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Using the Nuk
4 months is still fine, in fact, studies show that using a pacifier at bedtime helps to greatly reduce the risk of SIDS and that SIDS is a real threat until ...
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- We LOVE pacifiers at our house and have actually helped our kids like them as newborns because we think it's much easier to break than if they start sucking their thum...
- I would have to agree with everyone else. Their was an episode on the news one night about "how old is too old for the pacifier?" They actually said that by the age of...
- Don't take it from her yet. 4 months is still fine, in fact, studies show that using a pacifier at bedtime helps to greatly reduce the risk of SIDS and that SIDS is a...
How to Eliminate Pacifiers!!!
My son will be 2 in July and is still using a pacifier. I really want it gone b/ c it is starting to affect his teeth. I originally started when he was a ...
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- My son was 3 before we had to take the Paci away! He had so many stashed in the house he would always find one. Either way we just had to take it and tell him he was a...
- My kids both loved their pacifiers. All I did was nip the tip of all of them. My son looked at it funny and then tossed it on the floor. Try it. Good Luck!
- Hi H., My son threw his pacifier away when he was about 2 1/2 and did not want another one. Since your son is not even 2 yet, why not let him have it a little longer...
5 Week Old Nurses for Hours at a Time
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. ...
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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 ...
How Did You Get Rid of the Pacifier?
3 Oct 2009 ... That said, when my daughter turned three I felt it was time to take the pacifier away. By then she was only using them in bed. ...
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- Cut a little bit off the tip of the pacifier. The suction won't work any more and she will lose interest. This worked like a charm at our house, and my two kids were...
- Hi M., my kids are grown now, however it was my son who was hooked on a pacifier. He was 2 maybe 21/2 when we took it away. It was tough for the first day or so. We...
- Hi M.- My sister is weening her son from the pacifier right now, and he is 12.5 months old. I asked her the other day how she was doing it, and basically, when the ba...
5 Week Old Already "Hooked" to the binky.......ideas?
Talk to your pediatrician about the binky I was just in the doctor's office with my infant newphews and the videos playing talked about using pacifiers they ...
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- Hi, Congratulations on your baby! Let your baby have the pacifier-- babies need to suck- there is nothing wrong with a pacifier and if you talk to your pediatrician...
- My younger daughter was that way. She loved her binky from day one and couldn't survive without it. The good news is, your baby has a way of soothing himself! Yay for ...
- I have two girls, one was hooked to the binky early and one never started using it until we stopped breastfeeding at 18 months. If it helps your baby let him use it, ...
Help Introducing Pacifier to Breastfed Baby
WHat type of pacifier are you using? I used the Soothie brand. It is most like mother's nipple. try putting it in your bra for a while to get your scent on ...
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- CONGRATS C.... first for the birth of your son and second that you are choosing to breastfeed! I'm a mom of 2 little girls 3yrs & 15months. I breastfed both of my gi...
- C., Emilia is 5.5 months old, and loves her binkie, although if I didn't give it to her, she wouldn't fuss. She wouldn't take a pacifier until about 3 months, though...
- Some kids just don't want it. Let the baby suck your hand, their own hand, a toy. It doesn't have to be the breast or paci.
Helping Child Sleep After Taking Away Pacifier
Hi Ann Marie, The first night I took away the pacifier's (binkies) from my .... when she wakes up without using one. but don't mention the pacifier try to ...
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- Does she have a favorite stuffed animal? I know you said you gave her a doll, but is there a favorite TV animal that she likes. When we took my daughter's bottle away,...
- Hey Ann Marie, Don't give up! I just went through the same thing with our Nuk. My son only took it to bed for naps and night time. Before we took it away we started t...
- Hi I had the same problem a month ago and this worked wonders let me tell you. I started a new bedtime routine to distract from the thought of the pacifier. I now spen...
I Have a Pacifier Addict, Please Help.
I took all 6 pacifiers and tossed them. My sister-in-law had a tougher time, since she did it younger. ..... how to wean pacifier · using a pacifier ...
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- Throw all the pacifiers into your outside trash with your child. Say goodbye. Two-year-olds are old enough to understand your explanation that pacifiers are going away...
- My baby sister was addicted to her pacifiers... she had like 3 or 4 of them... so what we did was just took them away one by in a short amount of time until she had on...
- When my daughter was about 18months old, we told her it was time for her pacifier to live in her bed. She could have it whenever she wanted, but she had to stay in her...
2 Year Old Still Using a Binky... HELP!!!
2 Sep 2009 ... Hi moms I have a 2 year old little boy who is still using a Binky He is very ..... Getting Rid of the Pacifier ... using pacifiers · a binky ...
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- Jacy gave good suggestions and what many Moms have done. My son, had his Binky for awhile too... like your son. But, at about 2-2.5 years old.... we too discovered ...
- snip the tip of the paci. or do the paci fairy thing where you gather all the pacies in the house and put them in a decorated envelope for the paci fairy to take to a ...
- My son is two and still uses his binky to sleep or when he is upset. It is a way for him to soothe himself. I figure he will stop using it when he is ready. Have yo...
Baby Won't Even Take a PACIFIER!!
He didint take to the pacifier until he was about 4 months. He was breastfeeding only and was using me as a pacifier. Exhausted and in pain, ...
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- my 3 yo never took one and my baby only took one for the first 2 months and then no more. Sorry but even kids who suck on pacis all day long just bite on the paci and ...
- I would consider this a blessing! If your baby doesnt want the pacifier dont force it. Some babies just dont like them.
- My daughter never wanted anything to do with a pacifier. There is no rhyme or reason for it but it is totally normal. Children just like what they like. I would su...
