At what age should a baby's sooky ( pacifier ) be taken away?
Between 1-3 months
9%
[ 2 ]
Between 3-6 months
4%
[ 1 ]
Between 6-9 months
19%
[ 4 ]
Between 9-12 Months
19%
[ 4 ]
Between 12-24 months
38%
[ 8 ]
When the kid goes to school
0%
[ 0 ]
When the kid goes to college
9%
[ 2 ]
Total Votes : 21
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Sammy001
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 710 Location: ,
Pacifiers And Baby Posted: 10-20-05 10:29am
Hi I was just wondering what a good age to
take a sooky away from a baby. My son
is 6 months old, and uses it when he goes
down for a nap, or goes down for the
night. I want to take it away but don't
know the right approach to do so. I
feel he might be hooked on it, as he is
laying in his crib right now, as I write,
without it, and is babbling away. If I
gave it to him, he would be to sleep in
seconds!
I don't want to be one of those mothers
that people shake there head at with a 3
year old running around with it still
stuck in their mouth.
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SadMommy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 194 Location: California
Hi Posted: 10-20-05 13:41pm
It is best to take it awaya as soon as
possible because it cause the gums are
still very soft and shapable and causes
them to form in a narow "sucking" shape.
Inturn cause the children to need braces.
If that doesn't matter to you , then I
don't see a prob with them. I have
friends who have let their children have
them until 2 1/2.
T~
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OaTmEaLfAiRy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 192 Location: Iowa
Binkies Posted: 10-20-05 20:34pm
It's same for them to have it until
they're about 18 mths - 2 years old. Your
doctor will know the right time for your
child. If the child is about 2, the mam
(pacifier brand) website is supposed to
have a cute story about the binkie fairy
or something like that. There was an
article in parents magazine or babytalk
about this lady who used it for her two
daughters. It's a cute story, you should
check it out sometime.
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mia7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 378
Posted: 10-21-05 08:50am
My cousin's baby used one and when her
teeth were coming in they were coming in
kinda like she had a gap right in the
middle of her front teeth and all her
teeth were sort of facing inward. It was
as if they were taking the shape of the
sooky (or where it would have been). She
got really scared b/c her mother told her
that would happen so she started to take
it away little by little, since she was
about 10-11months. Sometimes the baby was
going to sleep without it (something whe
would never do before) and one day she
just threw then all away completely when
she was one.
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SadMommy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 194 Location: California
Posted: 10-21-05 12:54pm
Yup, it is a really messes up their teeth.
T~
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mia7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 378
Posted: 10-21-05 13:05pm
I forgot to mention that after she threw
them away and didn't suck on them anymore
her teeth straightened up
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jenn_smithson
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 808 Location: Texas
Posted: 10-21-05 20:14pm
I chose the 1-3 month time range for lack
of a "they should have never had it in the
first place" option.
My mother told me that the nurses in the
hospital put a pacifier in both my brother
and my mouth shortly after we were born
and that as soon as she got us to herself,
she removed them and threw them away. My
brother and I never had pacifiers. My
parents believed in instilling a sense of
self-discipline as early as possible.
My older half-sister did have a pacifier
and had horrible teeth which actually
necessitated in her having massive oral
surgery (no one else in our family has
ever had teeth that bad). Neither my
brother or me ever had a pacifier and
neither of us have ever needed anything
but cleanings. No one can tell with
certainty that it was the pacifier until
she was three which caused such problems
for my sister but it is a possibility.
As a result of this, my sister also never
let her children have a pacifier.
I intend on following the same principles
if I ever have children myself. I never
understood why a pacifier is needed in the
first place. If your child is crying for
a legitimate reason (hunger, pain,
cold/heat, wet, fear etc), then you should
comfort your child and remove the reason
for the crying. If your child is crying
just to cry, we were left to sit and cry
until we finally learned that only
legitimate crying gained attention and
that we were really fine and nothing was
wrong with us. I never have supported
popping in a pacifier just to get them to
shut up.
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El
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 476 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Soother Posted: 10-23-05 18:46pm
We gave our first baby a soother out of
desperation -she had colic, absolutely
nothing helped her, and she screamed for 2
hours every single evening without fail no
mtter what we did.
To be honest it didn't really help. We
continued to use it for a couple of
months- uintil she started waking up
during the night- every hour, when her
sleep would get light becuase she would
find that it was no longer in her mouth.
When she was 4 months old I had had
enough, I moved her to her own room, took
the soother away, and decided to do
controlled crying for the night waking.
She woke once that night, and slept
through the next- it was my birthday, and
what a gift !!!!! Although, when we woke
in the morning, and realised we hadn't
heard from her, we did have a bit of a
panic in case she had died during the
night or something, so it was a bit
awful.
The soother never seemed to be a big
sucess for us, so taking it away was no
deal- however, I myself had one untill I
was almost in school. I remember my
mother was slowly taking it away,
gradually breaking the habit, but I had an
accident just after I turned 5 and broke
my ankle - my motyher let me have it back
in the hospital, and when dressings had o
be changed etc- which put the giving up
process back a couple of months. My teeth
are perfect. No harm done- although I am
a very oral person, I smoke whe i'm not
regnant, and I bite my nails, suck pens
etc.
My youngest sister had her soother until
after she started school- mum had let her
keep it a bit longer because we had
emigrated from ireland to australia just
around the time she turned 5- she'd suck
it at night. No harm done there either.
She was very attached to hers, and it was
hard on her to give it up though. Her
teeth are fine too.
I'd do it when it feels right- my friend
forgot to put her 2 year old son's soother
in his daycare bag a couple of weeks ago,
and as a result, he doesn't use one any
more- after he'd gone the whole day, and
still had his afternoon nap without it,
they just never gave it to him again. He
didn't even seem to notice much- he asked
for it, but they showed him it wasn't in
the bag, and said all gone or whatever,
and that was that.
Do it when it feels right, if you are sick
of looking at it, and remembering to take
it with you etc. Then just put it away,
and see how it goes.
If you are thinking you'd like to be rid
of it then it's probably almost time.
Try rocking him to sleep, or just patting
him- although, beware, he may find his
thumb as a substitute - my other sister
did that, and that lasted 'till she was
nearly 8- nothing could make her give it
up, you can't take the thumb away, and she
even got used to those horrible tasting
medicines you paint on to make it
unpleasant to thumb suck. She built up a
tolerence even to straight chili !!!!!! I
can't remember what finally made her
stop.
Although, if youhave no problem with it,
then let the child have it for as long as
it suits you, and never mind what other
people think. (they'll find something to
shake their heads at anyway, trust me)
it's not like he'll be still sucking it on
his honeymoon or anything!!!!!!!
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LUV4KYLE2007
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 107 Location: PA
Posted: 10-23-05 19:18pm
Let the kid have it as long as he
wants...Unless of course hes in college!
My son was like 3 years old and the doctor
told me that it was his security and to
let him have it...It never ruined his
teeth! Best of luck!
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SadMommy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 194 Location: California
Posted: 10-24-05 13:17pm
It does ruin teeth, that is why they have
the special ortho approved suckers. As
for everything else, I agree let them have
it. If it makes a baby feel better why
not? But the teeth thing is true. I
sucked my thumb and had the same result as
a sucker. Needed braces early. I have a
very narrow shape. But, my mother also
let me suck my thumb for a very long
time.
Anyway, I say do what you feel is best
for your baby.... :lol:
t~
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El
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 476 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Teeth Posted: 10-26-05 20:02pm
Weel, like I said, I was still using mine
occasionally after I turned 5, my sister
kept hers 'till she was almost 6, and the
sister that did give it up earlier became
a thumb sucker.
The only one of us who had teeth problems
was the thumb sucker, she had a big gap
between the front two and my mother was
told she'd need braces.
My parents couldn't aford it, so, they
just launched a give up the thumb
campaign. She stopped sucking, the gap
closed all by itself within a year(and
they were adult teeth)
all three of us have great teeth.
I think if your teeth are going to be
wonky, they'll be wonky, and if they're
going to be straight, they'll go straight.
It's more to do with the size and shape
of your mouth, and the size of the teeth
that try to fit in.
It's mostly down to genetics.
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LUV4KYLE2007
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 107 Location: PA
Posted: 10-27-05 00:26am
I disagree a binky will not ruin a babys
teeth...But thumb sucking will. My son
had his binky at age 3 and I asked his
doctor about it and he reassured me that
it wouldent do any harm to his teeth and
he was right. My son is 11 now and he is
fine. My sisters daughter still sucks her
thumb and her teeth are weird now. She
will end up getting braces eventually.
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SadMommy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 194 Location: California
Ok Posted: 10-27-05 14:25pm
I guess the ortho approved binkies were
made just to be made then huh..... Thumb
sucking messes teeth up really bad, i'm
living proof. I wish my mother would have
done something about it, then I wouldn't
have had to spend $4000 getting then
straight....... :lol:
