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At what age did you take the pacifier away from your infant/toddler?
I know there are lots of opinions about this topic, but I would like to know what other parents have actually done......not what the experts say you should do. My 16 month old still has his paci & sleeps with it, but I'm thinking about taking it away. Just wanted to hear other parents' thoughts on this and if your babies had pacis, when did you take it away?
Well... I know that I might get hell for this... but my son had his "meesh" (What he called it b/c when he was little when we gave it to him we would say.. "here.. shhh" hense ME...Shhh..."meesh!" LOL) until he was almost 3 1/2!! Granted he didnt SUCK on it at all (rather he CHEWED on it!) and he wasnt allowed out of the house with it after age 1 1/2 EVER!! Mostly b/c I just didnt want to get "the look" from condescending parents who thought I just didnt have enough strength to "stand my ground!" But there were other issues like his grandmothers death and his new sister being born that we had to concider and that was one of the ONLY things that was still comforting to him!
ANYWAY.. what we did to finally get him to toss the thing was take it away gradually. At first like I said, he wasnt allowed out of the house w/ it. Then he wasnt allowed to "suck" it anywhere but his bedroom. Then he wasnt allowed to have it except at bedtime. As I mentioned he CHEWED it so we never HAD to cut any holes since his teeth did that anyway. Eventually most of his "meeshes" had holes and he didnt like the "feel" of them in his mouth. As each one got chewed we would throw it away and before too long there were only one or two that were any good in the house and before those were gone he simply gave it up! We didnt threaten, didnt beg, didnt do anything but give him ground rules and he did the rest himself!
Needless to say.. we learned OUR lesson w/ our son and my daugther NEVER had a "meesh!" That way we didnt have to go through the same thing with her!!
Other ways that some of his friends parents got thier kids to get rid of the paci was...
*One tied all her daughters paci's to helium balloons and sent them up to the "pacifier fairy" who was going to take them to NEW little babies who needed them more then her!
*One cut the ends off her sons paci's so that he couldnt really suck on them anymore (he was a bit pissed though) and HE threw them all in the trash of course DEMANDING mommy buy new ones...which she DIDNT!
*One left the paci's under the Cmas tree on Cmas eve and was told that Santa would leave one present for each paci that was left (and he took those paci's to other children who needed them)
*One had her son give his paci's to his new baby sister b/c she NEEDED them and he was a "big boy" now (but I would really watch this one b/c the older sibling can ALREADY have issues w/ being "replaced" by the new baby and this might escalate the situation!)
Hope that helped and no matter what just remember that YOU are the mom and NO ONE else knows your child like you do so you do what you see is fit and dont let other parents tell you that you are doing it wrong!!
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