Did you need to encourage your child to give up their pacifier? What worked for you and your child?
Under 2 years (65.3%)
2-3 years (19.8%)
3-5 years (2.4%)
6+ years (0.0%)
Age doesn't matter - the child should give up a pacifier when she/he is ready (4.5%)
N/A - Babies should never be given pacifiers in the first place (7.8%)
Using a pacifier for too long can really screw up their teeth.
I said 2-3 years at most. Sometimes I think that the pacifier is really for the parent and not the child. Parents need to start dealing better with the whining and crying that babies and toddlers do, especially when they are just "trying" us. Not to mention, your right, it does mess up their teeth and it can also mess up their speech. It was easy for us, our daughter started to take it out herself and throw it. Listen to the kids. If they start doing that, it usually means they are done with them. That goes for bottles too! :)
child will be dependent on pacifier. my child didnt use pacifier at all....
We took our son's pacifier away a 6 months old. He was young enough to where he got over it easily and forgot about it quickly. I cringe when I see 2 and 3 year olds walking around daycare with a pacifier. Those parents are going to have a hard time breaking that habit, which may cause other bad habits like thumb sucking.
I had a hard time getting the pacifier from my son that was bottle fed but my daughter never took one and I nursed her so I dont know if that makes a difference on how they are fed.
Neither of my sons used one, but it irrates me to see kids that are 4 and up at the grocery store with pacifiers in their mouths yuk!
Pacifiers are good for newborns to help them learn the sucking method needing for either bottle or breast feeding. They can also be helpful to comfort a baby. However, once the baby is walking, talking, and learning to drink from sippy cups and feed them selves, the pacifier needs to be taken away!
Using a pacifier for a long time will hurt a child's development of speech because they are trying to talk with the pacifier in their mouth and also it will hurt their teeth
I'm not sure about the benefits of using a pacifier. I do know that children could become reliant on thier use if there is no intervention. I have a family member who had her daughter still using it after 4 years and I think it was far too long. It effects mental and physical socialization as well as teeth alignment and the development of speech. I don't think it is healthy to continue after early infancy and that most who condon its use later in age are simply using it for parental benefits instead of the childrens. I feel as though teaching other methods of soothing and reinforcing proper behavior and control are important.
I would personally try to get them off it before they get teeth. But every child and family is different, so I won't judge if it takes some peoples children longer.