We recently took away our 18month old son's pacifiers. He started to bite through them. Our son HATED the ones with holes in them and so finally one day we just stopped buying more and told him that they were all broken. We would still give him a broken one to try if he asked, but he wouldn't want it. The habit was broken in about 3-4 days. It actually ended up being much easier than we thought.
So my kid was running and potty trained by 6 months :lol: just kidding , anyway i heard about people using the pacifier fairy - before your child goes to bed you put all your pacifiers outside on a tree and the next morning the pacifiers are gone but the fairy left a big boy/girl present !
My cousin's son 2 1/2ish always used one like a security blanket. He didn't have it 24/7 but when he wanted it, there was hell to pay until he got it. :lol:
My cousin and his son went to visit relatives down in Georgia and on the trip back the pacifier fell to the floor, kid freaked. My cousin explained that because they were in traffic he couldn't get it from the floor for him. After about 2-3 minutes the kid just settled back without it.
Then about 3 weeks later, my mom was watching him one day. After being there for a few hours he asked for it she found it and gave it to him. He took it and told her, "Big boys don't use these." Then threw it in the garbage. :roll:
When my mom told his dad about it, dad took it out of garbage and washed it off, handed it to him. The kid did the same thing.
His mom came to pick him up and asked about his pacifier. My mom told her to ask the kid. He told her the same thing.
Nobody can figure out where he picked it up from but he doesn't use a pacifier anymore because, "Big boys don't use them."
My cousin and his son went to visit relatives down in Georgia and on the trip back the pacifier fell to the floor, kid freaked. My cousin explained that because they were in traffic he couldn't get it from the floor for him. After about 2-3 minutes the kid just settled back without it.
Then about 3 weeks later, my mom was watching him one day. After being there for a few hours he asked for it she found it and gave it to him. He took it and told her, "Big boys don't use these." Then threw it in the garbage. :roll:
When my mom told his dad about it, dad took it out of garbage and washed it off, handed it to him. The kid did the same thing.
His mom came to pick him up and asked about his pacifier. My mom told her to ask the kid. He told her the same thing.
Nobody can figure out where he picked it up from but he doesn't use a pacifier anymore because, "Big boys don't use them."
My oldest son (now 13) was walking by 7 1/2 months. He was off bottles by 1 year. We went visiting relatives and kept him not only out but also up WAY passed his bedtime. He slept in until nearly 11 am and instead of giving him his morning bottle, I gave him a sippy cup. Easy Peasy!
Then came my youngest. I nursed him until he was 10 1/2 months. I never gave him bottles, directly to sippy cups. He didn't walk nearly as early as his brother and waited til almost 11 months.
Then came my youngest. I nursed him until he was 10 1/2 months. I never gave him bottles, directly to sippy cups. He didn't walk nearly as early as his brother and waited til almost 11 months.
I taped a long sock to my ds sleeve of his shirt, since all other tactics failed. He doesn't suck his thumb anymore. I think he was 5-6, he was in school, I didn't want him doing it there, and being called a baby. (I didn't tape the sock on when he went to school, I did all of this right before school was going to start) I only had to do it to him once outside of the house going to a store. He learned to not do it during the day, when he went to sleep, the sock was there. Eventually I stopped taping it, and then stopped using it. his thumb was so gross looking.....ugh. I'm so glad it was over with.
