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 Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:51 am
Sam, my son, is almost 2 years of age. Recently he's taken to throwing his pacifier when he doesn't get his way. This has lead to the eventual disappearance of the pacifier. It's nap time and, because said pacifier has vanished, I had to put him down without it. He has been crying for a good 45 minutes, continuously. Every 10 minutes or so I'll go in and tell him he's a big boy and put his penguin plush, GuyGuy (he named it!), into his arms; but it's been long enough for me to wonder if I'm going about this all wrong.
Websites have been telling me that 2 is a good age to do it if you haven't already weaned them before 1. I want it gone now simply because I don't like him using it as an anger device and security blanket. He doesn't understand many words/phrases and he doesn't talk much save for the odd word here and there (any mothers had problems with their sons not being eager to talk?) so it's difficult to make him understand what I'm telling him. All of the sites suggestions are to take the pacifiers to a baby, so the child would be 'giving' the pacifier to a baby, thus showing them that they're a 'big boy'. Or putting something nasty tasting on the pacifier/cutting the tip off; but I don't HAVE his pacifier right now. Should I try one of these methods if I find it? Or buy a new one to attempt it? Or see this as a sign and just attempt the cold turkey approach.
Please help. :<
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:24 pm
I see this topic is already a few days old; I'm hoping that maybe you have a positive update already and won't need any advice. smile
Ethan was a serious lover of the paci. We went from using one all day long to cold turkey when he was about 15 months old. He had a rough couple of days at first, but then he forgot about it. When he did ask, we told them they were all lost and we didn't have any more.
What you wrote about Sam's understanding has me wondering if you've mentioned this to his pediatrician. Because while some children don't talk much, they usually understand most things you tell them. It may be nothing, but if Sam hasn't had a hearing screening and been checked on, it might be a good idea.
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:14 am
In my opinion, the best way to get rid of it is cold turkey. I'm not saying it's going to be easy perse, but if you stick to your guns, he'll adapt. I know Liam was after a year when we decided to chunk it, it was a chore to find ALL of them and he was quite the stubborn one, but he does just fine now. It was simplier than the bad taste, cutting, baby thing, etc.
I'll ditto what Dirge said about bringing up concerns to a pediatrician about understanding/hearing/etc.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:34 pm
Jade was super addicted to her pacifier until she lost the final one around age 2 also. She left it at her Grandma's out of town, and when she got home and asked for it, and we told her it was lost, she cried hard like she's lost a pet, but after that she was ok, and she even slept that night without it and didn't ask for it, which is surprising. I've heard that big adjustments like sleep patterns might take a week to adjust to, and after that it should be easier. So he might cry and ask for it or refuse to nap and be difficult for a week, but then a new routine will settle in. Hopefully you have good news to report, as it's been a while since your post!
Amber's 2 years and 3 months and she's very behind verbally and is now seeing a speech therapist from an early intervention program. But like Luna and Pirate Dirge say, they usually understand what you tell them, even if they don't talk much, so I would mention it to a pediatrician, and a hearing screen would be my first thought too. Good luck! Hopefully it's not a problem, and he is understanding everything, but just not giving the signals that he is.
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