My son is 5 months old and he is still using a pacifier. He basically only uses it when he is in the car seat or when he is sleeping. In both cases, when it falls out, he cries until I go in his room and put it back into his mouth or until I reach back in the car to locate the fallen paci. I put 7 or 8 pacifiers in the crib with him, in hopes that he'll pick one of them up himself and put it into his mouth. But it is not working. It is so frustrating that I just want to get him used to not using it at all. Help!
2007-03-09 06:42:35 · 17 answers · asked by Michelle Moy 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
The only answer is for both of you to suffer without it for few days. He has to cry himself to sleep without it. Both my kids had them and I remember that middle of the night misery. If you really want to do it, just plan on a couple hard nights, then it will be done, though he may switch to his thumb. Good luck.
2007-03-09 06:48:58 · answer #1 · answered by Grandma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't take it away from him, just stop going in there in the middle of the night to put it in his mouth. Let him cry for a few nights, then he will realize he has to fall back asleep without it. Or get up and give it to him. He is five months, he is still young, there is a lot of time to get rid of the pacifier and now may not be the best time. He may resort to sucking his thumb, and well a pacifier can be thrown out, a thumb can't.
2007-03-09 06:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by Proud Mother 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard some people who would cut off the tip of the pacifier a little at a time until there was nothing left to chew on. Eventually the baby would give up on the pacy.
2007-03-09 06:48:55 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best way is just let him go cold turkey...lol. Pick a weekend where you don't have much going on and just take away the pacifier. He'll cry for a couple or more days and then he'll get over it. Its mostly you that will have to suffer from hearing all the crying for those days.
Good luck.
2007-03-09 06:58:07 · answer #4 · answered by foodie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the very reason you describe, I weaned my son off his pacifier. Well, weaned is a nice way of saying I took it away cold turkey and let him cry. It took about three days for his bedtime crying to reduce from 2 hours to 10 minutes; within a week there was no crying at all and the pacifier was forgotten. I should add he was 3 months at the time.
2007-03-09 07:47:25 · answer #5 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my baby was 9 months old, I used the "cold turkey" method. The reason I chose this method is because my son is a very easy going & happy baby-- I knew he wouldn't care if stopped giving him the pacifier.
My son surprisingly had very little reaction to me taking his pacifier. The only time he cried for it was when he was sleepy. I didn't give him the pacifier--- I just rocked him to sleep (he went to sleep in less than 10 min.)
That is what worked for me & my baby.
Your baby is only 5 months-- I think I would wait until he's a little older.-- but of course, it's up to you:)
2007-03-09 06:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by Proud mother! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can either go cold turkey- just take the pacifier away...it will be horrible for the first few days! or you can gradually cut the tip of the pacifier, cut a little bit every few days and in a week or two all the suction will be gone.
2007-03-09 06:49:51 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan's Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong with using pacifiers. I've seen 3 year olds with them. I'll probably stop mine from using them by then, but anyway....
The multiple pacifier trick will probably take a little while to catch on. 5 months is a little bit young for him to be finding them in the dark.
2007-03-09 06:46:11 · answer #8 · answered by togashiyokuni2001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know how being atached to pacifiers ar anoyying but it will go away. Either you find like a little blanket or the blankets with the animal heads on them. This wasy he will always have his blanket and he will be able to hold onto that. If that does not work limmit the pas. time there for he will know that he oly gets a ceirrtain amout of time with. it and if he crys just ignore him. i know it is hard but it will pay off!
2007-03-09 07:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by Lauren B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw it away and let him scream it out - he will eventually stop screaming I promise you.
Right now he learned that as long as he screams you will eventually give him what he wants.
Think of it this way - Will you give your kid the cigarette he craves to make him stop screaming?
I read some interesting research that showed children who used pacifiers grew up with addictive natures.
If that is true then you are helping your kid to break some nasty habits in the future.
2007-03-09 06:52:08 · answer #10 · answered by fizzents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋