Am I overreacting? Just nervous she will become dependant on it.
2007-11-15 06:17:54 · 21 answers · asked by Andrea 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I had my son off the paci at about 15 months old. It really wasn't that hard to do...and he was a junkie!
I simply started giving them only at naptime and bedtime, then only at bedtime, then they all got 'broken' and he had to help me throw them away.
2007-11-15 06:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by Beth S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It really depends on you and the child. If you do not want to give her the pacifier, then don't give it to her. It will be an adjustment for both of you , and the adjustment will probably take time, but be patient and you will both live through it. I was okay with letting my son have his pacifier until about 9 months, and then I took it away, without any major issues. He cried a little bit the first couple of nights, but I just let him cry himself to sleep and that was it...no more suckie! Its up to you when you take it away, not up to the child. Patience is key!
Good luck
2007-11-15 22:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by sensualflutterby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 3 year old son never wanted a pacifier so he sucked his thumb. He is still sucking his thumb! I have been told by dr's that it's better to give a baby a pacifier because you can take it away later. My daughter is 1 and uses a pacifier and doesn't such her thumb, and I don't think it will be that difficult to take her off of it.
2007-11-15 09:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can let her have it for awhile. She is so little. It is comforting to a baby to suck. It is only natural. I had all my kids off the pacifier by 12/13 months old. My daughter was really attached and it was harder for her to give it up then my boys. But, one day I said that's it and I never gave it back. She really only depended on it when she was going to sleep anyway. She cried herself to sleep for her naps and at night for about 3 days- but, she learned that she could go to sleep without it and now she is fine. You can have her get rid of it later if you don't want her to have it. Good Luck!
2007-11-15 06:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by mama3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies are born with a need to suckle on something, whether it's a pacifier, a bottle, or their fingers. My stance on the subject is that if a little baby needs a pacifier to help her feel more secure and comfortable in a new world, then by all means she should have that.
Both my girls loved their "binkies," and after a year they gave them up.
2007-11-15 06:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by Luv My Babies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally think i rather give my boy a pacifier then sucking his own thumb. My boy quit when he was 1 yrs old when he threw the pacifier out of the window..hehe
2007-11-17 05:23:35 · answer #6 · answered by laohu3gu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took the pacifier at about 16 months old. I had the same worries as you but, it was ok.
2007-11-15 06:26:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter didn't stop using it till she was three and it was more of a comfort then a need, she only used it when she was extremely upset, sick or was having a hard time going to sleep at night.
My son is 16 months and he only uses it at night time to fall asleep and that is it. Once he is out I take it and don't give it back. When he is sick I let him use it as it is a comfort to him as well.
I wouldn't worry about it right now, at that age they have an instict to suck so the pacifers helps.
2007-11-15 06:48:09 · answer #8 · answered by PG with #3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she has the urge to pacify, I thiink it's better to give her a pacifier than rish her sucking her fingers. You can always take the passy away one day, but you cant take her fingers away. She probably will become dependant, but it's ok. You will be able to get it away from her.
2007-11-15 11:17:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u are not over reacting. my wife took it away from our son after about 5 months. children have a tendency to become dependent on it. that is the root cause of the thumb-sucking phenomenon among older children.
like everything else, she'll cry a lot when u try to wean her off it, but she'll adjust to life without it.
2007-11-15 06:28:01 · answer #10 · answered by Ayo A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't buy into all that crap about babies becoming reliant on pacifiers. sucking is a natural need in newborns/infants. to not allow her to have it would be wrong. she needs to suck. it doesn't last forever. the times when it does is when parents give it to their kids non stop. if she gets it only to sooth or sleep, she'll be fine. out of 3 sons, only one had it over 9 months.
2007-11-15 06:27:53 · answer #11 · answered by racer 51 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋