Kids and pacifiers

[Mom2ConnorRyan]

My opinion is I think after 1 year of age the pacifier should be taken away! I see so many toddlers in the mall, grocery store, etc that look to be 2 or older with "binkies" in their mouth.  My son at 11 and 1/2 months old was broke and we never looked back.  But we never let him become attached to it either.  Remember it is just my opinion!!!!

[Aimee]

I hate seeing "bigger/older" kids with binky's too!!!
My son had one forever, but he has some other underlying issues, so I sorta just let it go.
My baby (who turns 18 months on wednesday) still has one, but she has never been super attached to one.  We've only let her have it in her bed, and on LONG car rides...Even now when we get her out of bed, she'll take it out and throw it down, so she knows that she can't have it.

I won't be buying anymore, and when we move soon, I think we're gonna just put her in a "big girl" bed, and tell her tha big kids don't use binkies, and i'm sure she'll be fine!

[Mom2ConnorRyan]

Thanks for the reply and i fixed the linkl regarding my blog! I am not tech savvy and as i tell my husband that is what he is for (he does that for a living)

[Aimee]

I hear ya there.  My husband just helped me figure out some weird stuff.  He wasn't thrilled, but he did it anyway! LOL

[Jo Ann]

my kids never used pacifiers. and i also did not have any difficulty weaning them from their bottles. but my friends are having difficulties weaning their kids from bottles and pacifiers. i know they want their kids to stop from using them but i can also understand their difficulties. some have it the easy way, some are not so lucky.

[Kaknu]

I went to some "living with baby" classes for a while.  It was run by the hospital and the facilitator was a nurse - she said that babies have a need to suck until they're two years old. I think it was for soothing purposes?  I don't remember the why(s), but she said some have more of a need than others.  My baby never took to them and just sucks her thumb occasionally.  Usually to get herself to sleep.  She's almost nine months old.

[Mom2ConnorRyan]

I love how that nurse says they have need to suck until their 2 yet experts agree that children need to be weened from the pacifier by 1 year of age. 

[Jane @ Kidzarama]

We didn't have a hard time weaning our two from their dummies, but we did get (a little) flack about them having one in the first place.

I just said that I'd rather they have one of those which can be taken away than suck their finger and be unable to stop, which happened to me.

I was an adult before I was able to stop sucking my finger, and it was awful having sleepovers as a child and teenager.
~Not to mention that I have an overbite to *die* for!

[nursepine]

I have 5 girls and they all had pacifiers, They loved them they got off the bottle by 10 months and used sippy cups and no later then 2 they got off the yaya's (that is what my kids called them). Daughter number 4was attached to hers the most and had it till 3 I think.
But in the long run it did not matter because they are 16 - 22 now and no one has a pacifier. They were very happy kids.

[Jane @ Kidzarama]

That's why I chose to give them to my kids, Suzanne. 

It means that they will never have to be too embarrassed to go on sleepovers.

It means that when they meet another wonderful person, they won't have to lie awake in case they start to suck their finger in their sleep.

I'm so glad that Wren & Mr Bump won't even know that they don't have to worry about those things. 

[Happy Momma]

That's why I gave (give) my daughter a pacifier.  I used to teach before being a SAHM and I saw too many kids get picked on for sucking their thumb/finger.  So we decided to give Hailey a pacifier because it can be taken away. 

We have a couple of trips planned this summer but after our vacations we are going to be breaking her of the habit now that she is 20 months old.  She only uses it for sleep and car trips, but she is quite attached to it at those times.  Any helpful hints/advice?

[Jane @ Kidzarama]

We gradually got rid of all the "spares" that we had until there was only one left.

Then with Wren, she misplaced it and I just didn't find it until she'd gone to bed.
She cried for about half an hour (on and off) before she fell asleep, but from that night on she was fine.

Mr Bump gave his to Wal, a friend of his Grandma's, and he hung it up in the garden at the retirement village.
I know that sounds weird, but there's this section of the village that Wal has decorated with bits and pieces he's found. Our little man still shows it off to me when we go for a walk there!

I should write a post about this. Thanks for the inspiration, Melanie

[Happy Momma]

I should write a post about this. Thanks for the inspiration, Melanie

No problem!  I'm good like that.

I think I'm going to have trouble with Hailey and her pacifiers.  She has to have one in her mouth and one in her hand that she squeezes.  But, still it will be easier than trying to break her of sucking her thumb.

[Jane @ Kidzarama]

Definitely! 

[lilmissjenny]

I waited until my son was 2 to take his away and he never knew it was gone. My niece was about four when they took hers away but only because her mother was lazy and didn't really try to get her off it.