https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:31:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2194636 Sun, 31 May 2015 13:37:04 +0000 catlady 2194636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the "mimis" are cracking me up. My LO says "didi." I guess she's weird!</p> <p>Incidentally, we didn't end up cutting the tips this weekend (I chickened out!). But we did limit her to only using the pacifier in her crib for naps and night sleep, and she has mostly been handling it ok. I think getting it down to sleep only will help alot. Thanks for everyone's comments! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2194634 Sun, 31 May 2015 13:23:11 +0000 hilsy85 2194634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: oh ha no ours is on montague </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2194337 Sat, 30 May 2015 16:57:39 +0000 anbanan15 2194337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was about 14 mo and just didn't want it one night and never asked for it again (same way he stopped BFing at 21 mo). He was obsessed as well.</p> <p>DD is 18 mo and still has hers. I would like to get rid of it but it is such a comfort thing for her and she is frequently sick and uses it in the hospital. Sometimes, especially when falling asleep, she doesn't even want to suck on it, but rather twirls it around in her hand. She also always seems to know right where it is at. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2194313 Sat, 30 May 2015 15:41:14 +0000 Crisark 2194313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A doesn't even go to daycare so we have no idea where she got it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2194310 Sat, 30 May 2015 15:36:03 +0000 blackbird 2194310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GrapeCrush: @Crisark: so weird! DH's mom is Mimi so it's a bit odd. She must've picked it up from daycare! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2194308 Sat, 30 May 2015 15:22:09 +0000 raintreebee 2194308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: lol. Is yours on court street? It seemed like slightly unconventional advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193805 Fri, 29 May 2015 18:41:46 +0000 hilsy85 2193805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: our dentist said the same (ha prob the same dentist!). He said it's not a problem til 3 or even 4. Before then any changes to the teeth can shift back. I just wanted to do it bc my LOs teeth were starting to protrude slightly and I didn't like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193789 Fri, 29 May 2015 18:08:02 +0000 SeptMomma12 2193789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We left them for Santa a few months after he turned 2 and it was really an easy transition. I was shocked. He asked for it a few times, but we never even had any tears. But naps have been a lot more difficult and he definitely wakes up much earlier since we got rid of it :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193651 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:42:26 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2193651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crisark: neither was I! If Lo put up a big fight I wouldn't have pushed it.. At least not right up until age 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193645 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:37:39 +0000 catlady 2193645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: Lol, I know, my LO needs a haircut soo badly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193644 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:36:30 +0000 raintreebee 2193644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: I am definitely not going to rush LO to get rid of his. He loves it so much. I just think the sucking is natural for them, up to a point. But I also won't cut my son's hair so maybe I just want him to be a baby forever lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193629 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:20:07 +0000 catlady 2193629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: Hehe, you just gave me an excuse to delay more. Actually, my dad is a dentist and he doesn't even really have an opinion on it. He's just says, "oh she's fine." I do wonder if he's more lenient towards his grandchild than towards other kids though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193621 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:06:18 +0000 raintreebee 2193621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's dentist said that he doesn't recommend getting rid of the paci until 3 because they just aren't ready for it. Also, if you get rid of it too early, they might start sucking on their fingers, which is way worse. I've of course heard other opinions, but I just thought I'd throw that out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193501 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:56:32 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2193501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babynumber1: that's exactly what my mom has been telling me! lol thanks for reminding me that it's okay to wait! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193498 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:55:05 +0000 .twist. 2193498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daycare doesn't use one in the toddler room at all. The kids are "big boys and girls" and ALL the kids are totally fine with it... at daycare. </p> <p>L is a paci fiend at home though and at one point had 4 of them all the time. He now is down to one and I'm hoping to get rid of it around his 2nd birthday in a couple months. I'm dreading it, but it needs to happen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193481 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:46:32 +0000 Irishmom 2193481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is/was obsessed with her pacifiers! We have eliminated from all places except the car and her bed (when she was 2.5) The first week was a little hard, but we had a chart and she got a sticker for each morning and afternoon she didn't use it. At the end of the week, when she had 10 stickers, she was allowed to choose a small toy. It has been a couple of months and she doesn't try to use the pacifier during the day. We are getting ready to do the same thing with her car and bed pacifiers. Overall, it wasn't awful, but she definitely needed some sort of incentive. We will see how getting rid of the pacifier for sleep goes...I am very nervous about that one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193458 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:35:44 +0000 Crisark 2193458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GrapeCrush: how funny!</p> <p>A isn't near ready to be without it. We will likely be the parents with a 3yr old still using a pacifier. If it's not hurting her or anything I'm just not too concerned with taking it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193453 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:33:37 +0000 GrapeCrush 2193453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: @Crisark: A calls her paci "Mimi" as well! No idea where she got it from, but he daycare teacher said its s common name for them. </p> <p>With DS we noticed he was biting holes in them, so we took it away cold turkey. We had 2 bad naps and 1 bad night. DD is 22 months old and I can't foresee her giving up her Mimi any time soon. She's very attached to it. We'll probably go cold turkey again, but we're scared lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193436 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:21:05 +0000 catlady 2193436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone, it seems like everyone had different experiences! I have to admit, I'm thinking about delaying a bit more. Maybe cutting it out at daycare completely for awhile first. I just feel so bad taking away her beloved binkies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193426 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:10:48 +0000 hilsy85 2193426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We cut the tip at 2.5, he slept with it that night and didn't seem too upset. But the next day for nap he was hysterical, didn't want the broken paci and ended up not napping. Night time that night was also hard, but he went to sleep and didn't wake up that night. He had a hard time napping for the next week or so, and we ended up staying in his room with him until he fell asleep (still doing that now a month later). Night time got better, except now he takes forever to fall asleep. But he doesn't ask for it anymore. He does get up way earlier though. All in all, not nearly as bad as I thought, and he really loved his paci! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193416 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:04:31 +0000 babynumber1 2193416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cutting never worked for us. The only thing that worked was cold turkey at around the same age. LO is now 3 and still is obsessed with babies pacifiers. She would have never given it up willingly. </p> <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: I wouldn't rock that boat! You are still in survival mode with a 5 week old! Just remember, they won't go to kindergarten with a paci. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193412 Fri, 29 May 2015 12:00:29 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2193412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice but I'm in the same boat! My LO is also 20 months and paci obsessed. I think about weaning her everyday but we have a 5 week old and I'm terrified of really really effing up the little groove we've recently found. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193396 Fri, 29 May 2015 11:40:43 +0000 catomd00 2193396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd was only 13 months but I noticed she didn't want it while teething so I was an opportunist and snagged them all away while I had the chance! There was no issues. She was stealing other kids' at daycare though sometimes. Her teacher caught her in the corner, facing the wall with her hands covering her mouth with someone else's pacifier in it lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193393 Fri, 29 May 2015 11:38:06 +0000 Crisark 2193393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: A calls her a Mimi too and I've never known why since we call it her Binky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193366 Fri, 29 May 2015 11:12:09 +0000 autumn865 2193366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weaned her down to only naps and nighttime by 2.5 but she was totLly obsessed and needed a handful in bed with her at all times. When Easter came around we talked up the Easter bunny and how if you leave pacis for him he gives extra chocolate. Night before Easter she gathered all the pacis, left them in her basket.... And slept perfectly fine! Not even a hiccup and she's never looked back. So have faith it might go smoothly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193364 Fri, 29 May 2015 11:10:42 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2193364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We cut them back to mostly at night and definitely never at daycare (she was too distracted there to care). </p> <p>Just after her second birthday we lost her last one. Had to deal with one bad night of sleep. The next day she found the missing one and we had to box it up and send it to the babies at school. She was pretty much fine within a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193340 Fri, 29 May 2015 10:55:58 +0000 blackbird 2193340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took them away during the day except for nap and bed times. She's good about giving them and says "no Mimi" and hands them over. Then I put them on a shelf when she isn't looking so she forgets about them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193322 Fri, 29 May 2015 10:36:12 +0000 MamaG 2193322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eliminated it at 17 months (so not too far from where you are). We had it down to just sleep times. On a Friday I asked for it from daycare, so she wouldn't have it there when she returned on Monday and that night we put her down without. She protested minimally. It was actually way easier than I expected.</p> <p>Daycare naps were hard for a week or so where they had to do more patting to get her to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193290 Fri, 29 May 2015 10:11:38 +0000 pinkb 2193290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were down to night time and naps but then at the end of my pregnancy with DS I gave in and gave it back during the day. We went cold turkey at 26 months. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Daytime there were a few tantrums. Night time and naps were tough for awhile. It took a couple weeks for her to stop asking for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-toddler-from-pacifier-share-your-experiences#post-2193286 Fri, 29 May 2015 10:10:43 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2193286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around her first bday we developed the rule that pacifiers were only for sleep.</p> <p>At 2.5+ she moved into a twin bed (this was very recent!) and a few days ago we just told her "pacis are for cribs and babies, but remember, you're a big girl in a big girl bed." She agreed and started sleeping without them. There have been a few wake ups but nothing terrible. She's getting used to it I think.</p> <p>We maybe could have done this sooner but as a family we had a bunch of other things going on. Now if only she took to the potty this easily! </p>