Weaning the paci

My almost 2 year old still uses her pacifier to go to bed and occasionally during the day. Her father wants to wean her off the pacifier now since I have some time off from nursing school. What are the best ways to slowly wean her off the paci? Is there a kit or something for it? What has worked for y’all? I don’t want to do cold turkey because she won’t even nap without one. Any ideas or tips would be greatly appreciated!

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I’m in the same boat I’ll let you know if I find something helpful for my little one.

Girl same

Same boat with our son - open to any tips!

Their is a kit by Frida mom,
I slowly weaned (3.5)by only do it bed and naps then just took it. Sometimes you can swap it for a teether for teething moments. Just drop it during then day then if you can get her to fall asleep without it just continue.
It’s not safe to cut it. You can try a bear to put it in.

Girl same.

Just wanted to say same here! Trying to figure out if I potty train first or paci wean because they’ll both be rough I’m sure😅

Is there a blankie she's attached to? My little guy is almost 21 months and his main baby blanket that is thick and soft soothes him and he likes to chew it. Also my own smaller blanket I sleep with daily that has my scent on it soothes him as well.

We took it away at around 18 months. It was a rough two days but after that he was okay. A lot of comforting and back rubs. I think it was harder on us than our son

Sounds like it'll be more like a band aid kinda situation. 2-3 rough days and it should get better! Good luck

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My LG (2.5) has always been a great sleeper. She still naps during the day, usually for anywhere between 1.5–3 hours, but lately she’s been fighting her naps and they’re getting later and later. But when shes gone, shes sparko!

We’ve had a few days recently where she hasn’t napped at all, and if she’s kept busy, she gets delirious by the end of the day before sleeping from 7pm–6am.

However, if we’re having a quieter day at home or I can’t get out, she might finally nap from 1–3pm. I try not to let her nap that late because it pushes bedtime back to around 10pm, but I also don’t want to keep her awake when she’s clearly exhausted, whinging and in need of sleep.

Does anyone have any tips for gently waking a toddler from a nap so they don’t sleep for so long? Or is it time to drop naps altogether? Alternatively, how can I get her back into the routine of napping from 12–2pm like she used to?

I know she obviously still needs the sleep, but our days are now starting at 5am, and I’m struggling to work out what’s best for her. I'm also aware the clocks go back soon which will fuck me even more. Shes up from 5/6am. She has so much energy and we play from the moment she opens her eyes till bedtime.

For context, I also have a 6-month-old who sleeps amazingly from 8pm–7am. This then means I sort my toddler out and have to wait upstairs until my baby wakes up as transporting her downstairs will wake her unnaturally.

MIL keeps planning to have a sleepover with my EBF 6 month old

She’s too pushy and I’ve said no endless times. It’ll be very stressful for him. I don’t pump because I don’t like it and my baby doesn’t like bottles. I’m currently trying to break nurse-sleep association. It doesn’t make any sense to attempt a sleepover because it’ll be just stressful for baby and I. I just can’t be asked to keep saying NO. It’s almost harassment. I said it’ll eventually happen once I’m back to work, not while I’m in mat leave as I don’t want to be away from my son yet. How can I approach this in a friendly way? She’s just too much sometimes and I’ve been very friendly and open about the idea, but not about the timing.

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What’s everyone getting for their newborn to sleep in, I’m torn whether to get a love to dream swaddle.. are they good?

3 questions mamas!

1) how much sleep are you averaging at the moment? (I’m 3 weeks PP currently and baby is feeding every 3 hours, so getting 3 hours max of uninterrupted sleep)

2) are your babies really noisy and wriggly after night feeds but absolutely fine in the day?! If so, any tips please 🙏

3) following on from above really, how long does each feed take? Mine is up from about 1.5 hours from each feed so it’s sooo exhausting as she just won’t settled afterwards and is really wriggly/nosiy

Just wondering if I’m doing something wrong as I’m so tired and if the feeds were a bit quicker at night/could get her back down quicker it’d be so much better then I could actually sleep!

Thanks so much 🥰

If you’d had this sleep would you get up or go back to sleep?

9pm - 11:30pm (wee break)
11:30-2:30am (up for feed)
3:30-5:30 (up for feed)

Baby went back down at 6:30