Any pacifier horror stories?

[Msubulldogfan1]

My son went a whole night without his paci (woowoo) for the first time last night. He’s definitely too old for a paci, but his mom has been reluctant to do away with it, but I’ve put my foot down finally.

He didn’t throw a fit, but he was pretty sad, and geez it’s heart breaking as a parent. Makes me feel horrible.

Anybody want to share their end-of-pacifier stories?

 

[SirBarksalot]

My son went a whole night without his paci (woowoo) for the first time last night. He’s definitely too old for a paci, but his mom has been reluctant to do away with it, but I’ve put my foot down finally.

He didn’t throw a fit, but he was pretty sad, and geez it’s heart breaking as a parent. Makes me feel horrible.

Anybody want to share their end-of-pacifier stories?

Tell him you’re going to take away his car keys until he gives it up..


luckily my kid never really liked the paci.

 

[imissplatinumplus]

I cannot completely relate to your issue but I once paid money to see this
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[40 acres and a mule]

You did the right thing. In 48 hours he will have forgotten all about it. Just don't give it back.

 

[dawgstudent]

Put hot sauce on that thing and he never wanted it again**

 

[patdog]

When it was time to quit the paci, we cut the tip off of all of them. He put one in his mouth, made a face, & threw it down. That was the end of that.

 

[missouridawg]

Our 3 year old gave up his pacifier about 1 year ago. He would sleep with a wub-a-nub... which is a pacifier with an animal attached to it. His was a penguin whom we called waddles. We told our son G that waddles was going back to visit with his family and G never really fought us on it.

 

[Col. Forbin]

Just be thankful that is was a paci. My oldest and youngest took a paci and it was relatively easy to break. My middle sucked her fingers and that was awful. Kinda hard to take those away or cut the ends off.***

 

[Junction John]

The Easter Bunny took our kids' pacifiers and gave them to other kids who needed them.

I thought that was weird at first, but we told the kids that's how it works. You get to use it for a couple years, then once you're a big girl (or boy) the EB comes - leaves you candy, trades it for the papi - and then it's someone else's turn. We talked about it leading up to Easter, and all the kids were good with it. It never came up again.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

My son went a whole night without his paci (woowoo) for the first time last night. He’s definitely too old for a paci, but his mom has been reluctant to do away with it, but I’ve put my foot down finally.

He didn’t throw a fit, but he was pretty sad, and geez it’s heart breaking as a parent. Makes me feel horrible.

Anybody want to share their end-of-pacifier stories?

At 2 we threw them in the garbage (not in front of them) and never looked back. Kids asked, we said they were gone, which is true. They got over it and it kept them from having to remove a pacifier when they started shaving, like some kids I see wandering around with them. I'm not sure why, but seeing a kid way too old for a pacifier irks me more that it should, particularly because it is none of my business. Being a parent is about giving kids what they need, not what they want.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

^^^this, do not give it back

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Our 3 year old gave up his pacifier about 1 year ago. He would sleep with a wub-a-nub... which is a pacifier with an animal attached to it. His was a penguin whom we called waddles. We told our son G that waddles was going back to visit with his family and G never really fought us on it.

I’ve seen these techniques, and either my son is smart or selfish because he has not gone for these type stories.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

At 2 we threw them in the garbage (not in front of them) and never looked back. Kids asked, we said they were gone, which is true. They got over it and it kept them from having to remove a pacifier when they started shaving, like some kids I see wandering around with them. I'm not sure why, but seeing a kid way too old for a pacifier irks me more that it should, particularly because it is none of my business. Being a parent is about giving kids what they need, not what they want.

He only got it when he went to sleep. It’s certainly about doing what’s best for the kid, but it sucks taking away something they love and they don’t understand why. That’s the hard part.

 

[RightOfCenter]

Just be thankful that is was a paci. My oldest and youngest took a paci and it was relatively easy to break. My middle sucked her fingers and that was awful. Kinda hard to take those away or cut the ends off.***

One of mine sucked the thumb and it drove me crazy. I tried Tony’s, pepper, almost anything and he would get it off and go back to his thumb.

I happen to be telling some woman the story and she suggested this stuff that was at ulta for helping people stop biting their fingernails.

Willing to try anything, I got it and applied it to my thumb as an experiment. It was terrible. Somewhere between “the taste” of how a stink bugs smells and ***. It worked and after one application and three days, the thumb was no longer and option.

 

[OneParticularHarbor]

Put hot sauce on that thing and he never wanted it again**

This is how we got Ed Orgeron.***

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Just take it away

Tell them it’s gone, and as others have said, don’t give it back. He may fuss for a couple nights, but if you give in, he’ll know he can fuss and always win. Stay strong, you don’t want to parent like Moorhead coaches.

 

[FQDawg]

My son went a whole night without his paci (woowoo) for the first time last night. He’s definitely too old for a paci, but his mom has been reluctant to do away with it, but I’ve put my foot down finally.

He didn’t throw a fit, but he was pretty sad, and geez it’s heart breaking as a parent. Makes me feel horrible.

Anybody want to share their end-of-pacifier stories?

We're still working on it with our 3-year old. He only gets it at night for bedtime and most times it falls out of his mouth while he sleeps. I've wanted to transition away from it for a while but he's on the autism spectrum and it's sometimes the only thing that gets him to settle down at bedtime so I look at it as a (hopefully temporary) necessary evil at this point. It's not like he takes it to daycare or has it during the day at all. My wife has convinced me that he'll give it up eventually.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

I get it, but my wife is the one with a heart and this is just the first of many no's that they will not understand, but is best for them. When my kids were toddlers, they rode their big wheels on our hilly driveway and often would launch themselves into the street. I spanked them for that because the impact of doing that at the wrong time is death. It would have done me, nor them, any good at all to explain the actual physics behind a massive car hitting a small toddler, inertia, the coefficient of sliding friction for rubber car tires, etc. They simply weren't capable so they just had to be sad. Life will disappoint them for reasons they don't understand basically forever. Better that they learn to cope with that early and often.

 

[cowbell88]

We had George (monkey paci). He gnawed the tip off of it, then went nuts for several days. My wife found another one, similar but not animal, had some type colored stick figure attached. We called it Jorge’ (Hor-hey). It satisfied him for another week or two, then he put it down and forgot about it.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Two tips.

Give him some kind of spill proof sippee cup with just a little bit of water in it to take to bed. Gives him something else to focus on and will get him to sleep quickly.

Search the house top to bottom for any lost pacifiers. The last thing you want is for him to find one in a month and remember how awesome it was.

 

[40 acres and a mule]

Tell them it’s gone, and as others have said, don’t give it back. He may fuss for a couple nights, but if you give in, he’ll know he can fuss and always win. Stay strong, you don’t want to parent like Moorhead coaches.

Hilarious, and so true! This post made my morning.

 

[CookieMonster.sixpack]

This is spot on. Paci's are level one, easy stuff. Our oldest never took one but sucked his thumb. Much harder to break than the paci. Take him to a store and tell him he can have any toy he wants. When you go up to pay, make him pay with his paci. Tell him whatever you want to tell him about where it goes. But never give it back. If he asks, just say, remember how you paid for that cool toy with it.

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

Take them to build-a-bear. Have them put their paci’s in the bear, and when they feel like they need a paci, they can hug the bear instead.

 

[Go Budaw]

Neither of mine ever took a pacifier for any real length of time. My youngest sucks on her middle and ring fingers together to soothe herself. That may be a bigger problem for me down the road....not real sure how to police that if it becomes an orthodontic issue.

 

[dstatechamps]

When it was time to quit the paci, we cut the tip off of all of them. He put one in his mouth, made a face, & threw it down. That was the end of that.

This here. Same.

 

[mstateglfr]

We had a whole 17ing ceremony when both our girls gave theirs up. They packed em into a box with tissue paper so the nuks(pacifier/binky/whatever other name) could be sent to the hospital for newborns to use.



On a related note, mine used to go thru multiple nuks a night cuz they would spit em out then wake up wanting it. Countless nights were spent with us waking up for a minute to come into the room with one of the girls asleep but sitting up and moving their hand around looking for one of the 6 nuks we put in the damn crib for easy access. They would manage to launch those things out of the crib in their sleep all the time.
I half jokingly wanted to create a hanging nuk dispenser. Load it up at the start of each night, hang it on the crib, and the kid knows where to grab one when they inevitably spit the current one out.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

My oldest nephew visited us (me & my father and mother) when he was 15 months old.

One time while we were visiting family, my nephew threw his pacifier.

My father told him the pacifier was gone. When he asked for the pacifier again, my father reminded him it was gone.

When my sister picked him up a few days later, he was accustomed to not having a pacifer...

 

[Digging dog]

20 yrs ago my wife carried our oldest daughter to the Disney Store in Northpark mall. She got to trade her pacifier for something in the store. Next few nights my daughter referred the employee as “that mean man that took my pacifier”.

 

[JML105]

Heck no! I have outfitted our kids pacifiers with tracking devices.

 

[FreeDawg]

Son didn't miss it at all. Daughter was very attached. We told her the paci fairy was coming and was going to bring her a surprise and take her pacis. She protested a little the next day but not that bad. Now we have to stay on her about sucking her thumb. She's 2 and half.

 

[mcdawg22]

My daughter got sick and threw up with it in her mouth. She was so revolted by the thing at that point she just didn’t want it anymore. Problem solved. We got lucky as hell.

 

[aTotal360]

My first was addicted to paci's. When she was about 2, I rounded up all her pacifiers and cut about a 1/4 off the top with a pair of scissors. I told her she broke them all. She did cry throughout the night and some the next day. But that was it. It was less than 24 hours of hell.

My second liked to suck his fingers. Specifically his pointer finger and middle finger at the same time. We found this finger guard thing on Amazon that broke the habit. He had to wear it for about 6 weeks. I highly recommend it.

https://www.amazon.com/TGuard-AeroF...7&sprefix=stop+sucking+fingers,aps,159&sr=8-9

 

[Dawgpile]

It's been a lonnng time since I've been down this road, but if I recall correctly we just took them away one day. But, I do remember he was still pretty young; Just past two, maybe.

I don't recall any great trauma.

 

[1msucub]

Pro tip: look everywhere......and I mean EVERYWHERE.....for extra ones.

Under the beds.....between the cushions.....

If he finds one lying around, he’ll throw a party of one and you’ll be right back where you started.

 

[G-Dawg]

My daughter is 15 months old and we've been trying to wean her off of hers, but she had like 5 teeth all come in at the same time so she's been sticking her hands in her mouth. Instead we give her the Paci. I feel like that's a better option than the hand.

Has anyone had a kid just ALL OF A SUDDEN lose their 17ing mind when you go to change their diaper? Sqirms, cries like she's being stabbed, and rolls on changing table. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. I know she did this a little anytime she had a diaper rash, but that's not what this is.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

My daughter is 15 months old and we've been trying to wean her off of hers, but she had like 5 teeth all come in at the same time so she's been sticking her hands in her mouth. Instead we give her the Paci. I feel like that's a better option than the hand.

Has anyone had a kid just ALL OF A SUDDEN lose their 17ing mind when you go to change their diaper? Sqirms, cries like she's being stabbed, and rolls on changing table. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. I know she did this a little anytime she had a diaper rash, but that's not what this is.

There is no rhyme or reason why they all the sudden start hating something.

Mine went to the dr the other day for a covid test, and threw a fit in the parking lot, up until we left the building. He’d never done that before.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

When it was time to quit the paci, we cut the tip off of all of them. He put one in his mouth, made a face, & threw it down. That was the end of that.

This is how you do it!

 

[bulldogcountry1]

When I moved into the Pines at State a couple decades ago, I bought a used sectional couch from a family friend. By the time we got all the pieces inside the trailer, 11 pacifiers had fallen from the various pieces of the couch.

 

[mstateglfr]

Has anyone had a kid just ALL OF A SUDDEN lose their 17ing mind when you go to change their diaper? Sqirms, cries like she's being stabbed, and rolls on changing table. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. I know she did this a little anytime she had a diaper rash, but that's not what this is.

For sure. Its completely random and it doesnt stop as they age, it just projects in different ways.
As toddlers they will hate **** they loved and love **** they hated.
Same for teens, teens, etc.

My oldest would be a gold medal champ at losing her mind over anything and nothing.

 

[Dawgpile]

I do remember a stretch of time when I had to be "at the ready" whenever I changed my son's diaper. Something about the cool, fresh air hitting his little wang would prompt a strong, unexpected stream. Caught his mom right in the eye once. She was also the victim of an episode of "explosive poop". The kid did a Jackson Pollock on the wall 5 feet away. I was in charge of most of the diaper changes after those two episodes until he got older.

Never had him fight me on the changing table though...