Hi i have a 17 months old son and ive been trying to ween him of his soother any advice or tips ...please!?

my sisters told my nephews and nieces that they were getting too big for the soother and that this year santa would be expecting them to give it to him as they are getting big to recieve big girl and boy presents for that year so that christmas they would leave the soother under the tree for santa to take. it worked like a dream for them and it gets the child used to the idea of getting rid of it over the following months as it gets closer to chrismasHi i have a 17 months old son and ive been trying to ween him of his soother any advice or tips ...please!?
start by only having him use it at bed time or nap time. this is what we did. Then, after he turned 2 we talked a lot about him being a big boy, and one day we decided to tell him we ';forgot it'; at grandpa's house. after two days he stopped asking. Just get rid of all of them incase he would find one!Hi i have a 17 months old son and ive been trying to ween him of his soother any advice or tips ...please!?
I am assuming his soother is known as a pacifier. I had a friend who every night before bedtime she took a pair of scissors and cut a little piece off the pacifier. Once it got down so far her son no longer wanted it as it was too hard to keep in his mouth. She made sure there was only one pacifier in the house though. She said her son gave the pacifier up before she had cut every piece off of it. I don't know if this will work for you but it is worth a try.
I am hoping for you and them that this is not their only comfort for sleep. We began innocently using one when i was taking showers as we noticed my little boy not as settled. He used it for awhile about 3-4mths then suddenly about 8 or 9 months he spat it out gradually and never really used it again. He never went to sleep at night with it though, it was more a day comfort thing.


If it is the only comfort it is really cruel i believe to go cold turkey. I bet you have to put it back in at nights!!! Such a common thing. Try using a cot toy to help, such as the fisher price aquarium. Do your normal sleep routine but do not offer the dummy straight away, make a big but gently fuss over the new toy, turn it on, then go out as normal as if he has his dummy. If it fails, go in reassure, and try agian. On the third try offer a sipper cup of water, then give dummy after this. Gradually let the length of time you give it peter out.


I wouldnt suggest cutting pieces off any baby item as some people do, this goes against the safety guidelines for baby items. After all, when a dummy gets a tear or whole, you should replace it.


Limit gradually through the day too if used daytimes also, by lots of games to keep busy, and a sipper cup of water regularly to replace that mouthy item!!!


Be there to comfort and dont reach for the dummy for cries. Use you and the sipper cup. You could say ';wash down your owy, or saddy etc';.


Make sure your child has no access to the dummy or others unless you give it over time, they will give it up.


After all, it is you who now wants to give it up not them....

this works