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Poohhunny1605

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I am trying to get my 9 month old off of his ninny..He doesn't really use it much as long as he is occupied with something else. He has been sticking his fingers in his mouth(pre ninny) I assume from the teething?

My question is....

My day care provider is telling me that I shouldn't be taking him off of the pacifier because it is too early. My friends, family, and doctor say otherwise. I am told that 9-10months is a good age and start weaning him off of it to be totally gone by 12 months.

How old were your kids when you took them off of their ninny's?

Edit: My day care provider is telling me if you take your baby off of the pacifier too soon your child is subject to smoke, bite nails, drink, suck on the thumb instead..I have heard of this when I was in psychology, but was told it is a slim percentage. What are your thoughts?
 
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DQ2B

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Just my opinion but I think he's too young to try and force the issue. My son stopped on his own before he was two. My niece, on-the-other-hand had hers taken away and she resorted to sucking on her fingers, she's eight now and she STILL does this at times. My daughter was much more reluctant to give up her ninny and we had to tell her no more during the day at first and then worked for less and less use. Nine months is too young to worry about this issue. If he's nearing two and hangs on to the thing like a life preserver then you can worry.
 
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greeneyes36

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Poohhunny1605 said:
I am trying to get my 9 month old off of his ninny..He doesn't really use it much as long as he is occupied with something else. He has been sticking his fingers in his mouth(pre ninny) I assume from the teething?

My question is....

My day care provider is telling me that I shouldn't be taking him off of the pacifier because it is too early. My friends, family, and doctor say otherwise. I am told that 9-10months is a good age and start weaning him off of it to be totally gone by 12 months.

How old were your kids when you took them off of their ninny's?

Edit: My day care provider is telling me if you take your baby off of the pacifier too soon your child is subject to smoke, bite nails, drink, suck on the thumb instead..I have heard of this when I was in psychology, but was told it is a slim percentage. What are your thoughts?
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DO IT NOW... i have a FOUR year old that we just recently FINALLY broke her of the darn thing... came home from dad's one sunday evening, had fallen asleep in his car on the way to our house, got out of car, i popped it out, stuck it in my pocket and that was the end of that. She cried bad the first night, like an hours worth, the 2nd night wimpered for a few minutes...nothing after that. Daycare had taken it from her LONG TIME AGO..but just hard to do it at home - that was when she wanted it - tired and sleepy at bedtime and in the car were the only times she had it with us. i ransacked the house while kids were at their dads - found like 5-6 of them and put them all away... life has been GRAND without that thing. the earlier you do it the better for baby and you....
 
Dye Tied

Dye Tied

Garden Variety Gnome
Pacifiers pacify the parent. Never had to think about it since my kids never had one.
 
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greeneyes36

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Just thought about that again - 9 months is too young...i would do it same time you wean from bottles... 9 months old still has that need to suck...
 
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rich70

STEELERS NATION!!
My daughter was almost two when we took hers away. We told her that Santa was gonna take her binky and leave her toys. So on Christmas eve, we told her to leave it out, she did. She got all her toys and never once asked for it. I couldn't belive that worked but it did.
 
onebdzee

onebdzee

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Poohhunny1605 said:
I am trying to get my 9 month old off of his ninny..He doesn't really use it much as long as he is occupied with something else. He has been sticking his fingers in his mouth(pre ninny) I assume from the teething?

My question is....

My day care provider is telling me that I shouldn't be taking him off of the pacifier because it is too early. My friends, family, and doctor say otherwise. I am told that 9-10months is a good age and start weaning him off of it to be totally gone by 12 months.

How old were your kids when you took them off of their ninny's?

Edit: My day care provider is telling me if you take your baby off of the pacifier too soon your child is subject to smoke, bite nails, drink, suck on the thumb instead..I have heard of this when I was in psychology, but was told it is a slim percentage. What are your thoughts?
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If he isn't using it that much....take it away and don't give it back...."out of sight, out of mind"

btw....your day care provider is full of crap....all of mine either didn't use one or got rid of it by the age of about 2 months and none of them do any of that stuff
 
ImAChvyGirl

ImAChvyGirl

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greeneyes36 said:
Just thought about that again - 9 months is too young...i would do it same time you wean from bottles... 9 months old still has that need to suck...
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:yeahthat: As long as he is still on bottles all of the time use the "ninny" and gradually take it away with less use of bottles. As for the daycare if they chose not to use it let them calm him down a different way.
 
lovinmaryland

lovinmaryland

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All but 1 of mine used them. They were about 2 when they stopped using them, but that was only because I took them from them.
 
pixiegirl

pixiegirl

Cleopatra Jones
I pulled both of my boys when they started teething and I mean before a tooth even popped through. Neither one of them ever resorted to the thumb or fingers.
 
puggymom

puggymom

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rich70 said:
My daughter was almost two when we took hers away. We told her that Santa was gonna take her binky and leave her toys. So on Christmas eve, we told her to leave it out, she did. She got all her toys and never once asked for it. I couldn't belive that worked but it did.
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We did the binky fairy!!
 
redneck_woman

redneck_woman

Starting Over
All this talk about pacifiers, breast feeding, being pregnant makes me wish I was expecting again.....:yikes: did I just say that.
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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Not too soon to stop the binky, but at the same time too soon to be worried about it.

If he sets it aside when he's otherwise occupied, quietly pick it up and put it out of reach. If he seems to be looking for it, pretend you don't know what he wants, unless he starts to seem stressed out about it, then give it back.

If he sucks on his fingers, try to distract him so he stops, but don't make a big deal about it. The bigger deal you make, the more of a struggle it'll be.

And I seem to recall from my psychology class way back when...denying them their oral fix as a baby makes them turn to other things like smoking and eating later in life, not the other way around.
 
puggymom

puggymom

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rich70 said:
Did it work for you as well?
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Yes it did!! My daughter put all her binkys in a basket and left them outside the front door and when she woke up the binky fairy left her a present. She was so excited!
For a few weeks she would ask about them but there was never any issue when I said the binky fairy gave them to all the new little babies. Luckily her cousin was just born so I was able to give her as an example to which she could relate.
 
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