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Pacifier
Read all 18 responses: "Hello, SO I have a 6 month old little boy and for 5 1/2 months he did not take a pacifier so he got use to falling asleep with his ...
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- My little guys is 7mo almost 8 and he puts his pucifier in his mouth. I would put several in his bed so they are all around him, then he is sure to find one.
- I loved that all 3 of my kids took the pacifier. I put about 5 pacifiers in their crib so they could find them in the middle of the night to put themselves back to sl...
- He's probably pretty close to being able to find it himself but he's also at the stage where he's waking up more frequently due to other things -- teething, developmen...
5 Week Old Nurses for Hours at a Time
My husband and I have tried EVERYTHING to comfort him, pacifiers, swings, swaddling, etc. ... He's using you as a human pacifier. You've got to be sore! ...
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- you are your babies pacifier. It seems to me that it is 80% a comfort thing and 20% a cluster feeder. My son was a cluster eater and he would be on every hour and a ha...
- He's using you as a human pacifier. You've got to be sore! It would drive me nuts. He shouldn't need to nurse any longer than 20 minutes on each side, ever. My b...
- My daughter did the same thing. I remember thinking, "Is this my life now? Sitting on the coach watching hours of t.v while my daughter nurses?" But it will pass. She ...
Advice for Getting Rid of Bottle and Pacifier
Read all 26 responses: "My son will be two in December and still takes a bottle at bedtime and insists on having his binky throughout the day.
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- hi R., i didn't take the time to read all the responses, so i don't know if u have heard this suggestion yet. it's been 9 yrs since i had to deal with a toddler, so i ...
- I too had the same issue with my son that is now 29 mos old. He was 25 months before I got him off the bottle and that was because he was sick with major ear problems...
- My son is 2 now and he was off the bottle before he was a year old. The way I did it was buy the sippy cups that say transitional or get the ones with the rubber top s...
Tips on Breaking the Pacifier Habit
Read all 50 responses: "I have an 18 month old who loves his pacifier for sleeping and car rides. Our pediatrician recommends breaking the paci habit asap .
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- Hi M., Im sure you will get some great advice on here. I have some things to try for a older kids that can understand a little more, however for this age its hard. A...
- My son was a little bit older when he got off his. I basically told him that the baby animals at the zoo need binkies and wanted to know if he can give them to the zo...
- I have three children myself. My daughter was nearly four before I could get the pacifier away from her. When she gave it up it was really hard for about three days....
My 2 Yr Old Still on Pacifier
Read all 6 responses: "My 2 year old (and 4 mos) son still sleeps with a pacifier and on weekends when I am home he uses it to sleep during the day and when ...
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- The 'cutting' idea is very interesting and very well will probably work... However our little 3yr old just gave hers up 4mths ago. Her upper lip became allergic and ...
- We cut the tip of the pacifier. I remember the puzzled look on my son's face as he declared it "broken". He kept going back to it for a couple days and then decided ...
- S., Cut the tip of the pacifier. He will lose interest quickly. Also, you could box up the pacifiers and give them to the "binky fairy". Replace the pacifiers with ...
Weaning Baby Who Won't Take Bottle, Sippy Cup, or Even Pacifier
Read all 4 responses: "I would like to wean my baby (11 m old) to cows milk, but he doesn't take bottle or sippy cup. I have been exclusively feeding him ...
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- Hi J., I had to try about 6 different sippy cups until I found one that my daughter liked. You could also try a straw cup like one of the other moms suggested. Sinc...
- try the BORN FREE cups. the nipple in that doesn't require lots of sucking. my son was the same way and he figured those out pretty quick. good luck:)
- We finally got out little guy to dirnk from a sippy cup that had a straw. You probably just need to try several differnt kinds until you find one that he likes. also d...
13 Month Old Using Fingers as a Teething Ring and Leaving Marks!
And she voluntarily gave up the pacifier a long time ago, when she was 3 months old, so I don't know why she ... Try pacifiers filled with frozen water :) ...
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- Try pacifiers filled with frozen water :) Or, oh - maybe her usual teething toys are too soft? Maybe try something a little harder. I really like the Haba fish: p...
- Does she put her thumb in her mouth all the time or is it just for her to sleep? I didn't have this problem with my child but my neice did. She would do it mostly wh...
- I have never seen a child get an infection from sucking their thumb/biting it until it got a wound, but if you want to keep her from playing with it you may try a flav...
How Do You Really Clean a Pacifier?!
Read all 9 responses: "We don't have a dishwasher, so I have been washing my son's pacifiers every night in boiling water. No matter what I do (twist, dry, ...
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- I clean mine in hot soapy water first, then boil it. I also squeeze the soft part and get water inside then empty it. It is a bit time consuming, but they seem reall...
- OMG! I have the same problem. I hate it. I still have not figured out how to get the water out and my son is 7 months. He also uses the MAM pacifiers. Please if there ...
- Have you tried the Medela steam clean bags? They are great for sterilizing bottles, breast pump parts, pacifiers - they are a huge timesaver! They have them at BRU a...
Baby Will Not Take Pacifier
Read all 45 responses: "Hi, I am wondering if there are other mothers who have gone through the same situation as me - I am breastfeeding my 7 week old son, ...
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- Hello! My daughter had a problem at first too. One thing that I was told to get the baby to suck was to rub behind their ears. I used it for breastfeeding but also ...
- Try the Soothie brand. I call it the "gateway binkie". You may have to hold it in his mouth a little, they pop out easily. But if he doesn't take it at all, I guess...
- neither of my kids took a paci, either. With my daughter I was her paci and I didn't mind. She would fall asleep nursing and I'd lay her down for a nap. My son was ...
How to Get Rid of the Pacifier
Read all 48 responses: "My son just turned 15 months, I would like to break him of the pacifier. He only uses it for bed time and nap time.
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- Hi T.! My kids are now a little older and the very best thing we did to help my son get rid of his "foofie" was to snip a tiny bit of it off, week by week, until ther...
- Hello....well both of mine were 12 months when we took theirs. They only used theirs at nap and bed time. We just took it away. We never gave in....just threw them awa...
- with my twins, one night I just had removed them from the cribs. i "looked and looked for them" when they 'asked" for them - they were about 18 months - and i "couldn...
