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We actually "weaned" around 5 or 6 months cold turkey. I think that is easiest when they are young. If they have another lovey to use, I think it helps. A few nights of bad sleep but then it was over.

However, I put that in quotes because after she got sick a little while later, the paci crept back in! LO still uses it for sleep now at 20 months. Our pediatrician is ok with it though.

We attempted weaning at 28 months and it went really well! Somehow it crept back in a few weeks later when she got sick and now she is obsessed with it. She's 34 months now and I am not sure we will ever be able to get rid of it. Once you start don't go back!!!

We're doing it slowly. Right now, she doesn't get it in the car unless we want her to go to sleep. When she's two or a little older, we will start weaning her from using it to sleep. She has Wubbanubs, so I'll take the paci part off and let her keep the animal as a lovey.

Is it used strictly for sleeping? I think limiting it to the crib is a start. We weaned over a 1-2 week period by eliminating all paci's but one and cutting the tip off a bit each night. DD was about 17 months, I think. Big time paci addict but it went well. I probably could've gone cold turkey but I felt it was easier on all of us to just take it slow haha.

We weaned DD1 cold turkey at 15 months. Her dentist suggested we wean her before 18 months to avoid dental issues. She only used it in her crib and at church before that. It wasn't bad - a few rough nights and then back to usual.

DD2 is 7 months and uses hers in bed. I'm not planning to wean her until a similar age because I'd like for her sleep to be totally solid first. She still wakes up at night and nurses once, and I like her having it to soothe herself back to sleep.

@Mrs. Lovejoy: this makes me hopeful! My DD is 16 months and we're going to get rid of pacis by 18 months. We need to get through summer vacation and my first tri, haha.

My DD is 19 months and completely addicted to pacifiers.....she puts herself to sleep and sleeps VERY well with them. Plus, she uses them a lot during the day, too. I have NO IDEA how we will wean!

Ugh, I wish I knew! We tried to wean at about 6 months but she got sick a month later and would only sleep with a pacifier. I'm planning on trying again once her second tooth comes through!

DS and DD were easily weaned by 4-5 months...they just weren't that attached to it by that age.

Around a year we limited it to the crib/car naps during long trips. We made a big deal about how it was only for for sleep. Our pedi was fine with this since it was only for sleep. Around 2 we started telling him how sassies (his word) were for babies and sassy was going to bye-bye soon because he was a big boy now. D randomly took it away from him around 26 months? Just told him it was time for sassy to be a big boy. The first two nights were a little rough...I think it took him like an hour each night to fall asleep. He was fine by the 3rd night, though, and whenever he sees one now he tells me that sassies are for babies

@Rainbow Sprinkles: same here! It kills me because I NEVER thought I'd let my kid use a pacifier this long or this much. We've tried limiting it to the crib but her daycare is seriously undermining us. Even though I've asked them not to let her have it unless she's sleeping or really upset about something, the teachers just give in when the kids whine so pretty much every day I arrive to find it stuffed in her mouth. Grrrrr. We need to start being former at home though. It's hard because she seems to be getting more attached as time goes on. Our ped was totally unconcerned at DD's 18-mo checkup but I don't like it...

Our pediatrician and dentist said don't worry until 3 yrs. Both my babies have been binky babies, but my first was crazy about the thing. Around 2.5 yrs old we convinced her to give it up, after an unsuccessful attempt a few months prior. What worked for us was zipping it up inside a teddy bear with a zipper tummy, and letting her sleep with Binky Bear, and letting her sleep in the tent she got for her second birthday for a while. The novelty of the tent helped distract her.

For our second, we might move her into a room with her sister in the next few months (she's 16 mos now), and we'll try to take it at that point, with hopes she'll be distracted enough by the fun of being in a room with her sister, and won't be too bent out of shape about not having her binky.

We are in it right now! LO is almost 2.5yo, though I've been slowly preparing her for a while. She's only used it for sleep, and for the past few weeks, once she's sound asleep, I pull the paci out (if it hasn't fallen out already by itself) and then she doesn't get it back, even if she wakes up during the night, and she can fall back asleep without it. She loves it when she sees it, but she's made the transition somewhat easy as she never asks for it - I feel like for her, out of sight, out of mind. Last night was the first night she didn't get it when going to bed and she had no problems! Hope today's nap and bedtime go as smoothly