Silas did it, not me

I had 6 pacis. Well, Silas started this trick where he would sneak in their room and get the pacis from the crib. I don't allow pacis outside the room for numerous reaSONS, one being lost pacis. Well, their dad, I suppose just could not grasp it when I would tell him that I do not allow pacis outside of their room. Which means also to take precaution of putting the pacis out of reach from Silas. Well, now I can only find one freakin paci and I am so SICK of getting on my hands and knees looking for those suckers. So, now I have decided to do away with the paci. Silas is now screaming. I am hoping when he finally falls asleep he will see that he can go without. Can someone tell me their stories of taking away the pacis? I don't want to go out and get more but if it starts disrupting my sleep I will reconsider. How long will this last, the missing of the pacis?

 

lol search of the missing pacis! one day i found 6 pacis all over the house, and mine arent mobile yet! lol hope you figure something out!

 

No advice. Just wanted to wish you luck!

 

I feel like jumping out of my skin. They have been screaming for 45 minutes. I went back there to tell Silas that he lost it and it is gone. As soon as I said the word gone he started screaming again.

 

I have no advice either, just that DH's never listen do they???? Good luck with helping them kick the paci habit!

 

This is totally up to you but I didnt even try to wean paci's with dd#1 until after she turned two...at 2yo I made the rule only in your bed and that was fine and soon after she didnt even ask for it or use it even though it was there...one day I just took it out and there was never any questions. My pedi said that there isnt anything wrong with them using them as long as they dont try to talk over them...some kids need them like some kids need a woobie...

 

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I have no advice either, just that DH's never listen do they???? Good luck with helping them kick the paci habit!


:laughing: so true!

Poor Silas!

Sorry I don't have any advice either. I have tried to stop pinning the pacis to my girls clothes when we go out in public but I keep forgetting. I've never seen an adult with a paci so I'm sure they're going to give them up at some point but I don't want to force it. We have pacis all over the house too.

 

I've actually had 2 different friends try this technique and both said it worked immediately so I plan on trying this one day. They both cut the end of the paci off and gave them to their babies. Obviously they did not like it like that. One was a year old and the other 1 1/2 years. Neither wanted it again or whined for it ever again. My friends said they could not believe it but it worked like a charm.

 

:hug:

I haven't even started thinking of taking the paci away from DD yet, but I do not look forward to it!! I always said that her birthday would be the last day, but now I'm may be chickening out! Good luck and let us know it goes!


ETA: I also have the no-paci out of the bedroom rule. Mostly. She has a specific type that she likes. They do have other 'play' pacifiers that are in the living room, but they both play with them. They never suck on them. (Weird, I know.) And there are two in the diaper bag that are the kind she likes. Those stay in the diaper bag for when we are out.

 

Well after an hour of screaming they finally fell asleep and I had to wake them from the nap. Now we are working on our 2nd nap and no screaming but someone, most likely Silas is still awake. He lets out a moan every now and then but at least he is not panicked.

 

Stick with it...they are a great age to get rid of those things!! We got rid of it with my DS at 11 months and we had maybe 2 bad days then he was fine. We encouraged an attachment to a "lovey" to take it's place, and he slept with that teddy bear for years after. With my DD we tried at 15 mos, 22 mos, 3 years, and finally successful at 4 years old but it took weeks of her still talking about it and she had a really rough time. I tried cutting off the end, the "night night" fairy, "losing" them, etc... torturous. Get rid of them now while they're too young to care too much! My twins don't take them at all and I am sooooo happy!!

Good luck and stick with it. You'll be very happy in the end!

 

I think it is going to be ok. I never heard them last night but don't know if DH did or not. They went to sleep easy enough. I believe we will be sticking with it!!!

 

Great news!! Way to go, Boys and Mommy! :clapping:

 

I had one that was attached to the paci and we started only letting him have it at nap and bedtimes around 5 months. It was like that for a long time. Around 8 months or so we started only let him have it at bedtime. By then he was losing interest. Then I would only give it to him when he was extrememly upset (not about not having the paci) or sick. We don't give it to him at all now. It sounds like a long progression but really it was only a couple of weeks from bedtime only to not at all and he didn't seem to ever realize the rules were changing.

My other DS went from sucking on his to chewing on it and playing with it so we just took it away and he never cared that was somewhere around 7 months.

Good luck - I hope it continues to go well!

 

I agree...stick with it! I just took my older DS's away (he is 2.5), and I decided to take my younger DS's away too, because I was so tired of the whole pacifier thing. It was harder for my older DS, my younger DS had one bad nap and that was it. My older DS had a week of asking for it....it broke my heart but I stuck with it since he was old enough not to have one. So if you can break you DS of needing one I would, it will be easier IMO then trying to do it when he is older, espeically if he becomes very attached to it like my older DS was.

 

Good luck taking the paci away. I know that my aunt and my SIL looked up the dates on the Farmers Alminac and the both said it worked great. I looked it up and the best days to wean a child is the 15 and 23 of October and November 19th and 24th. I have never tried this before but alot of people swear it works..

Good Luck
Kelly