https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:06:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/15-month-old-pacifier-how-to-wean#post-2920718 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:25:09 +0000 cake2017 2920718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey!</p> <p>My main questions are how and when? She only uses it for nap and bedtime. She does not have it any other times. Doc said to do it soon and just throw them out. I am curious to hear from moms who have experience and thoughts on how to go about this. She is teething and sleeps through the night. i know when I do it there will be some hiccups because she depends on it but I would love to hear any methods that worked and how old your child was when they stopped using the pacifier. TIA! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/paci-chewing#post-2918471 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:05:50 +0000 bhbee 2918471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our third just turned 2. She’s chewed holes in pacis before but slowly - well now I got a couple new ones last week and she’s crying right now about how they’re broken because she chewed holes already and she doesn’t want to nap without them. </p> <p>Usually I would say, ideal time to phase them out. But I’m virtual schooling 2 older kids right now and I need all the toddler happiness I can get! (And sleep crutches for naps!)</p> <p>Anyone had luck stopping or avoiding the chewing? Is a pack of pacifiers a week the price I pay for a little quiet during virtual school?? 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-lo-grow-to-love-the-pacifier#post-2875756 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 11:41:35 +0000 BadgerMom 2875756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did any of you have a baby who was meh/uninterested in the pacifier at first but eventually grew to love it?</p> <p>My first LOVED his paci and I know it saved us on many occasions in the first couple years. He took to a Soothie right away and we never looked back. DD on the other hand seems to be a different story. She is EBF, 2 weeks old, and we’ve been trying to introduce a Soothie since the hospital. It mostly elicits maybe two sucks and a total look of confusion. Yesterday I went out and got a mam and an avent ortho. She shot the mam out of her mouth without even a suck and she’ll take the avent and give it a few sucks, but definitely seems “meh” about it. We have not introduced a bottle yet, which I think after this experience we should try sooner than later. This little girl seems to have more definite opinions than her brother did, yikes!</p> <p>Do you think she’ll eventually take to it, or are we SOL? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-to-stop-pacifier#post-2868908 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:33:19 +0000 annem1990 2868908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 16 months. He's used a pacifier since birth. It stays in his bed and therefore he only gets it during nap and bedtime.<br /> Is it bad that I have no desire to get rid of it? Is there a time when it needs to go? I obviously don't want to do any damage to his teeth or overall ability to cope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-after-losing-the-bink#post-2862694 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:18:37 +0000 lady baltimore 2862694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long did it take your LO to learn to fall asleep after you stopped allowing pacifiers at bedtime? </p> <p>We have been talking up dropping the binks with DD (who just turned three) for a little while, intending to tackle the task over my winter break. She decided on her own that Sunday was the night (aided, no doubt, by having picked out her no-bink reward at Target that day), and she really gutted it out, but clearly had no idea how to go about falling asleep without the pacifier. We eventually took her to bed with us, and though it took her a while to fall asleep, she slept through the night. Last night was similar, though we got her down earlier (again in our bed). Tonight, it took about 2 hours and some extra cuddles and crying, and she is asleep in her own bed, but I think she just passed out from cumulative exhaustion (no nap either day).</p> <p>How long did you feel like it took to settle in to the new normal of bedtime after binks, and did you do anything in particular to help LO figure out how to fall asleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleeping-with-pacifier#post-2829538 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:03:38 +0000 lunalove20 2829538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it okay for baby to sleep with pacifier in mouth? Every time I go in to check on little one while sleeping the pacifier is in his mouth -- so I will take it out and then obviously he wakes up. I heard it could cause ear infections if left in the mouth ?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ditching-the-pacifier-3-year-version#post-2823616 Sun, 20 May 2018 12:22:32 +0000 SweetCaroline 2823616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 3 and it's time to ditch the pacifier. She only has it at bedtime and during weekend naps (she does not use a pacifier at daycare and naps like a dream). My thought is to pick a weekend, run her around outside all day so she's exhausted and take the pacifier away cold turkey at bedtime.</p> <p>I really feel like we should replace the pacifier with something though, another soother. She has a variety of babies, stuffed animals and A&amp;A loveys that she sleeps with, but no exclusive lovey.</p> <p>If you weaned an older toddler/preschooler, how did you do it? How did it go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-to-give-up-the-pacifier-and-best-way#post-2789424 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:07:09 +0000 nugget16 2789424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just found out we are expecting baby #2 in August 2018. My LO is almost 17 months old. She will have just turned two when the baby arrives. She currently takes her pacifier at naptime and bedtime. It is extremely rare if she gets it any other time. Our dentist and pediatrician says there is no rush to get rid of it since we are limiting it to her crib only. However, I was thinking it might be better to try to wean her off of it long before baby number two gets here and she start to regress or question as to why she can’t have hers but the baby can. I would love some feedback or suggestions on how to best handle this. Even if you tell me there’s no rush at this point. My main concern with her still having it is that if she wakes up from early at nap time or early in the morning, the only way she will go back to sleep is if we give her the pacifier. She is still taking two naps a day but we hope to be transitioning to one nap after the first of the year. Thanks!<br /> PS- she also has a lovey that she only gets when she is sleeping. In my honest opinion, I don’t care if she carries that to college LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-more-relaxed-about-pacis-whenhow-did-your-lo-drop-it#post-2787010 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:33:27 +0000 justjules 2787010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E is 24 months and only uses his paci for sleep (he knows it “lives” in his crib). I used to get kinda anxious about it but have now adopted a more relaxed perspective. He sucks it to calm down and then spits it out during sleep, and uses it as a sort of lovely (it’s a wub a nub) so I’m not sure if it’s THAT much different than sucking on a comfort blanket- for example. Or maybe I’m just trying to justify it :silly: </p> <p> As of now, I don’t plan on doing a dramatic seize of his paci....but I am wondering about how other “relaxed” approaches have gone. Aka should I be worried about a 10 year old with his wub a nub? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-weaning-with-an-older-child#post-2748754 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:30:46 +0000 littlejoy 2748754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've decided to take the pacifier away from our 3.5 year old. She only uses it for sleep at home (she's been without it at school for at least 8 months). </p> <p>For those of you who have been through paci weaning with an older child, what did it look like? How long before bedtime was easier? (Our child has a diagnosed sleep disorder, so I assume it's not ever going to be totally easy - nap today seemed especially traumatic even though I laid in there with her). </p> <p>Any tips are appreciated!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-worries#post-2707354 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:42:25 +0000 Goldengirl 2707354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 4 months and uses a paci to sooth. He doesn't really love taking one in general when he's happy/awake, but he usually takes it when he's exhausted and can't settle, so he's typically always falling asleep with one. When he goes into a deep sleep, he usually spits it out, but if he's still in a light sleep and loses it, he thrashes a bit until we pop it back in.</p> <p>I want him to be able to fall asleep on his own, but currently he only does that with the pacifier... so I don't know if that really counts. Does continuing to use the paci mean we'll fall into a trap where he can never fall asleep without one? It's been such a great tool in soothing him so I'm afraid to try to remove it... but also don't want it to be a big issue down the road.</p> <p>Anyone have experience in this realm? How long did you keep the paci, and did your LO learn to sleep without one... and if so, how?</p> <p>ETA: we haven't done any formal sleep training yet. Still working up to it. Currently we kind of just hold the paci in until he starts sucking on it and then leave and he puts himself to sleep sucking. If we do CIO at some point (with checks), do we just go cold turkey and forget the pacifier? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-weaning-a-toddler-when-it-doesnt-go-well#post-2691025 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:47:20 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2691025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Winniebee posted last week in anticipation of paci-weaning her son, and most of the responses were that it didn't end up being a huge deal. Well, I'm weaning my 27-month-old and it's been hell. He had been sleeping better than ever in his life from about early December until now (2-3 hour nap during the day, 11 hours of sleep overnight). All that is out the window. We tried to pull the paci cold turkey and it was a disaster, so we backed off, ordered the "Lily Method" pacifiers, and have been slowly doing those. It worked fine until we reached the last few, and then he went ballistic. He's absolutely beside himself that he can't suck on them, so we threw them out and now he's paci-less. Just hoping to hear from others who had less-than awesome experiences...did sleep ever return to normal? :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experiences-weaning-2-year-old-from-pacifier#post-2687323 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:18:29 +0000 winniebee 2687323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R had his first dental visit this morning and his bite is already affected by pacifier use! His top teeth don't come anywhere near touching the bottom teeth. He's 25 months. So, gotta get going on this weaning business. Tell me about your experience in weaning your 2 year old from the pacifier....how did you approach it? Was it awful? Did sleep go to hell? </p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-paci-wean-your-paci-lover#post-2516981 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:03:21 +0000 winniebee 2516981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS2 is a paci lover. He's 16 months and has gotten to the point where he asks for it during the day. We typically do not let him have it unless it's nap or bed time (or if he's sick). But sometimes he will find a paci somewhere random and then SCORE! He has it and doesn't want to give it up!</p> <p>I was thinking of trying to wean him totally by 18 months. We have a new baby coming when he's 22 months and I want the paci to be ancient history by then.</p> <p>When did you paci wean? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-amp-paci-is-it-that-bad#post-2669678 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 01:37:31 +0000 snowjewelz 2669678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 didn't even like a paci for many months, plus all I read is caution about not giving it to them too early to get in the way of breastfeeding. </p> <p>With DD2, my milk hasn't come on yet; I put her to the boob as much as possible bit she gets frustrated. I'm currently letting her BF, then supplement with formula every 2-3 hrs. But in between a paci is the only thing that helps (at night anyway).</p> <p>Should I let my 2 day old have it?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-pacifier-after-25#post-2623416 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:50:11 +0000 littlejoy 2623416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tell me about weaning your LO from their paci as an older toddler. </p> <p>Our LO has a mouth injury, and we were advised to take paci away for 10 days (obviously, we hope it's permanent). She only uses it for sleep at this point. Nap was easy today, but bedtime has been rough (going on 2 hours) ... she's not a good sleeper anyway, which is why we haven't taken it away before now. </p> <p>So, how long did the difficulty/adjustment last for your LO? Did you use bribes? Storytelling? We've been talking about "big kids" a lot lately ... I was hoping that would do the trick. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-bribe-my-toddler#post-2619959 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:53:03 +0000 CakeLady 2619959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS really wants a stuffed Abby, Cookie Monster, and The Count. Like a lot. He talks about how he is going to get them every day. I feel like I am in a perfect position to incentivize/bribe him :silly: But I don't know which thing to try and tackle. He is 27 months.</p> <p>He still LOVES his paci and uses it for nap, bed, and sporadically throughout the day. </p> <p>He also often wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to come in our bed, though the last few nights he has been sleeping through the night. </p> <p>Finally, he seems to have zero interest in the potty, could this get him interested?</p> <p>Which would you do and how would you go about it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifiers-vs-fingers#post-2610327 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2610327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another thread and something I witnessed at daycare pick up has me curious.</p> <p>Does your LO use a pacifier? When and why did you introduce it? Pros &amp; Cons of your LO's pacifier usage. Does your LO soothe with both pacis and fingers?</p> <p>We were gifted a couple wubanubs and we bought a bunch of Mams pacifiers, but LO rejected anything we gave him. (Wubanubs are still in the box; DH did not like the animal attachment.) He's always used his fingers or thumbs to soothe. When he was really little sometimes he would forget his fingers and cry until we helped him out. Now he totally has the hang of it. My mom was really forcing the issue- pacifier as a solution, but when we would ask the peds advice on how to introduce they all said if he's sucking a finger or thumb no need for a paci.</p> <p>At daycare pick up several babies were hollering and I asked if my LO ever sounds like that. His teacher told me no because he constantly has his fingers in his mouth. Until she placed the pacifiers back in the babies mouths I still didn't quite understand what my LO was doing so different.</p> <p>Sometimes his fingers in the mouth delays him take a boobie or bottle when clearly he's hungry. Other than that, his self soothing really does keep him generally quiet. I'm sure both habits are going to be hard to break. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/give-me-your-best-advice-on-weaning-at-20-month-old-paci-addict#post-2606775 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:49:31 +0000 winniebee 2606775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 20 month old LOVES his binki (aka "bay-bay"). We try to only let him have it for nap and bedtime, but somehow he manages to find them or even will go up to his crib and find one behind the crib when he is not supposed to have it. Also, when he sleeps he needs 3 pacifiers - one in his mouth and one in each hand. </p> <p>So, give me your best tips. How should we wean him? Cold turkey? Now or in a few months, maybe closer to 2 when he will be better able to understand? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-pacifier#post-2568199 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:25:43 +0000 atoz 2568199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did you introduce a pacifier to your LO? My one month old will mouth it for a moment but then lets it fall without seeming too into it. Did it take time for your LO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wubbanub-question-1#post-2559989 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:30:35 +0000 Canoli 2559989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After spending way too much time last night putting the soothie back in my sons mouth I was thinking about getting him a wubbanub and wondered if you think it helps to stay in their mouth. My older 2 never took a pacifier so this new territory to me and after last night it is one of the reasons why I'm not in love with pacifiers but I think he enjoys having something to suck on for comfort and this mama wants all the sleep she can get. He is almost 5 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501620 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:45:00 +0000 BSB 2501620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Babies are 6 months and they still like using the pacifiers that are meant for 0-3m. </p> <p>How important is it to switch to the pacifiers for older children? I know we plan (or will try) to stop pacifier use before they turn 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-weaning-at-27-months#post-2488783 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:49:02 +0000 littlejoy 2488783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The blog post today reminded me that we really need to get LO's paci away from her ... she only has it when she's sleeping, which is a great thing, but we're ready to be done with it. She's a great sleeper, but sometimes she'll lose it, and then freak out (and not be able to get back to sleep). Also, I'm not sure of the science, but I worry about her teeth. </p> <p>Her spring break is coming up, and I'm thinking it's a good time to work through this. </p> <p>None of them are broken (like the blog post author mentioned), and since she's verbal, I feel like I'd like to talk to her about it. </p> <p>Should I start talking about it now? How long did it take for your older child to adjust? Any other tips? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-lo-done-with-pacifiers#post-2475568 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:06:19 +0000 autumnlove 2475568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO stopped around 3 months, LO 2 at 1 month and LO 3 doesn't really use them anymore. She might take one a few times a week when we are out but she doesn't want one at nap or nighttime anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2458949 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:08:33 +0000 winniebee 2458949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What age did you paci wean for sleep? And do you wish you did it sooner? R is 14 months and very addicted for sleep. I was thinking try and wean by 18 months....but I'm already scared! Wondering how bad it was for ya'll. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-lo-able-to-put-paci-back-in-and-what-did-you-do-in-meantime#post-2458426 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:02:44 +0000 NovBaby1112 2458426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 4 months and needs his paci to go to sleep for naps and night, and I think it's really starting to affect his sleep. He wakes up if it falls out, and obviously cant put it back in yet, so I'm up a lot at night putting it back in. </p> <p>What age was your LO able to put it back in? How did you deal with it in the meantime if your LO woke up without it?? Did you have to sleep train or just rode it out until they were able to do it themselves? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-pacifier-addiction#post-2454682 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 08:38:46 +0000 brady80 2454682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2.5 year old is addicted to her pacifier. We limit her use to bed time and the car, but she finds them and will use them during the day when she's home. At daycare she doesn't ask for it. I'm so tired of the whining for it and I'm ready to cut the cord!<br /> Do we have the pacifier fairy come and stop cold turkey or should we slowly wean by cutting the tips over three days? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-weaning-for-2#post-2452475 Sun, 07 Feb 2016 06:38:53 +0000 anonysquire 2452475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest is about to turn 2 (sob) and is ADDICTED to her binky. Like cries for it. And always has to have it in her mouth. I know we need to wean her from it. My question is, should I also wean my youngest who is about to turn 1 (another sob!)? Just kill 2 birds with one stone? Or am I going to go crazy weaning 2 from the binky at once? Any tips? Besides cutting the binkys. Just go cold turkey and hide them? I'm so scared!!!</p> <p>Also will they relapse when next baby comes and is using a binky? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-cut-the-paci-or-poke-a-hole-in-it#post-2411842 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:34:58 +0000 Munchkin 2411842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's time. Our LO must always have 3 packs in bed with her. One to suck and 2 to hold. I want to either cut the tip off or poke a hole in it (which is what the dentist recommended) so she can keep holding them. (LO is 2.9 years) TIA</p> <p>Thoughts? Advice? I'm terrified. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-change-pacifier-sizes#post-2397504 Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:32:17 +0000 ldh112 2397504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is almost 6 months and I was considering getting a couple spares but wasn't sure if it's okay to keep using her 0-6 mo or if people usually size up to 6 mo +? She seems to like the ones she has just fine! (MAM) </p>