How long should a baby keep a pacifier?

Question

i have two with them still 8mo 6mo

Answer 1

well depends technically the doc says before/by 12 mos of age...my son still is hooked on his and hes 22 mos....so it really depends on the parents preferences

Answer 2

my 3 wouldnt take them, but i wouldnt let them use them past a year. take it away before they are hard to get ride of.

Answer 3

OMG.  STOP THIS.  CALL YOUR MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, NEIGHBOR, PASTOR, RABBI, OR ELSE LEVEL WITH US,

Answer 4

till about a little closer to a year, my baby cousin still has a pacifer and she's 10 months but just keep the pacifer from the baby, let the babies keep having it but give it to them less and less and they'll forget all about it, my mom did that to my brother, my baby still has a pacifer but she's only 7 months

Answer 5

I think 6-10 months is a good time. Start at 6 months and slowly take it away. It makes me cringe when I see children who can walk sucking on their pacifiers. It seems to me like some parents (not all) use a pacifier as a "plug" just to get the kid to shut up. Most of the babies I have been around won't even take them, the one who did only for a few months. In one way, it helps the child learn to soothe themselves when upset but in another it can mess up their teeth and all kinds of emotional and dependence issues later in life if you let them have it too long.

Answer 6

about 1..

Answer 7

My son was using his pacifier at night time until he was almost three years old.  It didn't hurt his teeth or anything like that, and it was how he soothed himself to go to sleep.  We told him that when he was ready to give them up, he could take them to the toy store to give them to the new babies, and pick a big boy toy.  About two days later he told us he was ready, and we made the switch.  He had a couple of hard nights, but he got over it quickly.

Answer 8

My son never took to the pacifier (or as my husband called it..."the cork").  As a baby it drove me nuts that he wouldn't take one, but after hearing some of the horror stories of trying to get rid of them as they get older, I guess I'm glad he didn't.  

I think that the age is probably dependent on the child, but would agree that once a child stops taking a bottle, may be the best time to break the pacifier habit.  

A friend of our's has a 3 yr old that still uses a pacifier, and it drives me crazy!  

Good luck to you.

Answer 9

I say when they get their teeth in is a good time to stop because pacifiers ruin a kid's teeth and make them crooked when they get older.

Answer 10

Take them away at 6mths because they dont remember having them at that age so u won have to go threw the withdrawl process. Thats what i did with my daughter and it worked very well

Answer 11

That is totally fine.  I would take it away around 1 1/2.  I took my son's away at 2 1/2 and it was horrible for a good 2 weeks.  I took it away at 1 1/2 with my daughter and she was upset but got over it quickly.

It all depends on your children and how they accept things.  :)  Good luck.  Cold turkey works the best!

Answer 12

When my son turned one and stopped taking the bottle, we only allowed him the pacifier at nights.  When he turned eighteen months, we took it away altogether.  It really waan't as hard as I thought it would be.  If your babies are that young, don't worry about it yet.  Just let them enjoy it for a while longer.

Answer 13

I usually try to get them off by 12 months.  I find it easiest to watch for signs that they may not be as interested.  Around 9 months I stop offering it (if it is clear they are looking for it then I give it to them, but I don't keep it in sight).  After about 15 months it gets much, much harder to get them off.

Answer 14

tell they stop sucking a bottle

Answer 15

i think that's fine as long as they have outgrown them by the time they hit a year.

wow how did you have kids just 2 months apart?

xx_Minnie

Answer 16

I usually take them around 6mo.