I need advice on how to get rid of the pacifier. My DD 2 and I think it's time, but I'm afraid of the results. Any advice?

MAMAC,

Well, normally, this part of the board is in dealing with a child born of an A, and those it has affected. You may get some advice here, but it may be better to go to a different website that deals with this exact thing. Maybe like a parenting site or something like that.

That said, I will offer you my take on weaning a child from things such as pacifiers. When our older 2 kids were 2 yrs old, they weren't attached to pacifiers, they were attached to the bottle(my how we learned from that one!) For them, we had a little party to advance from babyhood to big boy/girl hood! We made a cake, had a lot of fun, and at the end of the party, we had them throw their bottles away. Now, I know that's not really going to work with a pacifier, but another thing that I have read, as our "baby" uses a pacie, is to keep them from using the pacifier during the day. Like when they are busy playing with their toys. If they aren't using it when they start playing, put it up somewhere till they "need" it(like nap time or bed time) Slowly "train" them to getting used to not having it around.

I hope this helped.

Tigger

I thought my oldest daughter was going to go school with her binky...the embarrassment!!
I took her pacifier away and told her that if she wanted it she needed to be in her bed, she didn't like being seperated from the goings on.After a few weeks of that we discussed that she was now a big girl and big girls didn't need those. With my youngest I was much more learned I just took it away at 2 months old...
I've also heard that snipping the end off works because it's frustrating for them

I wish you luck <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by tigger4jdt:
<strong>MAMAC,

Well, normally, this part of the board is in dealing with a child born of an A, and those it has affected.

Tigger</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">OOPS! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="images/icons/blush.gif" /> I didn't know! I was excited to find something to do with children on here! Sorry if I've offended anyone.

Thanks for the advice anyway!