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Mine still won't take one at 5 months. We try and she spits it out after a minute.

My LO never took one consistently either and I just gave up trying, but he also didn't nurse to sleep so it wasn't a huge loss. He liked the natursutten natural rubber ones best.

That's tough. My usual advice would be to try the gumdrop or soothie which are the same except the base (although dd will only take soothies, not gumdrops.)

I also do it right after dd is done with a bottle (at bedtime) when she's mostly sucking just to suck. Almost 11 months in and that kid still loves to suck on something...teethers, pacis, anything.

@Cara M. 17: Ugh whyyyy wouldn't they offer the best ones in stores?!

You could also try Nuk. LO only took one occasionally for a few weeks, and it never helped to soothe her to sleep.

My son wouldn't take one for awhile. When he was a newborn the soothies worked best. I would have to hold it in with my finger in the hole until he fell asleep. For awhile he wouldn't take them at all. We just kept trying. Then around 3-4 months he just started taking them. Now he has one in his mouth almost all the time. It should be fun when we have to wean him off of them.

@grizz: My LO is 3m and hates pacis. She sometimes will take the Wubbanub for a few minutes but only in the car. Today she did take a Nuk for a couple of minutes. I gave her a lovey when she was 2m and she sucks on that sometimes until she falls asleep...she also likes sucking on A&A blankies. It took a couple of weeks to break the habit of using me as a paci. I still nurse to sleep at night only and if she doesn't unlatch herself, I can tell when she's. not really nursing and will unlatch her.

We tried every paci out there, and just finally gave up around 3 months. It just wasnt going to happen. The closest we got to him taking it was the rubber Natursutten ones. But it's been nice not having to break him using one, at least.

@grizz: did your LO ever end up taking the paci? I'm tired I my poor nips being a pacifier but C still hates them. She'll suck on a pinky for a long time though.