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Friday, February 5, 2010
I Need Some Ideas...
Ellie is about 20 months old and still uses that stupid green soothie pacifier the hospital gives you. I try to only give it to her in the car and for when she sleeps. She has to have two when she sleeps, one to suck on and one to rub against her eye...weird I know. Anyway, she recently has figured out that if she goes up to her room she can reach into her crib and get them. I am really sick of them and want to throw them away, but I'm SCARED TO DEATH to do it. That's how she puts herself to sleep and I'm afraid it will be disastrous if we take them away. Also, I would like her to be completely done with them by the time the baby gets here so she doesn't relapse with the babe's pacies. :) Greg really wants to do it, but I need a major pep talk/advice on how to do it. What have you done to take away the paci and was it a horrible experience? Tell the truth!
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My kids never took pacifiers but I've heard of parents taking the paci's and going to build a bear and let the kid pick out a stuff animal and then putting the paci's in the animal to have sewn up. That way they get something new and keep the paci's also I've heard of cutting of the ends little by little and the kid gives them up on their own. Also have the pacifier fairy come and just like the tooth fairy they get something for giving away their paci's to another baby to use. Good luck !
Go to babycenter.com They answer almost all my questions. : ) We'll be doing the weaning off pacifiers more soon too. Good luck!
Ok, Ainsley is at the point I'm trying to take them away during the day, but sometimes that's not even working. I would DIE if I had to take them away! For Joshua, I clipped a hole in the part he sucked on so they were all "broken". Oh dear! Uh oh! HA - not. And he was ready to let them go just fine. Until Ainsley came, and from the time she was 2 months until a couple months ago he stole them like crazy. So....GOOD LUCK.
When I wean Gracie, I'm going to cut off the top. Sad I know, but I hear it works.
My sister liza tied it to a balloon and they sent it off to "heaven". Then when Lauren would cry for her sippy, she would just say, but we gave it to the angels in heaven" The picture of them letting the paci go off with the balloons was pretty funny.
My kids never took a liking to them.
I hear you have to cut cold turkey- Just throw them out (I like the pacifier fairy idea too)
However when your new little baby girl comes this may relapse for your 1st. So do this fast so she has time to get use to being w/out it.
I'm horrible at changing things when they work so well. especially when it is going to interfere w/ my sleep at night:) Good Luck!
With B-man I just snipped a little bit off the end. Then a couple days later I did it again. It wasn't too painful. You can do it! It might be hard for a few days, but it will get better every day. With B-man though the snip a little here and there worked really well and we didn't have a fight. But I was prepared...
We were going from UT to KS and discovered the last one we had had a hole... so it went in the garbage. (It wasn't planned - just happened). Of course, we couldn't stop to get another one or I'd miss the flight and since it was Sat., we couldn't get one on Sun. either. By the time Mon. rolled around, I figured 2 nights without, so we're not getting more. After 3 or 4 nights, she got the hang of it and just went to sleep. You just gotta last the 3 or 4 nights and you'll be fine!!! Good luck! (Maybe start on a weekend so Greg's home and you can put ear plugs in?)
Cold Turkey is the only way to go. We tried snipping it off with our first, and that prolongs the agony.
With our other two, we just threw them out. So much better.
The earlier poster is right. If you can make it through the first three nights, you are home free. Just DO NOT lose your resolve and give in, or it will be so much harder the next time you try to get rid of the binkie. (I know, because I caved once.)
The first night is the hardest. Since Greg is on board, have him put the baby down the first night, and you head out for some girl time...anywhere, or anything but be at home. Have him call you when baby is sleeping soundly.
Good luck!! And keep us posted on how it goes.
I was so nervous to do it with Joshie, but it ended up being not a big deal at all. I was going to snip off the top and have him throw it away when he found that it was "broken", but we lost the last one the night before I was going to do it. (Funny, I've found three of them since.)It really wasn't bad at all. I think it is worse the older they get. Life is so much better without them!
You have gotten some great ideas already but I thought I would add my two cents. I hear the balloon thing works good and cutting the tips. For Jackson I did it 3 mo before brynlee was born to make sure he was over it. I too tried to do it in stages. So first took it away during the day. The truth was once I just did it he would ask for it, but it was easier to do than I thought. I think it was a lot harder for me then him. I would say just decide in your head when your going to do it and don't give in. Might be a tough couple days but worth it. He was totally over it when she was born but then tested me and would take it from her. I just said he was not a baby and if he put it in his mouth he went to timeout. It was tough but he learned quick. Good Luck! It will be easier to get her off now. Once the baby is born it will be way too hard to take it away while the baby still has one.
We weaned Avery from the binkie and it was harder for me than her I think. We just decided she was too old to have them and so we quit cold turkey. You have to be strong and not give in even when they scream for it. It took us less than a week for her to be totally okay during the day and night without it.
If you don't want her to relapse when the new baby comes, you need to do it now so she has a few months without it before she sees it again. Avery has never had a relapse even when other babies come over to visit with one, we tell her it is "yucky" and she's a big girl! Good luck!!!
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