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My 6 month old keep waking up at night every 2 hours looking for pacifier
Mummy asked, "My 6 month old keeps waking up at night every 2 hours looking for pacifier. After sleepless nights, i am going to wean him off. Anyone has experience doing so and how long did it take?"
Last edited by thenewageparents; 09-30-2011 at 04:18 PM.
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What our mummies replied on our facebook page:
Elshay Morgan: Yes pls try to wean him off soon.. My son is 17 mths and it's hard to wean him off cuz he keeps askin for it and he'll kick up a fuss till he gets it! Sighhh any mummies can offer us some tips?
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Tan Puay Hoon: I wean off when my son was 12 mths. Initially he did fuss and make a lot of noise till he gets it. And I keeps telling him that the pacifier is spoilt and had thrown it away. I dun give it to him till he fuss like for more than half an hour. Then one day, he gets too tired that he didn't request for the pacifier and that's where he totally stopped.
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Daisy Lim: With both my girls, went cold turkey when more than 4 or 6 milk teeth grew. Told them we've thrown it away as it's spoilt. Both missed it but didn't kick up big fuss - thank God! Wasn't difficult. Follow through and keep repeating the 'lie'. In about a week or else, the pacifier was forgotten
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Josephine Chong: I wean my son off at 16mths too. All I did was to poke a hole in the pacifier with a fork and continue to offer it to him. Although he sensed that there is a different with the 'new' pacifier, he continue to take it. Abt a week after, I poke another hole. This time he rejected it totally. But for the next 1 week, he will kick up a big fuss every night and finally cry himself to sleep. I was determine to wean him off as he was going to school soon. So I threw away the rest of the pacifiers and tell myself to endure and never to give in!
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Sharon Teo I weaned my son off the pacifier at 15m. I just hide it and it never appear again. He fuss for 3 days and gave up.
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Nori Haron: They say, u dip it in coffee/tea leaves to show them that its got "attacked by insects"
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Lim Weixiu Jennifer: My son weaned off at 20mths-started with childcare teacher telling him i forgot to bring for him..so he no choice bite on his blanket for comfort so just hv to kp reminding him dun bite just hug..then at hm i told him i lost it..first night he cried till threw up milk so i gave in but subsequent nights he cried for 15mins n went to slp..abt 3 days he totally quitted 
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Jane Lightning: What a great topic. My girl is 2 yr+ n i regret not weaning her off earlier. When she was younger, she only wanted it when she zz, now she wants it all the time! But we'll tell her its only for sleeping. She's starting full day CC soon and I'm hoping we can wean her off asap! Worried about jaw alignment 
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Audrey Soh: My son wean off when he is 20months. He is quite fast as we switch to another brand of pacifier that he usually take. It take him a day to stop taking it.
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Karen Be Be: My boy wean off at 8mnths whn he hd a change of pacifier, he didn't like the short, stout pacifier cos it kept fall off... He is 15mnths...
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Valerie Lee: my boy wean off when he is 12 months plus. took us 1 week of endless crying nights, BUT a success!!! =)
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Karen Be Be: My boy wean off at 8mnths whn he hd a change of pacifier, he didn't like the short, stout pacifier cos it kept fall off... He is 15mnths...
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Valerie Lee: my boy wean off when he is 12 months plus. took us 1 week of endless crying nights, BUT a success!!! =)
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Christine Neo: My boy wean off at 12 mths.. I cut the pacifier to half and give it to him.. So when he start sucking he sense that it is totally different and he keep taking it out and examined the pacifier.. But i just told him is spoilt and he did cry and cry and when i pass him the 'cut' pacifier agn, he took and put it into his mouth for a few times and he just take out and rejected it.. But had to endure him for his crying for at least 3 days and soon he will forget about it.
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Angel Yan: All along my girl sucks her pacifier only when she is going to bed. All the way till when she is 26 months. Finally one day she just bite a hole of her pacifier. She brought it and show me and tell me that her pacifier is spoil. We all laugh n tell her that I'll "buy a new one tomorrow" (but that tomorrow never came) so that night she actually laugh at herself to bed... So every night when she ask for it, I'll tell her "did u remember that ur pacifier got a hole?" I really don't understand how she actually bite a hole out of the pacifier... after almost a week she just forget abt it. Even when she go school she saw her friends having pacifier, she will just look at them n turn away without a word.. Now she is already 28 months... But once in a blue moon she will still ask for it just for fun, then she will just laugh n forget it.
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Wendy Tan: Do remember that your son is only 6 months old and will be tougher to wean off now as compared to a toddler. Be prepare for sleepless night and crankiness in the day. But soon he will learn as kids adapt very fast. Maybe start by cutting down and limit to sleeping time then slowly take away during the day then night. Never give in once you have stopped. Might take longer than a toddler but eventually if you don't give, he cannot ask for it.
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Maureen Yong: I found it more difficult to wean my ger off when she was younger. It could b due to her teething proccess where she gets fussier than usual. She quit in her 19 month! I did cut her reliance on pacifiers by restricting use during the day. No pacifiers unless during nap and zzz. Once she got used to the rule, the way to quit is cold turkey. Both parents n caretaker must follow thru!
Like other mummies, the first 3 days was terrible. I told her the pacifier was spoiled ( it was a lie cos she dun chew on the pacifier). She kept crying, so I decided to snip off the pacifier. When she wanted it, I passed her the pacifier. She put in her mouth but the portion which she could suck on was gone. Well that ended her crying. She took longer to fall asleep but I would sing her more lullabies.
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Joey Wan: In the first place u shouldn't give him pacifier. Since born my son didn't take any pacifier till now.
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Darren Kok: The moral of the story, why give them pacifier in the first place and worry how to wean them off?
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