Pacifier Use

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Registered: 10-12-2003
Pacifier Use
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Tue, 03-23-2004 - 7:50pm
Does anyone have advice on how to eliminate pacifiers from the nighttime routine? My son is 5 months old and uses his pacifier mostly when napping and going to bed at night. I don't mind this usually, but lately he plays a game where I give it to him, he takes it out and plays with it, and then cries because he drops it and can't get it back. I try letting him cry for a while, but 7 minutes went by tonight and he was only crying harder. (7 minutes probably doesn't seem long, but it feels like an eternity). I'm getting tired of going in to give him back his pacifier. Any thoughts on how to put an end to this game?
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Registered: 02-27-2004
In reply to: eblny
Wed, 03-24-2004 - 7:04am
Hey this might seem cruel but throw it away. My friends DD did the same exact thing and now she is 2 years old and she will cry "my binky my binky" all day long . So annoying. She said she was gonna stop it as soon as she turned 2 but she can't stand to tell her DD no. So don't take the easy way out and keep giving it to him. But your son might be like mine. My son just stopped taking it when he was like 2 months,he would throw it on the ground and would not take it back. My DD was on it until about 5 months and then she would turn it over and chew on the handle and then throw it down. So they got rid of it on there own. So maybe you will be lucky too. But i tell ya seeing a 2 year old with a binky is terrible. So good luck. And remember 7 minutes of pain now is better than a toddler throwing a fit every time she puts it down. And you have to take it out everytime its time to eat and they throw a fit. Better to be done with it now.

Sheri

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Registered: 02-26-2004
In reply to: eblny
Wed, 03-24-2004 - 11:13am
One of the recent issues of Parents had an article on this, but I didn't pay too much attention because my DS isn't too attached to binkies - he prefers his hands/fingers. I can't manage to find the issue, but it was recent. Anyway - the one reader recommendation I do remember clearly is to cut the end off of the nipple. It made the nipple flatten out, so it wasn't soothing or easy to suck.

Good luck!

Michelle


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Registered: 03-16-2004
In reply to: eblny
Wed, 03-24-2004 - 8:03pm
my son also gave it up by himself. when he did i knew that was good, but i was wishing that he would take it back. that way it wouldnt be such a battle to get him to sleep. he was around your son's age when he decided that he didnt want it anymore. I saw a bib the other day at Meijer that was just like a regular bib, but it had a second little bib attached that had a pacifier attached. that way it wouldnt get down beside him to he couldnt find it and unlike attaching it with a cord he cannot choke on it.

sara