Paci Removal

[Shauna]

I have been trying to get my 15month old daughter off the paci and I am not having much luck.
Does anyone have any suggestions or anything that you tried to get your children off the paci?
All suggestions welcomed and appreciated.
Please help
Thank you

[Teresa]

I just repeated to my children every day for 3-4 months that "someday they would be big and would throw that baby paci away" so they could talk and play. In addition, after about 15 months of age, it was only allowed in the bedroom and at church. That was also prepped and brainwashed for days before the rule kicked in.
All 4 of mine tossed them before 24 months. They got tons of praise for growing up to big-kid world, joining the toys in the family room, and lots of extra fun stuff happened "away from paci"
When my oldest threw her last paci away she really regretted it. For 2 naps and 3 nights she wanted it back. I handed her an imaginary paci to hold that first night. Then it was a game, she would ask for it, I held my cupped hands out and said "we only have green, blue and one princess paci tonight" and let her reach in and tell me which color she had picked....eased her stress and was fun.
Best of luck!

[Zicea Becks]

with my oldest 3 girls, they started talking early,so they chucked the paci QUICK!

Theresa-5 wasn't that hard either. with her, i just told her that big girls don't need a paci all the time. she would look at the older girls and give it up...except for at night when she first fell asleep. I would come in about an hour later and take it out of her mouth. she didn't wake up or anything. she was about 14/15 months at the time.

Denim-4 just liked biting on his paci. i replaced more chewed up pacis that i buy shoes. one day, he came up to me and wa trying to talk. he had the paci to the side (reminded me of some mafioso with a cigar in his mouth). that was it. if you can talk and form sentences, then the paci has to go. i just took it.

just like a toy you don't want them to have. he didn't put up much fuss. i think he had more of an oral fixation versus comfort issues.


my baby, Slater-3, didn't give me a hard time. to be honest, she's not much of a talker. so i thought the pacifier was the reason why. so i would take it out of her mouth during the day....so she could talk. she didn't want to talk.

i was more focused on my baby not being weird that i really don't remember if she longed for the pacifier or not.

well...she talks...when she wants to.


i think it just depends on the child.

if your baby is....sensitive, then you have to have some sort of replacement coudling. if the kid is more independent, they'll move on fast....at 15 mos, there is SO much to get into.


you know what, nevermind. i have no idea what i'm talking about.


good luck!

[Sassy's Family]

My daughter loved hers (called it her "dee dee"...long story...lol)...anyway, she was over two, and she still craved it at bedtime. I told her that a lot of new babies were born in the neighborhood and that they really needed to have a "dee dee" and they were crying a lot because they didn't have one. I told her the "dee dee fairy" would come and take hers to give to the new babies if she wanted to help them out. I explained that if she gave them all to the "dee dee fairy," she'd be able to choose a special toy or book for being such a big girl who was willing to give to babies who needed the pacifier more than she did. She thought that was a great idea, so she helped me bag them up, we wrote a note to the "dee dee fairy," and that night I told her the fairy would come when she was sleeping. Next morning the pacifiers were gone and my daughter was so thrilled that the fairy had come and that the neighborhood babies would get them! I took her shopping later that day and she picked out a new doll. She told me she missed her "dee dee" at bedtime that night, but she was fine and would brag to family members how she helped out all those babies! LOL! That was six years ago!

[Emily Geizer]

Once you have decided that it is time, then you convey this decision and your daughter's ability to be successful with compassionate steadfastness. Your daughter is taking her cues from you, so if you are unsure or worried about this decision, she will also be unsure and worried. Once it is time, then all pacifiers should be thrown away and there will not be access to more... i.e., she cannot fail. It may take a day or two or six of occasional to frequent crying, but then the issue is resolved and she is done for good. It's a great day to celebrate!!! Your daughter will be thrilled with her success, especially if you talk it up and she overhears you mentioning it to other people. Good luck!!

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[hambutt]

We "left" ours at grandma's house. Cold turkey. A friend of mine had a "ritual offering" wherein her daughter and her put it in the dishwasher together to clean, and then when they went to get it later, presto it was gone! ;) the dishwasher ate it!

[Khrystena]

Santa took our pacifiers away. He takes them in exchange for toys. she tried to give back the toys 1 time but other than that she was ok with it. She was just over 2 at the time.

she has held no grudge to Santa, and it was easy peasy. We arent' fans of the man in red but it worked out for us this time!

[Shauna]

Thank you ALL so much for the advice. We have gotten it away during naps and now we are working on bedtime.

[Cindy Fallsen]

It seems like they do have an RX that works fairly well. I am not sure if it is covered by Medical insurance or even Citizen insurance. It may be worth a shot.