Tips on getting rid of pacifier?

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We let our two year old daughter keep her pacifier for way too long. She turned two in December and is still very dependent on it. She needs it for nap and bed time but she will also still use it during the day sometimes also. I’m wondering if I should just take it away cold turkey or wean her off of it and only let her use it at bed time and nap time. I honestly just want to be done with it all together but I don’t know how that that will affect her.

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Get rid of them all so make sure there is not one pacifier in your home. Quit cold turkey, I wouldn’t wean her off of it because it makes the process harder and longer if you do that. Good luck! Hopefully I won’t have to go through this with my son. He turned a year old this month and he doesn’t care so much about his pacifier expect for at bedtime and I don’t even want him to have it then.

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What worked for my daughter was to cut the tip off of the nipple. She threw it away on her own after that.

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To could try cold turkey and see how it goes. If not, start by only letter her have it at nap and night, then stop at naps, then stop at night. I feel like most moms I know have just taken it cold turkey.

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We quit cold turkey at age 2 with my son. Worked great actually!!! He was also dependent on it for comfort but to my surprise he did great. I think I just don't want him growing so fast 😭

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I know someone who took their child to build a bear and put all the pacifiers in an animal the child choose. Then they filled it just a little so you could still feel the pacifiers inside. It worked for them. I have 3 children. My 1st we had 1 left and I hid it. We looked for it for 3 days then it was over with. My son was also 2 when I had my 3rd baby we took my 2nd child's away he did find one in his you box and had a fit. Bit at the same time we took my 3rd baby's away cold turkey too. But he was like 10 months old. I also nursed him until he was 24 months old so he didn't care we took it away he had the boob lol. Good luck momma

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I did cold Turkey with my 2nd and 3rd I made them throw it away cuz they were big girls it took about 3 days they were also 2 and my 5th girl was also 2 and I cut the tip off every one I found so she would throw it away because it was broken lol it worked

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Throw them out. Cold turkey. And be done with it.

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My daughter was so attached to it and can’t get out without it. When we decided to stop I stopped giving her the pacifier all then time and give her only when she wants to sleep for couple days and then stopped at once everything. I gave her water bottle and made sure she has her milk bottle when she naps and sleeps at night.

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Can you involve her in the process? I do remember when I was 2, wanting a big kid bed and my mom telling me that big kids don't need pacifiers so I'd have to give them up first. I decided right then to do it.
I didn't go cold turkey - every time I dropped a pacifier or something, my mom would throw it out instead of washing it. Then with the last one they actually got the garbage truck to stop for us one day so I could throw it in the back. I think it was good for me to have it be (partially) my choice, it made me feel in control

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My pediatrician advised against us pulling him off quickly. We just had his 18 month and she saw he used it to soothe and said she saw no reason to force him away from it. I wouldn’t go cold turkey. Maybe just try getting them to do it for naps and bedtime in the beginning.

Tips on getting rid of pacifier?

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