Nuk Help!!!

Her teeth will be a huge issue if you take this pacifier and she still needs to suck. She will suck her fingers or a blanket or anything she can find. It will deform her jaw ans face. IF she needs to suck you need to allow her to keep the pacifier.

With my daughter, we just put a small pin prick in it. It looks completely the same, but doesn't feel the same to them. We gradually increased the size of the hole until the entire tip was gone. Took about 2 weeks and she started to just hold it at night. Soon after that, it was no longer important to her.

Both my son's had theirs till about 3ish. Some think that's too old but I learned with my oldest that when something makes them comfortable you should not force taking it away especially is it's only at night. My son's daycare did not want to give his to him when he was 2 till he started Biting. He would not bite is he had it. He finally got though that. It did not hurt their teeth at all.

Good luck and God Bless!

Please don't take it from her!!! We did too early for my daughter and she sucks her thumb now and still and she is 6!!!! ugh. 2.5 is still pretty young and if she's using it only at night it's not hurting anything. We did this with our second child. He just turned 4 and we finally took it from him since he was old enough. After a week he adjusted pretty well. Let her have it at bedtime for now. I don't think at this stage it's a battle worth fighting...just my 2cents!

Why do you need to take it from her? It's obviously a source of comfort, she only uses it at night and look what it's doing to her to not have it. She doesn't understand.. that's just torture. You may be concerned about teeth problems but I promise you you'd rather her outgrow the night-time use of the pacifier on her own terms than taking it from her and getting her started sucking her thumb. You can't take thumbs away and you'll pretty much guarantee she'll need extensive dental work. So I guess my question is: Why do you need to take it away? Her using it to fall asleep will not wreck her teeth, they are only her baby teeth and baby teeth position have no bearing on adult teeth (we've been over it with our ped dentist). Chances are she doesn't even suck on it all night, just uses it to get to sleep. Trust me, she'll outgrow it on her own.. she seems close especially since she's only using it at night.

Take it away when she is 3 but start talking about it now. This is what we did for both of my kids and they did great when the time came. Each night for months before their 3rd birthday we talked about how they would be a big girl when they turned 3 and big girls don't use a nuk. By the time their birthdays came we had talked about it so much they didn't struggle too much. We had them throw the nuks in the garbage so it wasn't a matter of us being the bad guys who threw them out - they did it themselves. My youngest struggled a little more than my oldest the first few nights, but she learned to snuggle a stuffed animal instead.

totally agree with 3boysunder3 no doctor/dentist would even give you praise for letting her have it this long. take it away and let her cry, i am a mother of one but have practicly raised my twin nephews living with them until just recently and kids often cry/ throw fits if they dont get what they want sometimes even until they throw up, you need to be strong because your baby doesnt know any better YOU SHOULD! and all the talk about "if you take it away she will only suck her tumb" well if she does than its YOUR job to break that too hun, im sorry but it litterally makes me sick when i see any kid older than 1 with a binky in its mouth, im a single mom and i broke my kid of it by 6 months.

My daughter was stuck on it, then we got her off. She went to her thumb. Sadly we can't take that away. Talk to the dentist for suggestions.

Take her to the doctor or dentist and have them say in front of her that she can't have it any more. Then do whatever else you can to comfort her at bedtime, but blame the doctor that she can't have the Nuk anymore.

This is what worked for me. I had been trying to wean my daughter off hers and it wasn't working. Then she got a really nasty throat infection that because she was still using that got pulled to the front of her mouth and her lips. Took her to the doctor, he said that, and we cut if off cold turkey. It was a few nights of crying, a few weeks of asking for it, and then a few months of the occasional melancholy about it not being around but then she was over it. Good luck to you!!

My DD was hardcore w/ the "sucky".
We made her give it up at 3.5. Much, much easier than it would have been at 2.5.

A kid who is stuck on it at 2.5 may give it up much more easily at 3 or 3.5. My 5 year old sucks his thumb but now only at night (and I can't even remember the last time I saw him do it otherwise). Maybe give it a few months.

My kids go to a pediatric dentist and he said "In all honesty they can have a pacifier until they are 4 or 5." Wait until she is 3 - 3 1/2 and it will be much easier for her. She is not ready yet. From the way she reacted to you taking it away from her she very well could be one of those kids who starts sucking on her fingers or a blanket. Good luck taking those away from her in a year. If you are still concerned about her teeth call a children's dentist and ask. Speaking of a dentist...have you taken her to a dentist yet? My kid's dentist recommends seeing them at 18 months, and the first visit was free.

With my son, he had an incident where he had to have a few teeth pulled out, so no nuks. We started to tell him that "the binks went away to someone else that needed them. They realized what a big boy his is now and doesn't need them. " Then what we did was let him start to pick out some matchbox cars that wanted to go night night with him. We told him how excited they are to go night night with him now that the binks left. Now he always picks out two or three to sleep with and we don't have issues at all. Of course, not all mommies would be comfortable wtih matchbox cars, but you get the idea...use a stuffed animal or another type of toy. Maybe go to the store and pick out a very special new toy for the occasion.

What did you do for a nuk when she cried over the cut one? Did you go get another one for her? My son and his wife just went through this with their son, breaking him off the bottle. Dad would always give in when he cried because we hate hearing our child cry and dad's are worse about it at times. Like I told my son, each time he cries and you give it to him,you are teaching him to throw tempertantrums. Tonight I had to cry 15 minutes to get it... tomorrow it may be 20 minutes... all they have to do is outlast mom and dad. When my son saw it that way he told him no and didn't give in even with the crying and sure enough it took only one night to break the habit when dad outlasted son. Your daughter is a bit older so it might take a few nights because she is smart enough to know that she can outlast you. Best way to do it is not have them in the house and get rid of them by letting her know she is a big girl and big girls don't need those baby things anymore. Let her see you take them out to the trash so she knows that even if she cries there isn't one available for her. Give her comfort when she cries, start a new routine for bedtime, maybe find a new stuffed animal that will give her comfort while she sleeps. My granddaughter always has a favorite elephant weebkin that she calls Elly to sleep with. She has one at my house and one at her house so we don't worry about leaving it behind. She also likes to sleep with a tiger that her daddy won for her from a skill craine game shortly before he died. You will find that it won't be as tramatic as you think if you do it in a way where she knows it is done rather then a chance to have you give in.

We took all of our sons paci to the store and let him "buy" a toy with the paci's he handed them to the cashiers. and then we just reminded him later that he used them to buy the _____. I worked great there weren't any paci's at home to go back on either.

Don't worry about her teeth! As long as she use it for sleeping -let her! My baby is 26 mo,and I cut a half of it,so she still can put it in her mouth,but as soon as she falls asleep the nuk falls out.She might find it at night and just hold it in her hand.Try again,next time maybe long before she goes to bed so she can get used to it.I don't think at this age they understand a concept of "being a big girl and pass it to another baby" and YES-IT IS a TORTURE to take it away.To some other responders who think it's not a big deal: how do you know?! It is a HUGE deal to the child.Try to take away something very dear to you-oh well, so what if you cry a couple of nights-no biggy.
I think for sake of your child's emotional well being-leave it alone,she is not going to go to college with a nuk,or wear dipers,or sleep with you,or many other things that parents worry too much.Good luck!

Well I have a daughter that had hers until she was 5. She is now a wonderful mam and photogragher. So all I can say is hang in there she will grow out of it. We did the same as you and we stuck it out for a week. She did just what yours did with throw up too! We decided she was not ready to give it up.

The NUK is obviously your daughters security. If she is only using it at night, you don't really need to worry about her teeth. My son used it to go to sleeep at night only until he was 6. I would ask him why he liked it....he said it relaxed him. It fell out of his mouth when he fell asleep and he never used it again until the next night. His teeth are perfectly fine. I could have forced him to stop, but what really was the harm, and he gave it up on his own. I would agree with you if she had it all day long. Why take something away from her that obviously gives her security and relaxation and means that much to her.

My daughter is 21 months and she still uses hers at nap time and bed time. Personally it would be nice if she just gave it up but for now I feel like she is fine with it. I also really dont think that she actually sucks on it all night long. When I go in there in the middle of the night sometimes to tuck her back in her blankets she either doesnt even have it in her mouth or it is just resting in her mouth so technically she is only using it to soothe herself to sleep which takes all of 10 minutes. I wouldnt stress too much about this
Good Luck

I didn't read all the replies but I think you need to get rid of it. She will need to CIO, you could ,maybe put on music or something for the noise as she is used to it. You can give it to the next new baby in your life, alot of people try that and it works and saying you are a big girl now the baby needs it and wrap it up act like you are going to mail it and throw in big trashcan. I disagree with people saying she still needs it. She might suck her thumb but then you will have to get her to stop that as well, just keep asking for advise and what has worked with others.
Good luck feel free to pm me if you would like.

Both of my kids never liked them. My son is approaching 12 month so we just had a dentist appt. for him. He has four top and four bottom teeth already. We in a process of taking away the bottle, because I had the same concern about his teeth but in reference to the bottle. The dentist agreed on doing the bottle transition by the 1st bday but he also told me that adult teeth ( calcium deposits) start forming around age 4.