Any suggestions for weaning my daughter off her pacifier?

Question

Any suggestions for weaning my daughter off her pacifier?

Answer 1

my daughter just stopped using hers recently. we stopped giving it to her through out the day and used it only at nap and bedtime. then at night when she fell asleep we took it out of her mouth. it didn't take much time for her not to want it any more.

with my son we cut the tip off. he didn't want it right away after that.

Answer 2

Cut the tip of the pacifier.  It will not make sucking as enjoy and she will probably just give it up on her own.

Answer 3

WHen my daughter turned 2 we decided to take it away. SHe was mostly just chewing on it by this point. We set a date, June 1st. We kept telling her "The nuk (this is what we call her pacifier) fairy was coming to take all her nuks away and give them to the new born babies because they needed them more." When that date came we made he put all of her nuks in a basket and sit them on her dresser, she went to bed without it that night, when she went to sleep we took the basket out of her room and replaced it with a night light (Lightning McQueen from Cars-she loves him!). She did wake up at 1 am that night asking for it and we showed her the light and put her back to bed and all was well. We really haven't had any problems, she did occasionally ask for it when she was tired but we just told her that "The Nuk Fairy took them all." and that would be it. It was rather easy, to our suprise! Good luck , I hope it is as easy for you as it was for us!

Answer 4

You could try and transfer the attachment.  First you find a small stuffed animal and tie it onto the pacifier she just uses it for a week like that.  then the next week cut the end of the pacifier off.  Next week cut a little more.  Finally cut the whole nipple off the pacifier.  Eventually you will be able to untie the left over plastic and she will want the animal for comfort instead.  When we did this we bought like 3 of the same animal  so if it ever gets ruined it's easy to replace and with in a few months the attachment is pretty much any animal.

Answer 5

My daughter is almost 3 and I think hers is her security blanket. She genuinely looks panicked when its not near her. My son is turning 1 in sept and I plan on taking his binkie away to prevent him turning 3 and still having one.....so I'm going to take hers away too so there arent any in the house. I tried taking hers away a few months back and she just took her brothers from him.

On Nanny 911 she told the kid to donate all his binkies to poor little babies who didnt have any. She had him put them an envelope and put them in the mail box. That night he asked for it and she reminded him that he gave them away. He accepted it and went to bed.

I tried this with my daughter and it didnt work but I think its because an outsider (nanny 911) did this to him so he didnt argue.

Answer 6

Although, some people say that this is not a good idea... here is what we did and it worked wonders.

We took the pacifier and cut off the tip of the nipple. After doing this my girls weren't able to suck on it. So it was "broken". They would actually say it was broken and we would throw it away.

We also weaned slowly. At 1 yr they were only allowed to have it a sleeping times. At 15 months they were only allowed to have it at nighttime. At 18 months is when we snipped the tips and got rid of them for good.

It was actually very simple after hearing such horror stories.

Answer 7

I weaned my 2 year old to having only one pacifier that eventually only stayed in her bed.  It was not allowed to come out and go in car, in her bag, etc.  She only had it at nap time and bed time then eventually only at bed time.  The one day I completely cut off the nipple and gave it to the puppy.  She saw it and was very upset but understood that the puppy ate her "tee-tee" and it was all gone.  She still slept with it even though she couldn't put it her mouth anymore.  Eventually, I sneaked it and threw it away.  And she totally forgot about it.

Now when she sees other babied with a pacifier in the store, I emphasize that "tee-tee's" are for babies, and that she is a big girl.

If you have a dog, I think it would work!  If you don't you can go to a friend or family member's house that has a dog, or even pretend to drop it while visiting the pet store or zoo.

Having a reason behind it is a lot easier than going cold turkey!

Good luck!

Answer 8

Depends on how old they are and what kinda parent you are. I'm an advocate of tough love, so I didnt give my son one in the first place. Unfortunately, a lot of other people did like at Daycare and he kinda got used to it. When he was about 1 years old, I took it from him and never gave it back. We just toughed out the crying and the whining for it. Took him about a week and a half, and he was done. Didnt want it anymore. But I know i'm lucky, some kids are VERY persistent and will take much much longer than that to accept that it's gone.

Unfortunately, I dont know any other effective way.

Answer 9

I went through this with my daughter and she was almost 2 still HAVING TO HAVE THE BINKI to fall asleep... People will tell you all these tricks and weird stuff to do, lets be honest are kids aren't dumb! What I did was when she wasn't around I cut off the nipple park of the binki, and then put it somewhere where she would find it... So she found it, and tryd putting it in her mouth and it fell to the ground.. I ran over and said "oh yea when you get to big the nipple falls off" lol.. now don't get me wrong for like 4 nights straight she screamed and screamed for it... But if you stick in there and keep saying "remember it broke"... after a few days they will start getting themselves to sleep... Just remember the first few nights are h**l... stick in there, and don't give in.. and she'll be off it! Good luck