My daughter LOVED her pacifier, too...but we let her keep it until she was 3! We kept finding reasons for her to keep it...moving to a new house...a new baby in the house, etc... Anyway, we told her that the "paci fairy" would come when she turned 3, because another LITTLE baby might need her pacifiers. So, the paci fairy came one night and took her paci, and left her a little surprise. She NEVER ONCE asked about her paci again. She just accepted that that was just how it was...which made us realize that she didn't really NEED her paci as much as we thought she did! It was "out of sight, out of mind". You do have to be sure, though, that you get rid of ALL OF THE PACIFIERS in the house! If she finds a stray one, then you'll be in trouble! :) GOOD LUCK!
The Pacifier Fairy came to our house. We had our daughter leave all of her pacifiers in a pretty gift sack and when she got home from MDO there was a Princess movie anf a pretty pink blanket for her and the pacifiers were gone. It was a rough couple of nights, but she is fine now. My suggestion would be to do it on a weekend or time when Mommy and Daddy can help (no one has to go to work the next day). She asked for them off and on for about a month, but after the first couple of days, it was not a cry-fest. Good luck!!!! You can do it!!!!!
My SIL gave me this one: Just snip a tiny tip completely off the nipple of her paci. It takes away the satisfying suck without posing a choking hazard. She might even throw it away herself. Worked like a charm for us!!
My daughter had a pacifier... We actually let her have it until she was 2, but my Pedi told us to cut the tip of it off. I did that to several of them and she couldn't suck on them properly. Within a few days she wasn't upset anymore about it and it was over. This worked great for us.
Hope this helps and good luck.
:) Beth
only letting her have it at bed time or nap time, and it being (lost) the rest of the time is a start.
We tried one way with our son, we cut the ends off and told him they had broken, which really worked well.
But my sister-in-law did something with my niece, that I thought was awesome. They went and bought a dozen helium balloons, tied all the pacifiers to it, then let it go. They told me niece that they were sending them to be with the babies in heaven. She never asked for another one again.
Both my oldest kids LOVED their paci's and here are some of the ideas we heard and some we used. With my daughter, she was , so we told her to give it to her new baby cousin b/c he needed a paci, but she didn't b/c she was a big girl. With my son, he finally lost his last one and he was almost 3. When he couldn't find it, I reminded him that he was supposed to leave it in his bed, and since it was gone, we had to go to bed without it. He cried a bit, but was fine. Prior to him loosing it, we told him that 3 year olds don't have paci's, and we were going to send it to some kids that didn't have one. He actually found his paci after "losing" it and we did ship it off to my hubby who was serving in Afghanistan at the time for the kids there with no paci's. My neice recently gave me her paci b/c I told her she was a big girl and if she would get rid of her paci I'd take her to the store to buy a new toy. She handed them all over, and did fine. Asked for it a few times and that was that. Now, all of those where "big" kids who could reason a bit. You said your daughter is 11 months. You can try cutting the tip of it off when she's not looking. When she tries to suck on it, it won't work and you can say "it's broken. But that's OK b/c you don't need it anymore". Each day snip a bit more off the tip until it's all gone and maybe she'll even throw away the "broken" one. A friend did that and it worked for her. I've also heard of the "paci fairy" that will leave you a present if you leave your paci for the fiary. The key is to let the kid know that it's gone. She will probably cry for it for a bit, maybe 1 or 2 days even, but once it's gone, YOU need to stick firm and say "it's gone."
11 months old, that's very early to take away the pacifer. Is that at the advice of your ped? I'd question your ped if that's the case. Why do you want to take it away so soon? I cut off the tip of my youngest daughter's (she was 2) and after awhile it was 'broke' so I let HER throw it away in the trash.
They are a Godsend especially in public places when they are tired or hungry and they get fussy...Now the parents that has kids who are walking, talking and still using a pacifer, that's lazy and crazy and a different situation...don't get me started there...ha!
The way that I got rid of the pacifier was cutting a little each day. Each day, I would take the binkys and cut a little off of the nipple. I would give the child the cut binky. I would cut it until there was no more to cut. I would also still offer it to the child. They will figure out that something is wrong, and wont want it anymore. It worked for both of my boys. Good Luck!
There is also the binky fairy. My sister told her child that there are babies that need binkies. She told her child that if she puts the binkies in the basket and leaves it out for the fairy, then the fairy will leave a reward for her. That also seemed to work.
When my son and daughter-in-law decided to wean their children off of the pacifier, they cut a small hole in the pacifier. The child could still put it in his mouth, but didn't give them the satisfaction of sucking and they soon became tired of it.
Hi Kiki, we let our girl keep her paci till a litte over 2. we had her give her paci's to the baby (a friend of ours had a new baby) since she wasn't a baby anymore. It worked! she cried and cried over it for a long time before her nap, then she never mentioned it again. Done. It is was really fast. I think 11 months is a little young to get rid of the paci, but then again, the younger they are when you do it, it will be just one less thing you'll have to take care of later. Good luck.
I agree that is too early to take it away. She won't understand right now and why would you want to take away their comfort so young. Mine is 20 mths but he only gets it at nap time and night time. When he gets old enough to understand then I will do the paci fairy or some other method but now he loves it and it doesn't bother anyone. Don't rush it.
I was told by a woman in my church to cut off the tips. Start out really small, to where its barely noticeable, and then each day, take off a little more. The woman's son got off the binky in a few weeks, I beleive.
I personally didn't find it as helpful as it was for her. Ha.
I didn't know it was supposed to be a gradual thing, and so I cut the tip half off, and my daughter threw it out and kept begging for a paci.
So, I cut some of the binks' tips off, a little, and the others I left alone. And, I'd only let her have a binky at bed time, not nap time. After I felt comfortable, I'd make her go without the binky every other night, and spread it out, to where she was gradually off it.
It took about a month or so, and it was so worth it! I also didn't start taking the bink away from my daughter until she was older (about 18mths), so maybe it will take longer, or shorter, because she's young.
Just remember DON'T GIVE UP! :D Best wishses.
Toss and do not give her another. At her age, she'll whimper for a day or so but will get over it. Stand your ground!
What worked great for both of my kids was to gradually ween them off of it, allowing it only at certain times.
Mainly bed time, nap time, or in public(so that others don't have to suffer through the little one's screams). As they got older and started to understand about being calm with their voice in public we stopped the public use.
Then it was just sleeping times and when they were going to turn two I just started telling them "when you're 2 we are going to throw away your paci and you will be a big girl." " In 10 days we are going to throw away your paci..." "In 9 days we are going..." etc. So we made a big deal about it and THEY threw it out on their birthday (make sure you only have 1 that they use by this time). The next time they asked for it we said "remember you're a big girl and threw it away". Maybe a tear or two after that but no big deal at all.
Laura
This is waht go t myself off the paci and both my boys. I had paci's all over my house - every room had a few and some where even hidden by the kids - so it was not easy to just limit their use - every paci i found we made a small cut in it - now when the child tried to suck it it would not suck the way it always had - they would bring me the paci and I would say - oh it is broken we need to throw it away - they never fussed cause they knew just like me there was another one close by - with in a week or two they were all broken and they had thrown them all away (execpt the one I saved for each child in its broken form- for memories)But what I really like about this method is that they are involved in getting rid of the paci - they throw it waya because it is broken and they really grow this way too.
try cutting the very tip of it. Just enough to put a small slit in it. Then just keep cutting g it little by little until she doesnt have anything to suck on or doesnt want it anymore. Becareful not to take it away to early or she may start to suck her thumb. Then that is going to be harder to break her of that. You can't take her thumb away! Hope it helps. Good luck!
We took a daycare teacher's suggestion and cut off the tip of our daughter's paci and it worked amazingly well. We just said, "Uh oh, the paci's broken." She would try to suck on it, but it just doesn't work to suck on a broken paci. We hid all the other pacifiers. After a week she didn't fuss at all for the paci!
Amber
We gave ours to "Santa" to give to all the babies around 2 yrs old and she got some really neat "big girl" toys left in their place.
Leading up to that we limited it to nap or bedtime only and it had to stay in the crib. Good luck!
I have a two and a hlaf year old boy who took a paci and a one year old girl that did not. With my son we started around 15 months only letting him have it in the bed. We stopped letting him just have it all the time. After a day or so when we got him out of his crib we would tell him to drop his paci, and he would throw it back in the bed. Then about a month later, when he was used to that, just like your other responses, we snipped the tip. He was still able to put it in his mouth a little. But I would notice that when he fell asleep the paci fell out. So after a few days he didn't even want it anymore. It was too easy, and I think we could have done it sooner, but I was having to let go too!
Hope this helps!