https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:27:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460591 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:07:14 +0000 Mrs Spoon 2460591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 14 months. It was torture for two nights and then it was all good. So glad we did it then instead of waiting because the addiction was serious and battling with her now (2.5) would be so much harder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460589 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:57:00 +0000 softcream 2460589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 31 months. Totally by accident because I broke his very last pacifier while washing it. That first night, he did not sleep a single minute. And his naps have gone from 3-3.5 hours each day, to maybe an hour or so once or twice a week. He does sleep a solid 12 hours at night, but the napless days are soooo long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460576 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:59:31 +0000 KayKay 2460576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took ours on vacation last month with E. On the way back, I gave it to her on the plane and she kept finding it during the day while we were there (previously only used it in bed for naps or bedtime). Once we got back, she kept seeing it in her crib when I was changing her diaper and pointing to it. So I decided to just wean her from it because I didn't want to deal with it when she could understand more and miss it and ask for it. We just went cold turkey and she has been fine! I give her a tiny blanket and a lovey and a small stuffed animal if she wants it instead now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460452 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:22:14 +0000 winniebee 2460452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: @brownepiano: phew thanks!</p> <p>@MamaG: we have a trip at 16 months and I think we will deal with it after that! I know many use it til 3 but I hate the idea of having to wean something hanging over my head, if that makes sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460426 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:43:58 +0000 brownepiano 2460426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 ish months. I was worried about it because he loved it, but I also knew he'd gone to sleep just fine for other people without it! It turned out to not really be an issue! Now he can sleep without any sleep crutches if we need him to (although quiet and away from people is still a must.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460347 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:58:12 +0000 MamaG 2460347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: We took it from C at 17 months (had already limited her to sleep only). It was way easier than I anticipated. We did it a Friday night at bedtime. She fussed a bit that night and the next nap but that was all, never looked back.</p> <p>For K, she's already weaned at daycare, so in theory I should stop for naps at home too. But she's so easy when in her crib with a pacifier that I'm not ready to mess with it. We have vacation (flying/condo/beach) at 18 months and if she's not weaned before then, I will do it after vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460280 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:09:49 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2460280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: This is me exactly. Kid is just past 2.5 and only uses it at night. It seems to help her settle down, otherwise she just will not stop talking. She usually loses it at night and is fine without it 99% of the time. Hoping by 3, but definitely not excited about it. We're about to launch into a big girl bed transition and hopefully after that stabilizes, we can kick the paci too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460229 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:34:47 +0000 winniebee 2460229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: so this is kinda why I'm aiming to do it at 18m. I don't want to do it when he really knows what's up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460227 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:33:01 +0000 catlady 2460227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: He said it was probably "calcification", but that we needed to come back again in a few months to check again. He didn't say it was from pacifier use, but I think that's because I was still nursing and he thought it was from that. We've weaned but the spots are bigger. I'm just hypothesizing but the paci seems like the next logical thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460213 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:27:33 +0000 hilsy85 2460213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: hm did the dentist say the paci could be causing them? and that it's decay? in that case that would prob sway me to wean sooner rather than later :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460209 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:25:51 +0000 catlady 2460209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: She is 28 months. I was hoping to do it before age 2.5 years. Like you, the teeth is really what is freaking me out. She also has little brown spots behind her lower front teeth and I am wondering if the paci is causing it, since we do brush her teeth and I always make sure to get back there. Last time we had them checked, they weren't cavities yet but they have grown bigger in the last few months and worry me. Ugh sleep vs. teeth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460203 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:21:23 +0000 hilsy85 2460203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: how old is your LO? Honestly, I really wish I had waited til 3 or after--seeing how aware he is now, I think we could have tried the paci fairy or trading it in for a big toy or something. And I could have gotten a few more months of good sleep before the baby came! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460200 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:19:23 +0000 catlady 2460200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Oh no! This is what we are scared of, too. My LO's teeth have actually started growing inward (I think because she just sucks so hard). But she sleeps so well with the pacifier. It is such a hard call for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460196 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:17:11 +0000 JoJoGirl 2460196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Hers are too. We were going to come up with a plan a couple of weeks after her 3rd birthday (we're going away for the first time so don't want to deal with it beforehand). ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460190 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:11:57 +0000 Pumuckl 2460190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are fast approaching the 3 year mark and my little man is obsessed (he only has it for sleep). We have started talking to him how at his third birthday the pacifier has to go. He brings it up occasionally so I know he's processing it. We'll see how it goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460188 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:09:48 +0000 hilsy85 2460188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: don't! our denist told us that we didn't need to worry til 3 or 4--I just freaked myself out because i could see his teeth starting to protrude. i regret it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460174 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:04:40 +0000 JoJoGirl 2460174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Oh my good lord. That is terrifying. LO turns 3 in May and I really don't want to ditch it :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460167 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:01:51 +0000 hilsy85 2460167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Prior to weaning, he had been sleeping like a CHAMP. I plopped him in his crib for nap, he would sleep around 2 hours, and bedtime was similarly easy--slept from like 730-630. Post paci weaning, naps became a HUGE battle. Eventually, I had to just stay in the room with him until he fell asleep, but that stopped working all the time, and he was always SUPER cranky when he woke up. Bed time became a shit show, where he would be in bed at 7:30 or 8 but not fall asleep til 9 or 9:30. He also woke up earlier. and in general just became clingier around bedtime--wanting someone to sit with him and hold his hand at the beginning of teh night and th emiddle of the night. It only really got better after like 3-4 months, and then he started to drop his nap--which improved his night time sleep. And then baby #2 came and it all went to crap again :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460163 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:00:41 +0000 deerylou 2460163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just around her 2nd birthday, we started talking to her about being a big girl, and offering little massages before nap and bedtime to distract her from the usual comfort. Her pacifier was gone a week later, and it was pretty much a voluntary surrender. Really shocked me, since she was obsessed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460146 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:56:42 +0000 JoJoGirl 2460146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Oh noooooo. That's the reason I DON'T want to wean - she sleeps like a champ! What happened?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460142 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:55:43 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2460142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 26-month old is still addicted to the paci for sleep. She sleeps like a log. I am NOT messing with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2460137 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:54:49 +0000 hilsy85 2460137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5, because it was affecting his teeth. The weaning itself wasn't so bad, but it totally effed up his sleep going forward. I would wait! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459603 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:21:55 +0000 catlady 2459603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were supposed to do it this weekend (28 months). Of course now she's sick and also getting her back molars in. I think she'll be taking it to college. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459597 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:19:12 +0000 snowjewelz 2459597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Let's do it together! I want it gone by 18 mo too. Phase 1 is I can't leave them out during the day since she asks for them and knows where they are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459126 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:57:30 +0000 Anagram 2459126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: well, my LO happens to be obsessed with the dentist (like she loves going) and my husband told her the dentist said no more paci. We've been going to the dentist a lot since LO fell and hit her front tooth, so the dentist backed us up on that and gave LO a special present after she went one week without it.</p> <p>But really just the first night had crying and he just laid with her the first few nights till she got used to sleeping without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459116 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:53:37 +0000 winniebee 2459116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: what's his secret?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459114 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:52:11 +0000 Anagram 2459114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just did it at 2.5 and it wasn't bad at all. My husband did it all himself....I wanted to wait a bit because LO has been sick so much recently. So I told him if he wants it gone, it's his game...and he did it! It was much easier than I anticipated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459102 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:48:05 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2459102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 months, when we did sleep training. Cold turkey, not a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459089 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:35:20 +0000 Mrs D 2459089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 and she is still using it...terrified to take it away...she only uses it at night...well wean once dd2 arrives and is a bit settled...goal for us is by 3... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-did-you-paci-wean-for-sleep#post-2459066 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:15:15 +0000 rattles 2459066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months for my first. We just took it cold turkey (she only used it for sleep), and the first few nights stunk and then it was fine. Her dentist wanted it gone by 18 months, so I figured we'd start then to give us some time to adjust if it took a while. DD2 is 15 months this weekend and still has hers. We just started taking about it, but I hate to rock the sleeping boat. </p>