 12. I nursed all my babies until they were between 12 and 18 months old. I have three boys and two girls. My older children are either in college or have graduated and my oldest son owns a successful business. I (knock on wood!) think that they turned out pretty well, they are great kids. I say all that just to tell you that I do have some experience about what I am going to say.
We live in a culture that forces children to grow up very quickly. We have a society that places stress on children long before they are mature enough to have the tools to deal with it.
It is my firm opinion that if a little thing like a pacifier, (especially in the privacy of her own bed at night!) gives her some kind of comfort, it is a wonderful thing! Maybe your leniency in this regard will instill in her the confidence to know that she does not need to turn to something artificial later in life.
Let her be a baby as long as she needs to be a baby. When the precious things of babyhood are gone, they are gone for good. You will never be sorry that you gave your little one some extra time to be a baby.
You sound like a good mother and she is lucky to have you.
Blessings
Lady T~ p.s. I am frankly shocked at the answers that you have received. It sounds to me like a bunch of jealous BIG kids that wish they had gotten to be baby's a little bit longer! Sad. I sincerely hope that you will not listen to them.

Answer 4

nicely regrettably you will possibly be able to desire to get rid of your self from this entire subject because of the fact no different discern will relish you making any comments on what they might desire to or shouldn't do. of direction a infant of 5 might desire to have had the pacifier taken away a minimum of a pair of years in the past yet for regardless of reason those dad and mom have not had the time or staying power to easily take it away and enable the newborn cry for a collectively as. it incredibly is only comparable to dad and mom who enable their young toddlers take a bottle to mattress. It calms the newborn so the dad and mom do not might desire to handle the screaming. As stated, you only might desire to leave nicely sufficient on my own. regrettably this infant might have dental problems as a results of this yet you do not see any young toddlers or adults with a pacifier so quicker or later the newborn will abandon it on their very own.

Answer 5

No!


-Studies show that using a pacifier may increase the risk of middle ear infections in babies and children.

-Sucking on a pacifier well into the childhood years might threaten proper dental development.

Answer 6

Who's the parent here.....
Take the pacifier, and her, to the garbage can and have her throw it away. Then, give her something else to sleep with. The pacifier should have been thrown out before she turned 1.

Answer 7

Well the answer is no, but do not down yourself because you have let it go on this long. Parenting is hard and sometimes breaking habits are hard. I would try putting something on the pasifier at night that does not taste good. Not anything hot, just something that is nasty to her taste buds. My sister took a bottle till that age at night and I sucked my thumb till I was fifteen at night, and then I myself asked when I got braces would they put something in my mouth to prick my thumb but that was my on asking. Just something nasty should do the trick.

Answer 8

I disagree with most of the answers here. Why would you take away a self soothing device from a 5 yr old..in this world of craziness she needs some security..Would get rid of the blanky, bear, how about the hugs you give her. None of these people have a degree in pediatric psychology, and if they did the would not be saying what they are saying. Let me ask you this; do you see a grown up wearing a diaper, or sucking on a pacifier. No. If you let her do it for a while SHE WILL outgrow it on her own...soon...but the bigger the deal you make it the worse it is for her. STUDIES from peer reviewed articles have shown time and time again that children with such habits are more secure as a child and more so as a adult. Do what your gut says, and to @#$ to others (especially if your hearing from relative etc. that is your child, you are responsible for her no one else (father too)).

Answer 9

I am not pro pacifier. It causes gas and it damages your teeth (from what I believe). I have a 5 yr old too and i never encouraged him to use one.

Answer 10

No. It causes a lot of problems with the development of teeth and her bite. Get rid of it ASAP, have her take them all and throw them in the trash to get rid of them cold turkey. It'll be a lot easier. She may have a night or two of bad sleep, but things will be fine in less than a week.

Also, in a year or two sleep overs will be starting, and kids will make fun of her, you don't want that to happen.