Ways the Internet Says to Get Rid of the Pacifier:
- Have the Paci Fairy come and leave the child a gift the night they sleep without it.
- Give it to a baby. (Tried this, didn't work really.)
- Poke holes in it, or cut off a small amount each night.
- Go cold turkey.
Hmmm... do we try them all? Cold turkey, won't work, I'm sure of it. The baby thin didn't work, but it is a little less now. The Paci Fairy is kind of like the giving it to a baby, so I can't see that working. But there is a present involved, so maybe. Hmm.. this is on my mind way too much these days.
Oh, and an update from Night #2. Sam again went to sleep fine and then 20 minutes later woke up wanting me to hold her. I finally gave in, gave it to her, and she put her head down and went right to sleep. I went in 20 min later and took it from her. She slept until 8 this morning. No night wakings. She just needs help falling asleep obviously. I'm not sure how to get her to do this on her own.
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Those are ideas I've thought of too. I think my son is a bit too young for the pacifier fairy. I don't think it will make sense to him. I've seen it done on SuperNanny, but it's usually with kids who are 3 or 4. Plus I've tried trading my son for the paci for naptime, and he never gives it away. He always keeps the paci and passes up the offered item.
I don't like the idea about cutting it up. That just doesn't sound good. But cold turkey sounds scary too. That's more what I'm leaning towards. I know I need to try it sometime, and there's not perfect time. But honestly I'm scared to do it. I'm afraid he'll just cry for hours and not sleep for naps. Ugh.
But it looks like Sam is making progress. I think it's great that she didn't wake at night for it. Most children wake at some point in the night (just like we do), so she obviously got herself back to sleep without it. Sounds good to me.
on SuperNanny - I saw her do the Paci Fairy thing. She basically set up a big envelope addressed to the Paci Fairy and explained about how the Paci Fairy collects all of the pacis to give to the babies, then had the boy put his pacis in the envelope and walk with the parents to the mailbox to "mail it" to the Paci Fairy. Later that night the Paci Fairy came and had left him an envelope addressed to him that had a little present in there. It was cute, she had confetti around the mailbox and stuff.
I agree, it sounds similar to giving it to the baby, but it could work. It seems to involve more for her to be happy about (ie: present from the Paci Fairy) and then you have an explanation as to where it went ... but then you can't really give in to her and give it back when she cries for it, because you don't have any of her pacis - the Paci Fairy does.
and I don't think Tim is right that you're being mean about it. If you keep giving it back to her, she's going to catch on and realize that if she cries long enough for it, that you'll take one out of the "hidden stash" for her.
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