{"id":2731,"date":"2013-09-24T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2013-09-23T20:42:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:42:58","slug":"my-son-weaned-off-the-pacifier-by-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-son-weaned-off-the-pacifier-by-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"My son weaned off the pacifier by himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been following my blog<\/a>, you know that my oldest son is COMPLETELY obsessed with his pacifiers.\u00a0 He’s not even picky about which one he uses, he JUST NEEDS IT.\u00a0 In fact, he couldn’t do with just one.\u00a0 My son always had one in his mouth and another two in each of his hands. My husband and I didn’t mind though.\u00a0 My husband used a pacifier as a baby and didn’t get rid of it until he was four.\u00a0 I didn’t mind because the pacifier would often sooth my son and helped him fall asleep.\u00a0 As a SAHM, it was music to my ears.\u00a0 Why would I want to get rid of it??\"20130402_181139\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It wasn’t until a recent visit to the dentist that we were faced with reality.\u00a0 My son had a slight overbite and we should try to get rid of his pacifier before he turns three.\"DSC_0189\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So we came up with a plan!\u00a0 We were sure our son would go for it.\u00a0 It involved a pacifier fairy and lots of gifts and his third birthday.\u00a0 The plan was set in motion and we spoke about said fairy with our son almost daily.\u00a0 We wanted to make sure he was 1) EXCITED and 2) prepared for the big change.\"DSC_0176\"<\/a><\/p>\n

However, our son had his own plans. While we were up at the cottage for\u00a0 vacation, my son came to my husband and I and told us that his pacifier is “broken”.\u00a0 On closer examination, we determined that the ends were chewed off.\u00a0 While we had contemplated that perhaps it was the mice who had done it, we realized that it was my son when he handed us another “broken” pacifier the next day.\u00a0 And so, over four days, one broken pacifier after another, we told him that we don’t have any more pacifiers to give him (we weren’t home after all….).\"DSC_0010\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After verifying with us over and over (I think for a total of five times) that in fact there are no more pacifiers and that they are in fact all “broken”, he seemed to be at peace with his new situation.\u00a0 He didn’t really ask for the pacifier and he fell asleep without it.\u00a0 We figured that this new reality would probably be short-lived, but to our surprise, our son was fine for the rest of the vacation.<\/p>\n

We only experienced one set-back.\u00a0 When we returned home, we quickly rummaged through our house to make sure there were no pacifiers lying around.\u00a0 Apparently, we didn’t do a great job.\u00a0\u00a0One night, we found our son sound asleep in his bed with one pacifier in his mouth and\u00a0another his hand.\u00a0 Apparently, he found two pacifiers in the cracks of his bed.\u00a0 We figured that if we snuck it out of his bed in the middle of the night, surely he would forget all about it in the morning or at least think it was a dream.\u00a0We were on to something, right?\u00a0 NO!!\u00a0 Come morning, our son insisted that he had found two pacifiers at night.\u00a0\u00a0We played dumb\u00a0all day long but he didn’t give up easily. My husband joked that pacifiers are like crack…. once you get a small taste, you need more!\"20130430_095559\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, my son turned 3 this past Friday and I’m happy to report that it’s been “pacifier-free” for two months now!\u00a0 Even with our 8 month-old still using it.\u00a0 Of course, now we’re dealing with a few more tantrums but I’m not sure if it’s because he doesn’t have a pacifier to self-sooth or if it’s because he’s in\u00a0his troublesome\u00a0three’s.\u00a0 Either way, I just think he looks much cuter without it and I know we’ll probably save some money down the road dental work.\u00a0 So really, it’s a win-win!\"20130801_142440\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Did you have a child that was attached to his pacifier?\u00a0 How did you \/ they wean off the pacifier?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been following my blog, you know that my oldest son is COMPLETELY obsessed with his pacifiers.\u00a0 He’s not even picky about which one he uses, he JUST NEEDS IT.\u00a0 In fact, he couldn’t do with just one.\u00a0 My son always had one in his mouth and another two in each of his hands. 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