Pacifier Advice

Unlike many Moms I am a pacifier fan. If your kid needs it for comfort let him use it. Don't worry about it until your child is a bit older and can understand why you are taking it away. Frankly, just using it in bed is great. Our 2nd daughter was (and still is) a very oral child, she used it until past 3. We tried to have her stop but it was too traumatic for her. When the dentist told her it was time to stop she finaly did...without tears and drama...and even though her teeth were slightly out of line within 6 monthes of losing the paci her smile was literally perfect. Bottom line---it's tough being a kid..it hurts having teeth jackhammer their way into your mouth--allow your child to have this piece of comfort during this hard time.

I am not a big fan of pacifier to begin with but I know some children need them as a comfort. I say in this case it makes him happy for just that hour, i would not worry about it yet. He is still pretty young and might just need that comfort and one day he won't. Just don't let it go past the bedroom door.

S.

My son was older when we did this, but we took all his pacifiers and put them inside of his favorite stuffed bear. I cut a little bit of the thread down the seam and we put them in his bear. I sewed it back up by hand with a few stiches and we've had no more pacifiers ever since. He sleeps with his bear only occassionally now.

Have some sort of GRAND goodbye to the paci! A paci fairy or something else. He can send off all the pacifiers (in an envelope), and then in the morning, he's given a special gift from the paci fairy (new trucks or something)--similar to the tooth fairy! Then, if he wakes, tell him all the paci's are gone! I've seen it work flawlessly on Supernanny many times!