Weaning from the pacifier

This is actually a subject I never really worried about. I was the person who refused to give my son a pacifier before he was born. However, the nurses at the hospital felt differently and gave him one. You may ask where was I? Why didn’t I object? I honestly don’t remember and he was with me the entire time! Hmmm…..

Anyway, it happened and he seemed so content with it that DH and I decided to let him use them. Our son was a big sucker…..needing to breast feed every 2 hours around the clock until he was almost 11 months old, having a paci in his mouth the rest of the time (not literally, but almost). He needed the pacifier to sleep for naps and at bedtime and when he was having a melt down in the car. It was his “security blanket”.

I did not have a time frame in mind for when I wanted him to stop using it because it made him happy and was fulfilling an obvious need of his. I figured when he was  “too old” for it, one of us would realize it. When he turned about 18 months, we just started limiting his use of the paci outside the home and outside of sleepy time.

He seemed to want it less and less anyway. Well, recently he really has no desire for it at all. I can’t believe it. Confession here: I catch myself trying to give it to him at bedtime because he doesn’t stop talking!!! I guess I should be happy that he decided he no longer needs it. Now I just have to get used to no more pacifier. Any tips on how to wean myself? HA!