No more pacie

I think I weaned ds from his pacie this weekend. Since I had a long 4 day weekend w/the holiday I thought it would be a good time for him to give up the pacie. He is almost 15 mos and that's about the time I took my older ds's. To my surprise we have had no problems. But I guess today at d/c will be the test. I hope he did well seeing other kids having theirs and he not having his. I guess I'll know in a few minutes when I go pick him up. Say a little prayer that all went well!

That must be such a relief to you! We have such a battle with DD and the pacie and we have received way too much criticism about the issue - but our baby is due in 10 wks so we have informed the twins that when the baby is born the baby is having their paccies (of course they are really going into the bin).

People may say "just take it away and be done with it" and I can understand that that works for some kids. However I am 7 months pregnant, need my sleep and can't deal with them waking up in the night screaming for it at the moment. I am only just having more times of full night sleeps due to them not wetting their beds anymore. It's just not the time for it. I need as much rest as I can get while I can get it.

[stephwhiz]

I remember the pacie battle with my dd. I really thought that thing had grown to her lips, I mean you never saw her without it. I would have to pry it out to brush her teeth and to eat. She even talked with it in her mouth but at around 2 1/2 she just weaned herself from it. No big deal at all. She had several pacies and slowly lost each one. We told her when the last one was gone, then there would be no more purchased. She was fine with it. Best of luck! Stephanie :D

I never had a pacie battle with mine....well we did but it was usually ME begging HER to take one :lol: But I've been through many a pacie battle working in daycares and nurseries.....Hope all went well!

[luvmy4sons]

How did it go? I know how hard that battle can be! :)

[mamallama]

People may say "just take it away and be done with it" and I can understand that that works for some kids. However I am 7 months pregnant, need my sleep and can't deal with them waking up in the night screaming for it at the moment. I am only just having more times of full night sleeps due to them not wetting their beds anymore. It's just not the time for it. I need as much rest as I can get while I can get it.

I totally understand that. You need your rest and only you can be the one to decide what you can handle at this point. Lots of people like to offer their "advice" but you have to do what's best for you and your family. I've had similar issues with my parents and even the pediatrition and nurses trying to tell me when to take my kids off the bottle, pacy, etc. I know that we should value what doctors say but when they get pushy about it - that crosses the line. I took my dd into the doctor to show her a rash that she had on her chin. (This was months ago.) I wasn't sure if it was from her pacy or an allergic reaction or what. She swore up and down that it was from her pacy and that I needed to get her off the pacy ASAP. Well, guess what? I took her pacy away shortly after. (Thank goodness it went well and we haven't looked back.) But it turns out that the rash was still there days and weeks after pacy went in the trash. It ended up being an allergic reaction to some foods instead of her pacy! Doctors do not know everything. We learned from trial and error.

Bottom line: You just have to do what you think is best. Take care & give us an update soon. :D

All seemed to go well at D/C yesterday! This morning when I dropped him off he picked up one that belonged to another little girl and I was really thinking that thing was going in his mouth! But surprise surprise, he took it over to her and tried to put it in her mouth!!! [claploud] He was ready to give it up though. I have noticed that he hasn't been sleeping as sound at night though. I guess he's used to finding it in his crib and going back off to sleep by himself. But I've not had to get up w/him either so I guess everything is OK. Just another step in getting older. They don't stay babies for very long :cry:

[7thHeaven]

Yea!! Awsome!!

[Reneemomto5]

Carolyn, thats fantastic!! Oh these steps are so hard. One of my sons loved his pacifier, its hard to give it up. But you sound like you did everything just right!! He certainly is a big boy now, well maybe he is only 15 months. I hate seeing them grow up so fast, but giving up the pacifier is a great job at his age.

Way to go mom and Ian.

[Iwantmycrown]

Congrats on your little one giving up the bink. We are dealing with that now. Right now we have cut the binky down just to naps and night times. She is really attached to her binkys. I know this is gonna be tough for her. On a happier note she quit the bottle like there was nothing to it. We packed up all of them a week before her first birthday and started sippy cups all the way. We didn't have any problem from that day forward. But, if you put her to bed without a binky she will just cry and cry. It's gotten so bad that at night she wakes up crying and when I go in to check on her it's because she can't get her binky in her mouth. So I will be very glad when DD gives it up.