Hey parent type folks, how did you get rid of the dreaded pacifier? Hannah's only using hers at night, but she's turning two on Saturday and I want to get rid of it without her freaking out. I'm already trying to potty-train her, I don't need more of a headache than necessary. Any tried and true methods or just throw it away and wait for the screaming to stop?
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My 4 kids never used pacifiers.
Elderon wrote:
My 4 kids never used pacifiers.
Well thank you for that valuable contribution then.
neener neener to you too!
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Xavier was big into them but we wanted him off them at 2. We told him at 2 he was a big boy and a lot of big boys dont use them. He really wanted to be a big boy so we got him really excited about it. We set a day together and had a throw out party. He raced around the house searching for hidden pacifiers and threw them out. After we celebrated with some favorite treat of his.
Nexa wrote:
Elderon wrote:
My 4 kids never used pacifiers.
Well thank you for that valuable contribution then.
neener neener to you too!
Nexa
It's a game that Charmaine plays with me and Mr. Thumb all the time. She called her pacifier her Nuk-Nuk and when she was about 2, we just started telling her she was getting to be such a big girl and would be able to do big girl things and only babies used Nuk-Nuks. She threw a bunch of them them away on her own. But now, whenever she finds an old one she'll pop it in her mouth and come running to us laughing.
I think I'm going to put it out of site and just change her routine at bedtime a little. If she asks for it, I'll give it to her for now, but I won't offer it or have it where she'll see it to think of asking for it unless she really wants it.
She doesn't have one at daycare for naptimes, so I know she can sleep without it. Also, half the time she spits it out in her sleep and sleeps most of the night without it.
My grandmother recently got her an Elmo doll that sucks on a binky. He asks for it when it's not in his mouth too. Meh. I think I might hide it in her closet.
Nexa
She doesn't have one at daycare for naptimes, so I know she can sleep without it. Also, half the time she spits it out in her sleep and sleeps most of the night without it.
My grandmother recently got her an Elmo doll that sucks on a binky. He asks for it when it's not in his mouth too. Meh. I think I might hide it in her closet.
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
If she asks for it and you give it to her, she will expect you to give it to her every time.
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Nexa wrote:
I think I might hide it in her closet.
Nexa
Nexa
I wish my kids just wanted a Binky, to suck on at bedtime.
Try teaching a 20 month old. she doesn't need a boobie at bedtime.
Try teaching a 20 month old. she doesn't need a boobie at bedtime.
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ElneClare wrote:
I wish my kids just wanted a Binky, to suck on at bedtime.
Try teaching a 20 month old. she doesn't need a boobie at bedtime.
Try teaching a 20 month old. she doesn't need a boobie at bedtime.
I'm twenty-seven years old and I still sleep better after sucking a tit.
Dammit BT, you didn't give me a chance to say "and in 3...2...1... BT's reply to that shall be..."My kid doesn't use them either.
I was really dreading that battle (when it would've happened), but he honestly will not have anything to do with them. We leave them in his crib, but he just uses them as ammuninition when we walk into his room early in the morning. That kid has an arm.
He's so SMRT.
I've read that a good way to do it is to come up with something that makes them want to give it up. For example (this comes from Parenting magazine btw), one mother told her son that their dog was really sad that HE didn't have a pacifier. The child walked over to the dog, gave it the pacifier, and never used one again. I don't know if you have something that you can use like that or not, but it's worth a shot.
Alternativly, you can just take it and deal with a few rough nights. It doesn't take long (retrospectivly) for your baby to get over it.
I was really dreading that battle (when it would've happened), but he honestly will not have anything to do with them. We leave them in his crib, but he just uses them as ammuninition when we walk into his room early in the morning. That kid has an arm.
He's so SMRT.
I've read that a good way to do it is to come up with something that makes them want to give it up. For example (this comes from Parenting magazine btw), one mother told her son that their dog was really sad that HE didn't have a pacifier. The child walked over to the dog, gave it the pacifier, and never used one again. I don't know if you have something that you can use like that or not, but it's worth a shot.
Alternativly, you can just take it and deal with a few rough nights. It doesn't take long (retrospectivly) for your baby to get over it.
First, poke a hole in it so the suction is not as effective. Then, each night, take scissors and cut a little bit of length off the nipple so it gets shorter and shorter. Once it's too short, tell her it's broken and toss it away together.
Good luck!
We are potty training here too. Fun stuff!
Good luck!
We are potty training here too. Fun stuff!
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Tare wrote:
First, poke a hole in it so the suction is not as effective. Then, each night, take scissors and cut a little bit of length off the nipple so it gets shorter and shorter. Once it's too short, tell her it's broken and toss it away together.
hmmm, trickery. I like it.
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Nexa wrote:
Tare wrote:
First, poke a hole in it so the suction is not as effective. Then, each night, take scissors and cut a little bit of length off the nipple so it gets shorter and shorter. Once it's too short, tell her it's broken and toss it away together.
hmmm, trickery. I like it.
Nexa
Oh yeah. I forgot to add that you can cackle and chant "you'll never be smarter than meeeeeee" to yourself while you chop.
Yay!
Edited, Apr 12th 2007 11:10am by Tare
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
I used to wait until Joph Jr had it out of his mouth and quietly put it away somewhere. When he'd ask for it, I'd give it back but it took longer and longer periods of time before he missed it and went asking. After a few weeks, he was weaned off of it. The last few times I used some diversion or another: "I don't know where it is. Do you want a cracker?" or something similar.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
I don't know where it is. Do you want a cracker?
So now he's hooked on crackers?
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Jophiel wrote:
I used to wait until Joph Jr had it out of his mouth and quietly put it away somewhere. When he'd ask for it, I'd give it back but it took longer and longer periods of time before he missed it and went asking. After a few weeks, he was weaned off of it. The last few times I used some diversion or another: "I don't know where it is. Do you want a cracker?" or something similar.
You and I think alike!
Besides, I'm excellent at feigned ignorance. "You want what now? I don't know where that is."
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Tare wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I don't know where it is. Do you want a cracker?
So now he's hooked on crackers?
And thinks he's a parrot, yes.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Tare wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I don't know where it is. Do you want a cracker?
So now he's hooked on crackers?
Better than being hooked on nappy-headed hos!
I crack me up.
Jophiel wrote:
I managed to be both retarded and entertaining.
Demea wrote:
Tare wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I don't know where it is. Do you want a cracker?
So now he's hooked on crackers?
Better than being hooked on nappy-headed hos!
I crack me up.
Give the kid time. He does live in Chicago.
Edited, Apr 12th 2007 1:27pm by Kaelesh
Demea wrote:
Better than being hooked on nappy-headed hos! 
I crack me up.
I crack me up.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I have the distinct feeling that Flea will hurt me if I make any more brown jokes, so just know that I was planning on something to the effect of "you're setting a bad example," but prudently decided against it.
Jophiel wrote:
I managed to be both retarded and entertaining.
Demea wrote:
I have the distinct feeling that Flea will hurt me if I make any more brown jokes, so just know that I was planning on something to the effect of "you're setting a bad example," but prudently decided against it.
I was actually going to comment that crack is a great binky replacement.
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