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Maybe I'm a mean mom but I wouldn't be bringing a pacifier. They can hold him and deal with it for the day or the director can go buy one. I just sent a pacifier with her everyday and usually had a spare in her bag and it was never a problem. We had wubbanubs which are harder to lose though.

I'm guessing this is an infant child? In our infant room they had dressers. Each child had two drawers for their things. The pacifier was labelled with their name and put in the drawer when not in use (or on top of the dresser). We never had one get "lost".

In our toddler room it's still labelled and kept in the cubby on the wall with all of the other things (diapers, wipes, spare clothing, etc).

I would request on a going forward basis they have a designated spot to keep your child's pacifier when not in use. And if for some reason it's "easier" to keep track of, take it home every evening and return it in the morning.

@raspberries: Yea, even if he doesn't have it clipped on, they are easier to identify and keep track of if they have a clip.

When DD was younger we had one at daycare that stayed there all the time, plus one that was attached to her car seat. The car seat stayed there all day until pick up so she essentially had two.

Now that she is older daycare has only one and it's never been lost.

I would stockpile pacifiers and keep in zip lock bag labeled with LOs name.

@raspberries: The only thing I turn around for is the frantic "you forgot to pack milk/formula!" call

That is insane!! The only reason I expect a call from daycare is if she's puking or has fever. Can't they clean one of their own pacifiers to give her?

We keep a few back up packs of pacifiers in LO's drawer at daycare.

our daycare had a supply of extra pacifiers that they use for the los that use pacis, so we brought some but inevitably they'd use one of the "class" pacis for her. she's actually weaned off the pacifier there, though she still uses it at home!

Our LO has a cubby next to his crib where his extra stuff is kept. He has extra clothes, paci, sleep sack in there. The paci always goes in there when he is done with it. He has been there over 3 months and it has not been lost. My older DD was in the baby room 7 months and never lost her paci!

So I agree with buying a few to keep there as backup but I would also want the daycare staff to come up with a new plan for storing it and not losing it!!

We keep one there. It is on a tether, so maybe it's easier to find? It's only for naps, so I think it's a simple matter of grabbing out of her cubby & putting it back in. I'd be frustrated in your situation, too.

I didny leave one at daycare. I just clipped it to her shirt and that way it couldn't get lost

Our daycare had us bring in a couple paci's in a container (small ziplock brand box). The paci's are labeled and the container is labeled too. They are washed and returned to the box each day and if for some reason, one is lost, there is a backup.b

Our old daycare always lost things because the teachers were careless and put them in the wrong cubbies. I would tell them to search each cubby before telling me it was lost.

I love how my daycare does it. They have a board with hooks labeled with each kid's name. The pacifier goes on the hook when not in use. We keep an extra one in her cubby just in case, though, but they haven't misplaced it in the three months she has been there.