https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:04:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502612 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:20:33 +0000 ValentineMommy 2502612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Its supposedly a choking hazard to use the smaller ones with older babies, though I've never heard a real life story of that happening.</p> <p>That being said, we switched. But our reasoning was for convenience....the bigger one falls out much less at night than the smaller one. He now rejects the small ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502435 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:03:38 +0000 deerylou 2502435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were always an age range behind. Partly due to preference, partly because she had a small mouth. She only took NUK brand, and when we eliminated them right at 2, she was still using a 12-18 month paci. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502429 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:56:54 +0000 Mae 2502429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No LO only likes the smaller ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502289 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:01:19 +0000 petitenoisette 2502289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched probably around 4 months? I guess I fell for the sales gimmick! I figured it had something to do with their teeth coming in and messing with that? Have no idea if that's true though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502202 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:11:51 +0000 Meowkers 2502202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we switched. I've seen stories of older babies getting the smaller pacifiers stuck in their mouth and chocking on them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502158 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:43:36 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2502158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I think that it is a sales gimmick by the pacifier companies to try to convince you that you need to buy new ones. I don't think it's necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2502085 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:39:21 +0000 petunia354 2502085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never switched, although a Nicu nurse friend told me stories of older babies biting the end off the 0-3 month soothie and then choking on them :shocked: that made me incredibly nervous but DS refused the 6+month ones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501961 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:18:45 +0000 DesertDreams88 2501961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: interesting idea about size of baby affecting the size preference of the pacifier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501960 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:18:41 +0000 snowjewelz 2501960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no clue what size ours is (we have mam and avent) but we never switched. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501949 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:09:32 +0000 avivoca 2501949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried to switch, but no dice. She's 2.5 and still using her NB Wubbanub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501946 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:07:15 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2501946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T came with one paci, a 0-3 mo one. He has rejected all others, including the same brand in the 6+ mo size. He's 7 months now. Our dog promptly chewed up the one he came with after about 2 days so we had a couple of nights of bad sleep and fussy days while we waited for our emergency Amazon order of backups to arrive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501930 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:53:14 +0000 pinkarmadillo 2501930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only use wubbanubs so the soothie is attached and as far as my research has shown they don't make wubbanubs with the 6m soothies on them so she will be using those until we wean her off of them (much, much later, haha!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501892 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:36:43 +0000 Torchwood 2501892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 0-3mo ones we had were smaller, so she wound up with deep grooves around her mouth from sucking it in so far. She was much happier once we moved to the next size, and immediately started rejecting the smaller ones. She never cared much for the soothies other than to chomp on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501887 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:30:20 +0000 Mamaof2 2501887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not switch - my kids preferred the softer ones (NB)</p> <p>the 6 months + ones are harder - I don't know the real reason but I always imagined it was because they start to get teeth and would be harder to chew off a piece and choke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501882 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:27:04 +0000 yoursilverlining 2501882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. We used the soothie and there isn't a size difference (that I can detect), the 6 months+ ones are just harder rubber than the 0-3 month ones. LO used both, interchangeably and appeared to have no preference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501878 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:25:11 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2501878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped when the newborn ones would fall out of their mouths. Probably closer to six weeks. DD2 like Wubbanubs but she only used them for naps so I didn't worry about switching to a bigger size.<br /> DD3 likes a 6 month Nuk pacifier. She's enormous though so it figures that her big mouth needs a big pacifier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stop-using-the-0-3-m-pacifers-after-3-months#post-2501825 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:54:53 +0000 littlebug 2501825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D kept using the nb one till we took it away at a year. He used the wubbanub, mostly, which is a nb soothie, so we figured why use the harder one any other time? I looked for info on the need to upgrade to a later stage one and couldn't find anything. Figured it couldn't be that important. </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>