My son will be 17 months old next month. He only takes the pacifer when he takes naps and when he goes down at night. Any ideas of how to get him off of the pacifier? Does that trick where you cut the suckie part until there is nothing left really work?
2007-03-20 11:13:26 · 11 answers · asked by JennaBean916 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
i just put my son's in the trash and he cryed for 2-3 days and forgot all about it
2007-03-20 15:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by debrasearch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my boyfriend was little ( he was a triplet) his dad took him and his brothers to the park so that they could give their pacifiers to the baby ducks. They threw them in a big lake (yeah I know its littering...but it worked and this was over 20 years ago). If you are not willing to do this...try telling him that a fairy will come and take his pacifier if he puts it under his pillow(or another location) at night and will leave a surprise for him. Make the surprise something that will distract him for a couple days ( a new movie or small toy) and by then he will probably forget all about it. Commend him for being such a big boy.
2007-03-20 11:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mia1385 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This worked for me--we were at the store and I had been talking to him for a while about getting rid of the binky--he was almost two. He wanted a cookie from the bakery as usual. There was a trash can nearby. I told him that he had to throw his binky in the trash so we could get a cookie. He did. He cried for it at bedtime for 2 nights and then never mentioned it again. You have to get it out of the house so you are not tempted to give it to him when the crocodile tears start. He is now a senior in college and we are still speaking.
2007-03-20 11:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by nursebetty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may recommend that he's a good sized boy now and in undemanding words little ones favor pacifiers. i know this sounds horrid yet in case you dip it in some thing he would not like the style of (in spite of the undeniable fact that safe to eat no longer chemical for sure), he will ultimately lose the "style" for it. you may also imagine of a replace - popsicles artwork, he basically won't be able to have all of it the time or at bedtime. sturdy success and that i visit't have self assurance your dr. informed you to wean him. Mine used to assert "do not problem i have not in any respect seen a baby bypass to varsity yet with one". He may favor it more beneficial on the prompt because he's had a existence replacing journey (new infant getting interest)!
2016-12-02 07:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this same problem with my daughter. I got rid of it when she was 3. I wanted to do it cold turkey, but listening to other people that were saying "she will get rid of it on her own" was taking too long. I refuse to have a 5 y/o with a paci in her mouth. She was about to start school and they take naps in her school. What was she going to do at nap time cry??? OH WELL!!! I just trashed it.. Yes, she cried for it but hey it was time..Now she doesn't even remember she had one.
2007-03-21 05:55:55 · answer #5 · answered by leilani_adelaide 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I let my son keep his untill he was a little over two. I normally had a supply of them but I stopped buying them . I told him once they were all gone we were not going to pick out any new nanis(binkys). He lost his very last one at the playground and was upset for a few days but he got over it. I thought it was a much better way than to take it from him. He still looks at pictures of himself sucking on his nani and says, Mommy look it's my old nani. I miss my nani but I'm a big boy now! Good Luck! (my son is almost 3 now!)
2007-03-20 16:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is 16 months and on her 18 month "birthday" we are going to a build-a-bear workshop and stuffing a bear and putting the binky in the bear's tummy. That way she will always have it close to her without the damage to her teeth. Good luck!
2007-03-20 11:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by abc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most babies give it up on their own by age 2. My son gave it up at age 5 all by himself. If you take it away to soon they can start sucking their thumbs and prolonged thumb sucking can cause jaw malformation. This is what happened with my sister, my mom took her paci away when she was a yr old and my sister started to suck her thumb and did it only at night in her sleep subconciously. When she was in 10th grade she had to have her jaw broken and reshaped. I say wait and let him come off it himself. If you must rush it give him another security object. Ive heard cutting a hole in it works but my daughter who is soon to be 14 didnt need me to go to that extreme with her either. I say stop buying them if he bites a hole in it oh well.
2007-03-20 11:33:26 · answer #8 · answered by texas_angel_wattitude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say leave him alone, if he takes it for naps or to bed it is a comfort item...I don't advocate taking things of comfort away from babies. It's not hurting him or you so why would you want to force him to give it up?
2007-03-20 11:34:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my son is only 2 months but cant live without his binky, if u find any good results please let me know :) so i can prepare myself hehe
2007-03-20 11:18:52 · answer #10 · answered by missmeliss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋