Baby girl has been paci-free for almost two weeks now. It was a fairly easy transition, considering how obsessed she has been with her pacifiers.
With my son, I was super strict. I took his paci away right on his first birthday. I only gave it to him for naps and at bedtime. With Mila, I didn’t even really think about taking her paci away. (she is one and a half) To be honest, I kind of forgot about it.
Then I noticed all the pictures I had of her involved a pacifier. It was either in her mouth, or she was holding one. (or two.. or three) I casually tried taking them away… so she started hiding them around the house. I would take one away… and she would run into her playroom and magically re-appear with a pacifier in her mouth. My husband and I searched the house, and found pacifiers stashed ALL over the house. In the drawer of her crib, inside the seat of her ride-on bus, buried in my son’s toy box… this girl doesn’t mess around.
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| Paci’s, paci’s everywhere! |
I decided since she was so obsessed, I should probably take them away sooner rather than later. So, since I had three days off in a row, I decided to pull the (paci) plug. I took it away Saturday morning when she woke up. And that was it. No breakdown. No crying. She did point to the counter we usually keep them on a few times, but I just said “No” and that was it. Now she knows in the morning she has to give up the goods. The only difference is, she used to throw her paci’s at us when we would walk out of her room at night, she doesn’t do that anymore. She holds on tight. Ha!
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| No more paci! |
That's great! I think Maggie was about that age when we dropped the paci usage to just bedtime. She was 2 1/2 when we ditched them altogether. 🙂
Yes I still give it to her for bedtime (and naps, too) Thanks for stopping by Valerie! 🙂
She stopped early and good for you to be strict about it. We wrote a similar story with a video (posted below). Lil Tank carried them everywhere even at Disney, she has it tethered to her shirt. So glad those days are over. But now it's night-time potty training…
http://www.newsyparents.com/blog/bye-bye-binky-how-lil-tank-finally-gave-up-the-paci
ugh night time potty training is the worst! I will have to check out your post.. thanks for sharing! ; )
That is so great she let go so easily. That's hilarious that she stashed them all over-clever girl. Sounds like a fun little treasure hunt-haha!
I was SHOCKED with how easy it was. I started early since I thought it was going to be a big issue, but nope. And now she is talking so much more without it! (added bonus) 😉
It's lucky for you that she gave it up so easily. Neither of mine have liked pacis too much, but I always had this vision of a five year old who wouldn't talk because it interfered with the paci sucking. LOL Yep, I've seen it! Be glad she cooperated. 🙂
Yes my son used them, but he wasn't obsessed like she was. Wow, 5 years old! That is a little crazy.. 😉
Wonderful!! Glad it went so well!
yes, it went much smoother than I had anticipated! I lucked out! I hope you are having a great week!
oh my…you lucked out with this one…now on to the next battle – stay strong!!
haha.. it is ALWAYS something, right? 😉 Have a great day!
Way to go! That's funny that she would hide them! Too smart! None of my kids really took to the pacifiers, no matter how much I tried to encourage them. I always envied parents who had kids quietly sucking on those things.
Ha, yes she was into them WAYYYY more than my son was, which is why I was really surprised she let it go so quickly!
Way to go mom! Sometimes we are more afraid of transitions than they are…kids are resilient huh? And her smiles are super cute without the paci!
I know it… she is talking so much more now, too! I guess I was more afraid of it than she was!
Wow! That's awesome! Only two of my kids have taken pacifiers and they were different when we took them away. Your daughter is adorable!
Thank you so much! I think so as well, but I am SUPER biased! 😉
now just stuff her with candy!
Always. 😉
Woo hoo! Yay for being paci free and even more exciting that the transition wasn't difficult!
I know it! Shocked me with how easy it was! Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment 🙂