This damn pacifier is going to make me crazzzyyy!!! Bella, now 2.5 years old, always used a pacifier when she went to bed when she was a baby. She wasn't one of those babies that needed it much during the day which was great. When she was about 16 months old she didn't use them at all for about 6 months. Soon after I had Riley (who never took a pacifier) Bella caught a really bad virus and suffered from a fever that went as high as 104.5 that last 5 days. It was a pretty scary time. During one of the first few days she wasn't feeling well she happened to find a package of pacifiers that belonged to her little sister. She opened it up and that is how this problem began. We thought it was odd that she started using the binky during the day and would say things like, "Eww, that's for babies" or "that's yucky". We figured she would get stop using it on her own. We even threw some out. Well, she found some of her old ones. I knew that she was it was her way of acting like a baby to get some of the attention that was going to Riley. Thing is, Bella has always been the center of attention! As the days went on the new obsession with the pacifier carried into the night. Now Bella was completely dependant on the binky to fall asleep...and she still is. She carries the stupid thing with her everywhere around the house. The grossest part is that she has to have this one specific pacifier and clip ...it's very worn out and gross. I don't let her take it into stores, restaurants or anywhere else that isn't our home or car but it's with her from the minute she wakes up till she goes to bed at night... I hate it!!!! I have tried a few times to say it was lost but the reaction kills me. She cries as if she lost her best friend. Her mouth is has already started to be affected by this, as well. I know this is more about us than her and that we are responsible for letting it go this far. So yes, bad mommy and daddy!! But, here is my question... Because we are inbetween homes at the moment do we take it away now or wait till we are comfortably settled in our new home? For those of you don't know my situation, we have just moved from Chicago to St. Louis for my husband's new job. We are currently living with my mother-in-law till we find a home to purchase. Another thing is, we are also trying to potty train her. Do we do just one at a time?
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My daughter took hers until she was 6... Two more babies came along who didn't use the pacifier... It was a nightmare tossing it... Try another "lovey" maybe something that's safe to chew on so she doesn't go for her hands
6?? Ahhhh!!!!
I'm going through the same thing with my (nearly) 3 year old. We take it away from her during the day but she still finds them. If we give her (nearly) 1 year old brother attention she screams for her 'Doodoo'. The only solution I can think of is to try tough love take them away from both children soon.
My advice is take her to the toy store and tell her she can get anything she wants if she trades her pacifier for it lol.
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