https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:29:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2270398 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:24:04 +0000 tinyperson 2270398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went cold turkey a few weeks ago when we went to my parents for 2 weeks. I just told her I hadn't brought them and thought it would be rough, but she actually only asked for it once! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2270349 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:37:42 +0000 pinkb 2270349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to go cold turkey right after DS was born. It was magic how it calmed her but it was always in her mouth and I noticed her teeth starting to be affected ( might have just been in my head) but it was time. It wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. She stole DSs a couple of times but I would tell her not to that it would just be harder on her so she would give it back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2270342 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:44:18 +0000 yellowbird 2270342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: well! We actually got rid of the thing!!</p> <p>She was throwing EPIC tantrums for it all the time and it just became too much for me to handle, so one Saturday when she was tantruming about wanting to take it in the car when we were going somewhere, I had had enough!</p> <p>We put her in the car and I went back inside and cut most of the tip off. We were gone all day and I honestly forgot I had done it. When we got home she ran to her room and put it in. She went "oh no!" In the saddest voice ever. Looked at it and said, it's broken I'll throw it away and she threw it right in the trash. She pouted about it at bedtime but fell asleep within 30 minutes reading some books in her bed. She asked for it back and asked us to buy new ones for about a week but we stuck to it. </p> <p>This was August 1st so it's been a couple weeks now and she is fine without it! I was so surprised how well it went! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2270338 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:20:36 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2270338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: how's it going? My LO will be 2 next month and her stupid paci is like part of her body. I can get her to give it up in public but she cannot ditch it at night....the one she really loved got a Crack in it yesterday and she cried all. night. long. It breaks my heart because she loves it so very much but I hate her using it so much. This causes so much anxiety for me. I wish I neve grave her one to begin with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2212001 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:59:26 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2212001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would first try playing up the idea that three year olds don't use a paci and if the third bday passes and she refuses to replace it with something else or be done with it then I'd go cold turkey and suffer for a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211998 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:57:53 +0000 .twist. 2211998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I bet she'll do fine without it in the Two's Room. I kept bringing L's to daycare when he switched rooms and one day he was kind of fussy so I brought it right into the room instead of putting it in his basket. His teacher looked at it and said "Oh! We don't use these in here" and took it away. He was totally fine. She told us that none of the kids use or ASK for them ever. Never! </p> <p>He's playing me for a fool. He goes all day and through naps without it and when he gets home he cries for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211992 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:54:54 +0000 avivoca 2211992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm dreading this because it needs to happen soon. They aren't allowed to have paci's in the two's room. Hers are Wubbanubs, so I think I'm just going to take the paci part off and let her keep the animal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211983 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:47:47 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2211983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 had such bad anxiety that the paci was the only thing that kept her calm. We took it away at one point before she was 1 and she started chewing her nails to the quick and pulling on her eyelashes to soothe herself... so we gave it back. </p> <p>Right before she turned 3, we told her that we were going to put the pacis on a balloon and let them fly into the clouds. We talked it up over a few weeks and then we finally did it. We got a bunch of balloons (and you'll need about 2 balloons per paci) and let her let them go when she was ready. </p> <p>She watched them until she couldn't see them anymore, said "bye bye pacis" and never threw a fit. I can't believe it worked, but it did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211980 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:46:54 +0000 catomd00 2211980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you just gotta do it at this point. I'd do it now while baby 2 is young enough that you have control of when and where he gets his, so he isn't dragging his along and leaving it random places. Good luck!!! My sister cut the nipples off them and said the dog ate them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211957 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:29:10 +0000 .twist. 2211957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. I think these threads come up as a reminder to me that I haven't finished "breaking" his last paci.... </p> <p>He just loves it so much.</p> <p>I feel your pain @yellowbird: !! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211951 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:23:26 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2211951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the camp of just take it away cold turkey. If she asks for it, I'd tell her that big girls don't use pacifiers. We cut LO's right after he turned 2, and though it was rough for a day or two, when it was out of sight, it was out of mind. If she takes baby brother's, you take it back and tell her that we don't take things from baby brother when he's using them. Might end up with a bunch of tantrums, but it's worth it for the end result. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211941 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:18:11 +0000 Mamasig 2211941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: Good luck, mama. No real advice besides tough it out. DS1 took a pacifier but when he was 15 months old he got sick and didn't want it because he couldn't suck it with a stuffy nose. I took advantage and got rid of his last wubbanub. He didn't ask for it after 2 days. But I know their memory is way better at 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211937 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:16:44 +0000 Mamaof2 2211937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: I hear ya! I was too! Just DO IT!! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211930 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:10:40 +0000 LuLu Mom 2211930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: I know it's tough but i think this is one of those "bite the bullet" situation as it is only going to get harder/worse as she gets older. I don't think she will be traumatized, they are pretty resilient at this age and will bounce back quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211919 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:04:56 +0000 yellowbird 2211919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: I am so scared!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211918 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:04:36 +0000 yellowbird 2211918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: he's only 11 weeks so I can't really limit his. He HATES the car so he has it in there all the time and when he's going to sleep. She only has hers in the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211903 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:47:18 +0000 Mamasig 2211903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. This is tough because baby brother still gets his. Based on what you've said, I would go cold turkey and suffer. </p> <p>How old is little brother? Is there any kind of way to limit his so she can't see it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211902 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:47:13 +0000 Mamaof2 2211902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: I was terrified to take away the paci from my DS when he was almost 3 - the dentist told us to poke a hole in it and I will never forget the look on his face when he tried to suck it - he told me it was broke - I told him to throw it away and he did! Guess what? The next one was broke too! Then I distracted him - 'lets go play a game".</p> <p>Over a 2 week period - they all broke - the one in the car, the one at DCP and finally the bedtime ones. He didn't shed a tear! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211899 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:44:55 +0000 yellowbird 2211899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: I can do that and it will be "broken" but she will scream bloody murder. I just wish there was a way to make it easier for her. I don't want to traumatized her, but maybe I'm playing it up too much in my head? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211897 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:43:05 +0000 LuLu Mom 2211897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay can you give her one and say "when it's gone it's gone" and then poke a hole in it so it doesn't "suck" correctly? That way it loses it's affect but it's not because you took it away. As for the brother's I would just reiterate that "baby needs a pacifier but big girls don't"</p> <p>Edit: or if she's anything like my almost 3 year old say "that's a boy pacifier" as she's really into girl stuff only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-rid-of-the-pacifier-lo-is-almost-3#post-2211893 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:40:38 +0000 yellowbird 2211893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I realize I give people advice on this on a daily basis, but it's different when it's your kid!</p> <p>We attempted around 28 months and it was actually going really well, but Dh caved and gave it back to her one night. Now it's a nightmare. She has gotten exponentially more attached to it over the past 6 months. She has really outsmarted us.</p> <p>She is not interested in the paci fairy, we talked about going to build a bear:nope! She says she doesn't want to put her paci in there. I told her if she used it too much it would break, and she used to say if it broke she would throw it away, but now she says she will cry and she will never go to sleep. It's her lovey. She is wild and it's the only thing that calms her down. I just feel so sad taking away her lovey but it's gotta go. I tried getting her attached to other things but it just doesn't happen. She's way too smart and fully aware that we could just go buy more at the store. Also baby brother uses one and she says she'll just take one of his... </p>