https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:32:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-507736 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:15:49 +0000 cascademom 507736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO just started using a pacifier to fall asleep at 4.5 months in the crib. It's used otherwise in the car for long trips. He does play with it a bit now that he's found his hands. For him, it's a signal to sleep or think about sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-507669 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:52:50 +0000 twinmama 507669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours really only liked them as a hunger stall. They stopped sucking on them and starting playing with them around 4 months. They're all packed up and put away now. They suck on their thumbs/fingers but not religiously or as a sleep association. I think we just got lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-507576 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:27:23 +0000 birdieputt 507576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>went cold turkey at 5 months because the paci became a sleep association. but when we flew with our babies at 8 months, we were so scared of them having a meltdown on the flight, that we gave them their pacifiers back. funny thing is that they thought it was a toy and just chewed on it or tossed it around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-506156 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:24:40 +0000 runsyellowlites 506156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was around 2. P weaned herself at 7.5 months, she refuses to take it now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-506155 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:24:38 +0000 Sammyfab 506155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was a total paci addict until I just stopped bringing it out of his room during the day at 8.5-9 months when he only got it for naps. Then we just kept forgetting to give it to him before his nap and he slept the same. Now at 10.5 months he never uses it except for longer car rides (30+ minutes).</p> <p>Today he found an old pacifier and put it in his mouth. He sucked on it for 2 seconds and threw it out! Before his face would totally light up when he saw a pacifier and we would have to pry it out of his mouth. I would have let him keep using the paci until he could walk and talk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-506136 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:20:36 +0000 LaurenEC 506136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got rid of it during the day when he was about 10.5mo - naps/sleep only after that. We took it away for good at 14.5mo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-506112 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:15:26 +0000 Mrsbells 506112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was hoping to have gotten rid of it by 6 months but here we are at 8.5 months still using it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-506078 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:09:27 +0000 Mrs. Pen 506078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He gave it up at 5 months then found it at 9 months and is hooked again. I don't let him ever sleep with it. We mostly only use it in the car because he hates the car, or if someone else is watching him. Because we use it so little I'm not too worried about it. I plan to take it away when he's 2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-506023 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:57:21 +0000 T-Mom 506023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16 month old still uses it to fall asleep at night and occasionally for naps. If he sees it during the day, he gets excited and greets it like an old friend and pops it in his mouth. I want to get rid of it soon but he has been sick so much and needed something to calm him down. It's a work in progress but definitely by 18 months we will either hide them all or cut them up since he's not allowed to have one in the toddler room.</p> <p>For DD I took it away at 6 mo and she never looked back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-505914 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:36:29 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 505914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at almost a year and she still has it. But she only uses it when she's in the crib or in the car. If she doesn't get rid of it on her own, we'll look at weaning in the next 6 months. (hopefully) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-505886 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:30:52 +0000 hilsy85 505886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No idea...I guess we'd like to get rid of it around when he starts speaking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-505881 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:29:53 +0000 pelikila 505881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did I want to get rid of it? Around 12-14 months.<br /> When did we get rid of it? 19 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-505847 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:20:54 +0000 mediagirl 505847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 4-5 months. She was like @autumnlove and started using it as a toy. She would pull it out of her mouth and wave it around and coo at it! She found her thumb. If she had kept it, I wouldn't have minded, babies need their soothers, imo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-505836 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:18:55 +0000 autumnlove 505836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo stopped using it around 4 months. She started using it as a toy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-didwill-hopefully-your-lo-get-rid-of-their-pacifier#post-505827 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:16:50 +0000 Bao 505827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO had a pacifier when did they get rid of it? If your LO still has a pacifier, when do you hope your LO will stop using it? </p>