https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 01:45:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402582 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:51:19 +0000 blackbird 2402582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E did this a lot at first! She wanted the big reaction. Once I started just taking it from her with zero emotion, it lost its appeal. Took awhile, though. Oh and I changed hers to a pink one. Now hers is pink (sleep only!) and T's is green. And if T was crying, I'd say "he's crying because you took his mimi!" And that bothered her, so she'd give it to him to make him stop crying and I'd make a big deal out of her giving it to him. Eventually, the positive reinforcement won out, I think </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402573 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:32:19 +0000 MoonMoon 2402573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about getting her a big girl pacifier just for her? Since she was never really into them, she probably won't get addicted to it, but maybe it'll lessen the allure of the baby's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402566 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:24:28 +0000 Charm54 2402566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: for us they aren't because of their size ... She did find a random normal soother around once and played with it all day in her mouth which annoyed me. I threw it out the first chance I got! The Wubbanubs she dropped after a few minutes because she would get distracted by something else </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402561 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:19:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 2402561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: I actually was thinking the wubbanubs would be even more enticing to her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402560 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:07:58 +0000 Charm54 2402560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd1 went through this for a couple of weeks after dd2 came along. She hadn't used a soother since she was 6 months old so i think she was just fascinated by it. I kind of just rided it out - didn't pay her much attention and it died down. We only use the Wubbanubs which are too big for her to suck on while playing so she got bored pretty quickly. Now she loves to get the soother for her baby sister and stick it in her mouth lol. She's not exactly gentle while shoving it in the baby's mouth but she's trying to help </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402556 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:58:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 2402556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: definitely attention! And sometimes she is trying to be helpful but that means jamming it in the babys mouth. We try explaining that this is the baby's and she shouldn't play with it, and the baby is too little to play with all of the toddler's fun toys, but she can't resist. </p> <p>Exactly- I'm stuck and yell then my husband comes over and takes it from her. Very annoying! My mil suggested giving her her own paci that is just hers but I played that game with my water bottle that she always waned to drink out of- got her almost the same one and she still drinks out of mine. So not even playing that with the pacifier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402552 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:52:35 +0000 sotofamilia 2402552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man, I am in the same boat. I have an 11 day old and my almost three year old has been good about not taking her things. But there's something about the pacifier that is so tempting to him he can't help but stick it in his mouth...and I'm usually nursing or stuck so all I can do is yell. So no advice, just commiseration. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402488 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:47:54 +0000 Applesandbananas 2402488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you think it's an attention thing? Could you turn it into her job, like to go find baby sister's pacifier and bring it to you? Maybe you could keep a pack of paci wipes handy to cut down on the sharing of germs?</p> <p>No real life advice, but good luck! Hope you guys are settling in well as a family of four :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pacifier-thief#post-2402471 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:33:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 2402471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do you keep your toddler from taking the pacifier all the time? </p> <p>C never took a paci, even as a baby, so I know it's not that she actually wants it. But anytime she spots it she grabs it- and I have to have it within reach to give the baby sometimes. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't have a cold and constant runny nose. I hate yelling and prying it from her hands all the time but it's driving me crazy! </p>