Archives for January 2007

The difficulty begins that first night or with the first naptime. Children will get in the bed and then realize there is no more pacifier. You will have to remind that that they can't have it anymore. You won't have to worry about giving in, since you've gotten rid of the pacifiers!   It will likely take a good hour or more for the children to now fall asleep, … [Read more...] about Sleeping without the pacifier

On the appointed day, collect all the pacifiers, and have your children go with you as you "give away" the pacifiers to a baby. You can use a friend's new baby, a baby from church or preschool -- it doesn't matter, as long as they can see that there really is a small baby. Then have your children leave the pacifiers in a little bag with the baby.  You should then … [Read more...] about More practical tips on breaking away from the pacifier

Children use pacifiers to settle down and go to sleep, but they don't use it at all the rest of the day. The only problem with this is that then children truly associate their pacifier with falling asleep, and they almost can't fall asleep without it.   You can break this association, and it is better to do abruptly, rather than try to limit the time your children are … [Read more...] about Breaking the Habit!