Pacifiers - Osceola, AR

When my oldest was 3, she still had her pacifire. One day we told her that the pacifire fairy needed them and that if she stuck them under her bed that the next morning she would have a special big girl toy! It worked! no more pacifires. maybe that would work?

With my daughter, we simply cut the nipple off entirely and told her that it was "broken". She couldn't keep it in her mouth anymore. Although she continued to ask for it for some time, she always remembered that it was broken.

My three oldest children loved their pacifiers, and it was a struggle to get them to let go of it. What I eventually did with all three of them was cut a little bit off the tip of the pacifier at a time, about every two days. After enough of the pacifier tip was gone, they couldn't suck on it anymore. We told them their pacifier was broken, and each one of them threw their pacifiers away all by themselves! Just like that, they were done! It worked three times for me - good luck!

A friend of mine took all of her daughters pacifiers to the Baptist hospital and told her little girl that they were going to other babies. The nurses did a great job at playing along. They new exactly what she was doing. Maybe you can try that.

I know it sounds bad but we went cold turkey. I got EVERY paci out of the house so I wouldn't be tempted to give it to him. I would wait until she is feeling better though unless she isn't wanting it because she can't breath. Good luck. It only took us 2 days till he didn't even ask for it anymore. Thats about the same age that we took my little guys away.

My son is 2 1/2 and we just got rid of the pacifier 3 weeks ago. Our family dog chewed of the nipple after my son left it on the ground :) I showed my son his broken pacifier and let him throw it in the trash. So that night we discussed that the garbage man had taken the paci away and he was a big boy and pacies were for babies. He whinned about it a little for the 1st week, but I tried to find other ways to soothe him. I had to spend more time getting him to bed the first week. He goes to bed now with soothing music. The only time the word paci comes up now is when we see garbage trucks!

Looking back, I wish we had kicked the paci habit when my daughter had a cold. She NEVER wanted to suck on one while sick, just hold them. She was crabby anyway, and it only involves a little more attention and cuddling. Call me cruel.....

When my daughter started biting the paci in two, we decided it was time. She had chomped through 3-4 in a 24 hour period, so we just decided to go cold turkey. My daughter would sleep with one in each hand, one in her mouth and a couple in the crib. We thought it would be much tougher than it actually was. You're probably in for a couple tough days, just do it starting Friday night (use her exhaustion from the day to your advantage) and have some support over the weekend so you can trade off.

I tend to try to trade one vice for another that I can live with and easily wean our kids off of. For instance, when we kicked the paci, I would rock her a little at bedtime or cuddle, etc.

Good luck! Stay strong. In my own experience, these kinds of things are rarely as hard as we think they will be.

try to let her give it to a pet like a dog and keep telling her that when she want's it that she gave it to the puppy it worked when my was little and it worked on my grandson

Our pediatric dentist, Dr. Bacon gave us some wonderful advice for this that he says has worked for his patients for 20 years. It is also one in which you don't have to go through the crying, everyone upset, etc. You throw out all of your pacifiers except one and you cut the nipple 1/8 inch. She will still take it ( will probably look at weirdly & pop it back in her mouth). The next week, you cut another 1/8 inch off and the next week the same, etc. It will get to the point that it is hard for her to keep it in her mouth and she will not want it at all. We did this back in October for my son who was 18 months at the time. We couldn't believe how easy it was and it worked like magic. I think we were the ones so concerned about giving up his "lovey" - but he has done great and we're so glad to be past all of it. Two reasons you need to do this soon - 1)it could be causing her colds, ear infections, etc. from the bacteria that accum. on it and drains into the back of her throat 2) it will affect her teeth and cause an overbite. Good Luck!

With mine, I just made a decision at a certain point that I wasn't buying anymore. I told them that and said that if they lose them all, that's it. If I would find them in the toybox or under their pillow, I would throw it away. Eventually, they had none left and it was their problem. It wasn't easy for a couple of days, but it worked. I just had to stand my ground.

But, I saw something on Super Nanny that I thought was really neat. She had the mom explain to her daughter that there are a bunch of babies that need passys (or whatever your name for them is) and that since she's a big girl now, she can take all her passys and put them in a bag for the passy fairy (I know this is corny, but it worked...just bear with me) and the passy fairy would bring her a special surprise for being so generous. The little girl rushed around the house hunting for every pacifier she could find. She put them all in this cloth bag and then they went outside and hung the bag in a tree. The next morning when she got up, there was a teddy bear in place of the bag. It was so cute to see her excitement about gathering up the pacifiers for all the babies who need them and again when she got a teddy bear. It may be a fun and exciting way to get your child off of them.

Let me know how it goes. Good Luck!

We had the same problem and I simply stopped buying them. When there was only one left, I told her it was the last one and when it was lost there would be no more. When it finally got lost, she just did not complain. We did have 2 setbacks when pacifiers would appear (out of nowhere it seemed!!) We just treated it like it was no big deal and when it was lost, again no propblem from Emma. The last pacifer I did "help" to get lost. This was after a big clean up in the toy room and I was reasonably sure we would not find any more.

Her older sister also had a pacifier and I fought her and fought her to get rid of it. This method was so simple and easy, I was amazed!

I have a 2 1/2 year old son that is still on the pacifier as well. I have a 4 year old that took one too. I thought she'd never give it up, but she was 3 year old and oneday just gave it up. So don't push it. They won't go to kindergarten with it. But you really don't want her to have it. I think the best way is to get rid of them all together and have a couple rough nights and days. good luck and let me know what you decide and the outcome.
M.
SAHM of 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son. GOD BLESS!

Hi J.,

Next time you are in the car roll the window down and have the child throw it out the window.

It will only take two nights of a little fussing and the habit will be gone. It's harder on you than actually the child but it really works. I used this method on my son at the age of two.

You can do it,
N.

Mine was a pacifier Junky. He talk with it in his mouth. When he was 2 1/2 I couldn't find any so I I had to tell him that I couldn't find any. It took 2 hard nights but it only took 2 hard nights. I sugget that you through away all pacifiers. And look under all furniture, in all pockets, and behind everything. If you don't have one you can't give in. If I had had one I would have given in.
But looking back I wish I had done it sooner.

I wish that I could help you with this one. My daughter was two and a half before she gave up the pacifier and that only happened while my mother was visiting and slept in the room with my girls.(she refused to give my daughter her paci) I had tried putting hot sauce on them & letting her get a little of that on her tounge then I would snip bits off the tip of the paci; neither of those worked, she cried and cried until I finally gave in after hours, yes HOURS of listening to her CIO. I gave up & figured she would get rid of it when she was ready; crossing my fingers in hopes that she wouldn't be 5 walking around with it. I also felt really bad because 'that' was her security & my oldest daughter sleeps with her blanket & I wouldn't take my 5 year olds blanket away so how fair is it for me take my youngest daughters' 'security' away? Plus I had a fear that she would start sucking on her fingers or thumb & I can't take that away. Sorry to go on & on, I would love to hear the outcome of this issue. Goodluck!

My son was two when we took him off. We started by giving it to him only at nap and bed times. We also talked a lot about how he was a big boy and didn't need it anymore. We talked about it for a couple of weeks. Then we told him "Okay Jake this is your last night with your pacifier" and then the next day, "Okay Jake, you're a big boy and you don't need your pacifier tonight". We even let him throw them in the trash and we bought a special big boy stuffed animal for him to sleep with. It was rough for a couple of nights but I think being older actually helped b/c he could understand better. Once he got used to it he started sleeping better than before.
Hope that helps.

Well, neither of mine, thank goodness, was ever Paci dependent but the best one i've heard that seems to work for everyone that has tried it is to nip a bit of the paci off every day with a pair of scissors until it's a nub that she can't suck on. When/if she inquires why it's going away tell her that her big girl teeth are biting it off in her sleep and that it's time for it to go away. On your rocking question, when you get an answer let me know, my 6 year old little boy crawls in daddy's lap nearly every night to be rocked to sleep. I figure one day he'll outgrow it but since my nephew who is married with a 1 year old daughter still crawls into the recliner with his dad I don't hold out much hope. Yes it sounds strange but it's actually very sweet to see. lol

I also saw that episode of Super Nanny.. I thought it was pretty cute.. With my kids I limited the pacifier to only be used at nap time and bedtime first, then only bedtime and and then when they would get up they would give it to me. It worked great. Maybe you could give her a teddy bear, blanket, doll or something else to hold and cuddle and soothe her. Didn't you post a thing about rocking her?? You could always tell her you will only rock her w/out the pacifier or she can only have it if she lays in HER bed like a big girl and slowly go from there... Some kids give them up easier but you don't want to wait too long because she will only become more attached to it..... Good Luck.. Oh another thing I heard of was people poking holes in them and then the child wouldnt want them anymore and you can explain they are broke.. Or if you want you could "mail" them away...