Not sure what I am doing wrong?!
My little one is 22 months old and she is obsessed with her pacifier, literally 24/7. We’ve tried everything, but she has meltdowns and anxiety when she’s without it. She even wakes up during the night if she loses it. We tried taking the pacifier away during the day once, and she screamed so much that she lost her voice. She is talking a lot, I don’t have any concerns.
It’s a nightmare. I swear, if someone convinces me again, like my OB did, to give a pacifier to my newborn, I will go crazy. Any advice?
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Ooff this is hard. Have you tried trimming it like a tiny bit everyday? Until it’s gone and letting her throw it away?
Or I’ve seen some people that like if she leaves it on the nightstand or something and she wakes up in the morning the Binky is gone, but she has a really cool present? I don’t know if she’s old enough to understand that concept yet, but those are just a couple things I’ve seen people do.
Has she gotten her last set of molars? My daughter is the same way and I noticed her attachment to it gets worse when she is teething.
Mine is still attached to hers as well. We’ve tried getting her off of it but it’s hard to put her down to sleep or a nap if she doesn’t have it. So you are not alone. Not sure what to do.
Same here
Just let her have it
My oldest sucked until 3 years old and has the best teeth!
I heard someone say they cut the paci so their kid couldn't suck it anymore, they just tried to for like 20 mins to get some closure. Not sure that would work for your case, but it's the best strategy I've seen....
We cut down paci use to only at bedtime/naptime and then swapped it for a teether, which was a REALLY hard night, but only one night.
Sorry it's so hard for you, friend. That's a lot to deal with, even without being pregnant too ❤️
I know a mum who put a tiny bit of marmite on it. Never went near it again
It’s controversial but I honestly just took my sons when he turned 9months and didn’t give it back or the ones I did find I cut holes in he screams and cried go 2 days and a couple nights but after that he never touched one or wanted it again.(I did cry with him a couple times lol)but the cry it out method works for some things as long as there safe and not hyperventilating or choking from crying
Honestly I had this issue with my son, he was so reliant on it, sometimes you just have let them have their tantrums and feelings, it’s better to let them use them less and less, I started giving my son milk before bed in a bottle or sippy cup and if he gets up in the middle of the night I’d rock him and rub his back, the process was so hard for us because I hate seeing my little one sad and we live with family so we had to be mindful, but eventually I decided enough was enough and stopped giving him it, he’s now fully off of his pacifier and finds other ways to self soothe
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