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2 1/2 Year Old Sleep Issues After Taking Pacifiers Away
Jun 29, 2009 ... All four of my children had a pacifier so I know how hard it is to wean them off it. Do not give it back to her....after all, she is the one ...
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- Hello C., All four of my children had a pacifier so I know how hard it is to wean them off it. Do not give it back to her....after all, she is the one who gave it up...
- My first son gave up the nuk after a few rough nights at 2 1/2. My second son had a much more difficult time and I decided after several weeks of late getting to be...
- do not be afraid to replace the pacifier with another comfort object - blankie or stuffed animal or whatever. Comfort objects are extremely useful for children learnin...
How to 'Ditch' the Paci???
My son will be a year old next week and I'd like to wean him from using a pacifier. He really only uses it at night for bed time, but he gets antsy for it ...
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- "oh no, we lost the paci". Talk to the sitter and find out what she does. Also I've heard about a story someone found online about a paci fairy, like the tooth fai...
- Cut the tip of the paci...just a little bit. He won't be able to get the suction he is used to, so then he won't want it. We did this with our son and within 48 hour...
- Just wondering why you are so ready to tear this security from him? It's just my opinion, but I don't believe any of the hype that parents/doctors say about security i...
Pacifier Causing Open Bite
No, they may use it at home, but obviously the majority of pacifier users wean themselves when they feel ready. Sorry it has taken me so long to get to my ...
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- I wouldn't be overly concerned about what others "think" but I do believe it's reasonable to use the paci (we call them "dummies") for nap/sleep only. Both my kids us...
- My closest friend back home was in the same boat, only her daughter literally always had the pacifier, it wasn't just nap time. Her teeth grew in around the pacifier,...
- Hello MM my name is L. W and I work at a pediatric dental office. It is time to take her off that is true however if you fight them it wont happen. When we are at work...
Weaning 15 Month Old from Night Feeds?
Aug 5, 2009 ... I weaned my son at 21 months and he did not want to stop either. Someone suggested that I put .... 15 and pregnant · weaning pacifier ...
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- You'll just have to resign yourself to being awake a couple of nights, because he's going to have to cry it out, and since he sleeps in your bed, you won't be able to ...
- I have a 10 month old who I have just recently started to night wean... I have done a lot of reading on this and I think it really comes down to what you are comfortab...
- I weaned my son at 21 months and he did not want to stop either. Someone suggested that I put bandaids on my nipples at the times he was used to nursing and explain to...
Help!! I Need to Wean Him Now!
My 10-month old son does NOT want to wean. I have tried bottles, ... how to wean pacifier · wean from bottle · when to wean off bottle · bottles formula ...
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- I don't know how long your trip is for, but there is not need to wean, if you don't want to. Just pump and dump to keep your supply up while you are gone and then he ...
- Any chance you can just cut him back to 2-3 feedings (morning, sometime during the day, and before bed) per day? At that point I found that traveling away from my son...
- When I eaned we did it slowly so it was not an all or nothing deal. So if he is eating 5 times a day then start with one bottle and then few days later move to two bo...
Binky
Jun 1, 2009 ... My daughter and son-in-law had a good, common-sense way of weaning their kids off the "binky". They let them have the pacifier ONLY in bed ...
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- 14 months old is too young to be weaning from binky. You are in for many, many sleepless nights if you try to do that now. About 2 or 3, start thinking about w...
- I weaned my daughter cold turkey at 15 months and she cried for about 2-3 nights (it was just a whimper by the 3rd night) and she never looked back. She had a blankie...
- My daughter and son-in-law had a good, common-sense way of weaning their kids off the "binky". They let them have the pacifier ONLY in bed (naps and nightime). In th...
How to Get Rid of the Pacifier
Our daughter was 2 when we were on vacation and every pacifier we had with us either cracked or got a hole in it from her chewing on them. We weaned her ...
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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...
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...
Trying to Lose the Pacifier
Oct 21, 2009 ... My kids never would take a pacifier but my neighbor/friend would begin to wean her kids off it by cutting of a little bit of the pacifier ...
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- We made a rule for my son that he could only have his paci in his bed.Sometimes he'd go sit in his bed and suck on his paci, so then we made the rule that he could use...
- Hi, J.! We started off with our daughter only being allowed to have it when she slept. So that meant only in her bed and the car. We had it attached to a string a...
- I am right there with ya, J.! My daughter turned 2 in June, and was seriously attached to her binky. A little before her 2nd B-Day, we started allowing the 'B-B' (wha...
Weaning My Almost Two Year Old
We waited to wean our son from the pacifier until right before his 2nd birthday, and it was a struggle to say the least! 3 weeks of crying and whining and ...
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- I have heard it said that nursing is a partnership between the mother and her child, and if either of them wants to quit nursing, it's time for it to be over. So good...
- First, I'd ask yourself if you really want to be done nursing, or if you think you should be done because she is 2. I ask this because I know it never occurred to me ...
- I just weaned my two year old son. He mega nursed--I thought it would be a horrible experience. He would nurse throughout the day whenever he got bored and in the morn...
