Comments on: Taking away the Pacifier

By: Random T.

Random T. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:35:12 +0000

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By: Cheri

Cheri — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:03:04 +0000

I read this and that night I tried it with my 2 year old son. We had him so that he only had it at nap and bed time. But we could not get him to give it up on his own. So I tried this the night that I read this. And IT WORKS!!!!! I snipped the end off at bed time he tried it and I told him it was broke he said “its broke?”. Well he fell asleep without it. The next day at nap time he laid down I went to give him the broke “NUK” and he said ” No mommy it broke”. Four days later now not even mentioned it!!!!

By: Molly Nix

Molly Nix — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:13:06 +0000

Im trying this tonight. My seven month old only uses it at bedtime so we are going to try to break it all together. Wish me luck !

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:19:45 +0000

Woo hoo! Glad to hear it. And I totally agree, the earlier the better!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:18:46 +0000

My daughter is almost eight months old. I just read all these tips and decided to try cutting the binky. She looked at it and tried to suck it then whined a little and went right off to sleep. I don’t know what will happen at bedtime tonight but I am hoping for the best. My boys were both off the paci by seven months but she is a little harder. And just so everyone knows, the earlier, the easier.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:16:32 +0000

i want to say i tried this last night and it was horrible. my son is 2 and 2 months and clipped the tip off. he didn’t say anything about it just cried forever in his crib. when i asked what was wrong he just said he wanted up.. never said anything about his paci. we screamed so hard for so long we finally gave in. in 3 days we are going to throw them all away and deal with it!!

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:11:45 +0000

Wow! I am sorry for your first night, but you absolutely had success. Some children are different as to how they initially respond, but you proved that if you stick it out they will give up and NOT hate you in the morning.

Thanks so much for sharing, because it will encourage other moms who may face the same with their children!

By: Kala

Kala — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:09:06 +0000

My daughter is almost 19 months old. I have been wanting to take the pacifier since she was 6 months old but my husband wasn’t quite on board b/c he was just as dependent on having it FOR her as she was. I took matters in to my own hands and cut the end off of it yesterday and told her it was broken. She got mad about it before her nap but was able to sleep an hour of her normally 2+ hour nap. I was shocked that she was able to fall asleep at all! Then bed time came… absolutely horrible!!!! There are not enough words to describe how awful it was. She was flat out pissed off and threw the pacifier in anger. She got to the point of coughing and choking on the verge of throwing up. I seriously contemplated giving her another one but knew we were past the point of no return. It’s very important to me that she knows that I don’t go back on my word or decisions. I finally pulled her out of bed and sat with her for a while until she could calm down. She ended up falling asleep and then I just put her in her crib. She woke up at 3:00am wanting her “pop pop” again so I let her try to cry it out. She is not one to “cry it out”. She will throw up before she will fall asleep as she is extremely stubborn. So I let her get to the point that I felt I needed to intervene and then went in there to try to help console her. I just tickled her back and played with her hair and she ended up falling asleep by about 4:30. It was an AWFUL night and I felt like a terrible Mommy. But when she woke up, she was happy to see me and we had a great day. I took her swimming to wear her out before nap. She laid right down with no pacifier at all and slept for 2 hours… SUCCESS!!! I just laid her down for bed tonight and she was fussing but not screaming like last night. It lasted for about 20 minutes or so and now she is silent. I can’t believe it!!! We did it.

By: Angel

Angel — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:34:59 +0000

I am so sorry it was horrible for you, it has worked so great for so many i know, including myself. Emily did not shed one tear. Don’t beat yourself up about giving her another one, all moms have weak moments and go against our better judgement.
You can try again later, when you are more ready. I hope you will and let me know about it.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:15:58 +0000

It was horrible and I ended up giving her a new one. Which I know I shouldn’t have. I feel like I am taking away her friend. She just did not understand what happened and did not want to throw it away at all. Even w/ the new one she still keeps the broken one in the crib with her. She only takes it when she is sleeping. She is not allowed to have it any other time so I feel horrible about taking it from her but I know it will have to happen. I am just not prepared