Oct. 8th my son will be 3! I have fought him for 1 1/2 now with this dang paci! ( or as he calls it his "night , night" ) is anyone dealing with this? or dealt with this issue! if so HOW DO I GET RID OF THE DARN THING! i am soooo afraid it will mess up his teeth! he gets sooooo whinny without it , and i have a 4 month old! so its hard to hear both of them whinning! when its soooo easy just to give it him! i have tried EVERYTHING
him watching me throw it away while we are out - X
mustard on the nipple to gross him out - X
Bought him toys if he didn't use it anymore - X
Just at Night time - X
Cutting off the Nipple - X
AHHHHHHHHH HELP ME! I need some Motherly Tips!
Thanks!
2007-09-11 19:24:40 · 14 answers · asked by CeCe 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
You need to throw it out. Tell him those are for babys. You should of did this long ago. Put him to bed with a sippy cip of water instead.
2007-09-11 19:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Wow, some of these answers are kinda rude...anyways. I had the same problem. This is what I did: slowly start cutting a little snip of the tips of his paci. Maybe every two days or so. Eventually there will be nothing left for him to suck on. This way its not a complete shock to him, it'll happen slowly and give him time to get used to it. It worked for me...GOOD LUCK!!!
2007-09-11 21:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by latina_23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My friend had told her 3 yr old that when christmas came that if she wanted toys from santa that she had to leave her passi for good instead of milk and cookies in order to get toys and it worked. But since not every child is not easily compromised. I would suggest letting him cry it out since night time only didn't work... I would of said only at night time and when he falls asleep pull it out his mouth and then when he wakes up he won't even see it.. but you said that didn't
work either.
also giving him things for good behavior isn't bad that is called positive reinforcement. If he does good he gets something. So don't listen to ppl rewards are a good way to let a child know how well they behave.
2007-09-11 19:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by Jesmo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For heaven's sake don't give him anything for it. You'll spend the rest of your life giving him things to get him to do what he's supposed to do. Instead there has to be something new he wants to do. When he says he wants to do something particular, tell him that he's too little. When he says that he's big enough tell him that if he were really that big, he wouldn't need his paci, so he must be too little. He has to be the one to decide to get rid of it. Otherwise he'll just substitute something else. It also has to seem to be his idea. That's why you have to convince him that to do something new, he'll have to throw away the paci. Once he does, he'll probably want to revert to it the first night. You may have to put up with some whining that night, but it will be worth it to get him off it. He could just be clinging to it because of the new baby as well. Sometimes the older child will revert to babyish things when a new baby arrives. You may want to do this on a Friday night so you don't have to get up too early the next day. It would also help if you have someone who could give you a hand with the new baby while you're doing this.
2007-09-11 19:40:19 · answer #4 · answered by kcpaull 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
I tossed my daughters. She whined for a few days, I just kept saying I don't know where it is. She got over it. I had to be strict, it was messing up her teeth. And funny thing is, after a few months, her teeth shifted into the normal position!
2007-09-12 02:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by lizzie lu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give it to Santa....... Christmas is just a couple of months away, take him to the shops to get his photo taken and get him to give it to Santa for a extra good present on Christmas day
2007-09-11 20:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by christine684 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to trade it for something big. He has to understand that he's 'a big boy now and if he wants he can trade if for a (bike, a puppy, a cat, or some toy)'. You must remove all of them from the home... and never give it to him again... 'remember... you traded it for the _____.' This has worked for my sister and many cousins. I'm pregnant with my first and this is my plan.
2007-09-11 19:31:30 · answer #7 · answered by Uhuru 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just throw it away and tell your 3rd old he's too old for it.
Yes he may be cranky but he'll get over it. He's 3 - don't let him rule the house - he's learned well how to do it.
2007-09-12 13:46:47 · answer #8 · answered by pinkpiglet126 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My daughter is 2 1/2 years old, sucks her thumb, hasn't used a pacifier since she was 4 months old and I'm not worried about making her stop sucking her thumb because it sooths her and helps her sleep.
2007-09-11 19:37:26 · answer #9 · answered by Precious 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
well my mum told me when i was about 4 (it was screwing up my teeth a little) that it had gone to dummy heaven (or pacifier heaven or watever.) we're not even religious but she just explianed how stuff goes away to heaven sometimes. come to think of it she used this trick alot on me... grrrr. but try that and wow the mustard thing sounds cool! try vinegar too or something. take him to the park and 'loose' it. i dunno :-Q
2007-09-11 19:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by sammy.x.x.o.o 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋