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Can't Find My Daughter's Favorite Paci at Any Store! HELP!
Asked by J.R. from Dallas
on June 9, 2009
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My daughter only likes the Gerber soft center pacifiers. You know, the ones that the nipple is sort or in the shape of a light bulb? I have looked EVERYWHERE and I c...
Tips on Helping to Wean Baby off of Pacifier
Asked by C.J. from Los Angeles
on February 20, 2008
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I have a 4 1/2 month old little girl, and I think it is time to wean her off the pacifier for her nap and bedtimes. She goes down great with it, but in the night she i...
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- 4 1/2 months old does not seem too old to have a pacifier for sleep. Babies at that age still have the need to suck throughout the day and night. I would recommend l...
- I think babies at that age are calmed down by the pacifier and there is nothing wrong with that. I would let her keep it and have a few spares within her reach in her ...
- I am in the SAME situation. My son is 3 1/2 months old and uses the binky for naps and nightime- won't fall asleep 90% of the time w/o it. I wouldn't dare get rid of...
Passy
Asked by A.K. from Houston
on February 3, 2007
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My daughter will be 2 in march and she still wants her passy. I nursed her so when she was about 2 months old she just wanted to be latched on all the time to pacify h...
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- My daughter never took a pacifier but my sister children did. With both of them, she cut the tip of the nipple off and gave it back to them. In turn, it was broke so...
- I think the best way to do anything with your child that they have out grown but are close to is INVOLVE them. Tell her how it's time for us to send off your passy's ...
- My kids gave up the passy early. My oldest kept a bottle until she was 2. I see you have already mentioned giving the passy to a new baby. We did that with the bott...
Need Advice for Getting Rid of the Pacifier!
Asked by G.M. from Washington DC
on August 24, 2009
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My 17 month old daughter really loves her "paci". She used to have bad acid reflux so we relied on it a lot in the first year, but since then we made it a practice fo...
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- My son is 29 months old, we where at the beach and a friend of mine took his pap and throw it up the air and caught it with out him seeing that and said did, then she ...
- Hey, Thats so weird because i have been thinking the same thing...how in the world am i going to get rid of his "pappy"...My son is 17 months and he would be horrif...
- With my oldest children (2½ year old twins), at around 2 years old we started making them leave their binkies in their room when they got up in the morning. I would ...
Please HELP!!! Seeking Advice on Breaking from the Pacifer!
Asked by T.W. from Tulsa
on April 6, 2009
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Moms PLEASE help. I have a 2 yr old son that is ADDICTED to his BABA... AKA: Pacifer! I have tried everything to break him from this. Any davice or reccomendations wou...
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- Leave him alone. When he goes to school or even nursery school he'll stop. The sucking instict is stronger in some children than others. He's just a baby. Why does...
- One thing to try is to start by only allowing the baba in his bed. Tell him that it can't leave the bed and if he wants it, he has to go there. I did this to my littl...
- I have heard of people leaving them for Santa...I don't see why the Easter Bunny wouldn't want a pacifier! Make a really big deal about how excited the easter bunny w...
Seeking Advice on Discontinuing Nighttime Nursing for 8 1/2 Mo. Old
Asked by H. from Dallas
on July 9, 2006
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My 8 1/2 month old wakes up every 3 hours to nurse during the night like clockwork. I haven't minded, but got diagnosed with an acute case of Mono last week that was m...
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- I'm no expert here but an almost 9 month old could take some cereal in the evening and get through the night without feeding. Talk to your Dr. about introducing some s...
- Hi H., I know what you are going throu and I have two ideas. First is to let him slep with you, your husband will have to be okay with it but at least that way you...
- H., good for you for all that nursing! I hope you get better soon. I have been there (without the mono, thank God) three times already and headed for a fourth! My f...
2 Year Old Refuses to Take Naps... HELP!!
Asked by D.C. from Montgomery
on April 11, 2008
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I have a two year old daughter who is an absoulte delight, but recently has refused to take her daily nap. She has never had a problem with laying down and going to s...
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- I totally know where you're coming from. My two year old is a mess if he does not get his FULL nap every day. An hour won't do it- he needs TWO!!! Some days it is a ha...
- I don't have any sggestions as my son (who is now 8) stopped falling asleep during nap time a little before he was 2. I was consistent and continued for a year and a h...
- Hi , I used to be a child care provider. This is what I did for my own and for others. At night time when they "weren't tired" I told them their eyes were tired. I ...
No More Pacifier
Asked by L.R. from College Station
on August 26, 2008
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Hi ladies, I need some help. . .
My 14 month old son still sleeps with his pacifier. I know this is not a huge deal, but I still want to get rid of it! He does not...
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- If that is the extent of his use of the pacifier, I wouldn't worry about it. (And I hate it when older children walk around with pacifiers or bottles.) I would wait f...
- Some children require the suck sensation longer than others. But if he is only using it to go to sleep at 14 months--you go girl! If you take it away too early he wi...
- dear L., almost all kids will eventually go without. i have a particularly stubborn little girl, and even she gives in when she sees i wont budge. if you take hi...
Getting Rid of the Pacifier
Asked by K.H. from Detroit
on January 5, 2009
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My son is 17 months & I still let him use his pacifier just to fall asleep (nap & bed times). After he's been in bed for about a half hour I usually sneak into his ro...
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- My son had his to sleep only until he was about 2.5. His teeth our fine. The pediatrician said it was fine. I took it away cold turkey one day and he didn't miss it...
- I often say that parenting is trial and error. :-) And that changes every child. We always just made the paci's dissappear. But we also did it at 1 yr so they were mo...
- I think there are 101 ways to ditch the paci. Read about them and then decide what you think might work best for yours. At 18 1/2 months old, we just threw them away. ...
Pacifier Addict.
Asked by R.P. from Tucson
on December 18, 2006
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My son is 2 years old and is completely addicted to pacifiers. It has gotten to the point where to go to sleep he demands to hold one in hand (there have been nights w...
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- Hey R., Our son was EXACTLY the same way. I'm sure there are some kids who end up "getting over it" on their own, but that was so NOT going to happen with ours. ...
- Only 1 of my 5 kids was an pacifier addict.I did manage to cure her.We started to cut off little pieces every night we used the dog chewed it up excuse hoping that ext...
- Pour three shot glasses of whiskey. Gather all of the pacifiers up and throw them away. Drink whiskey and settle back to wait out the storm.
