My neice still had a dummy at 4 years old because nothing seemed to work when trying to get them away from her but my sister decided one christmas that enough was enough and said that santa had taken them away and given her lots of present and she was fine with it!!!

I would take them both now, personally. An 8 month old is definitly old enough to not have a paci anymore. And honestly, it's easier to do it when they're young because they have no long-term memory. He'll fuss, but he'll remember it a lot less in a week then a 2 year old will. Lots of adults have memories of being 2, I do. That's how good your brain is at that age.

I imagine weaning from pacis is much like weaning from breastfeeding. Your best bet is to whittle down the number of times a day they both have it. Get it so that, instead of having the paci all day whenever they want (on demand)...They have it once before bed. Once you do that, you just go cold turkey and throw them out. And yes, they will fuss. But they will get over it. For the 2 year old it can be helpful if you make her be the one to actually throw it out and encourage her by saying things like "you're a big girl now. You don't need a paci. Pacis are for babies. You're not a baby."

I hav tryied takin my daughters away iv tried gettin her to throw it tryed destractin her with other things toys lollies but she would want the dummie instead my son only has it when he goes to bed hes not as attached as she is shes nearly toilet trained so I might wait till she is would it be mean to do it while she is trainin cos its a confort thing an shes learnin sumthin new

It's funny that this comes up because I just posted somewhere else about this last night.

I used a paci for a long time when I was little (i don't know until what age, just that I was old enough to remember). But I only used it at night. One day, my parents threw it out when I wasn't looking, and I thought i'd lost it. They "helped me look for it" for a while and eventually made me go to bed without it. It sucked that first night, but I got over it fast.

Awww that is too sad, don't take the binki away. Let the poor kid keep her binki. Crule parents.....(can't wait till it's my turn. Ack)

My son wont take a dummy, i've been told it could be because im breastfeeding him and they use a different sucking technique for that to a dummy. I wanted him to take it at first, but now im glad he doesnt. My sister had a dummy until she was between 3 and 4, our parents did what tess said, made a big fuss about giving it to santa so she agreed to leave it out for him, and was happy enough the next morning understanding it was with santa! Shes only 2, its not a bad thing if shes still having it at night.

Dont worry wean her slowly, my daughter is 20 months and still drinking from a bottle im slowly weaning her from a bottle but havent had much luck!!

Weaning from a pac is similar to a bottle slowly subtract an hour a day that she has the pac and give her a sippy cup or a lollipop etc something to kepp her hands busy with. I know I hate it when they get in a irritated health forum mode and scream till they get what they want this is where u need willpower slowly acknowledge her frustrations and offer a hug, if things dont improve giver her a time out or bring her outside so she can run off the frustrations.

Good luck jess!!

My niece still has a bottle but only when she first gets up in the mornings and before she goes to sleep at night. Shes 3. My sister said shes stopping the bottles after the summer when shes 3 and a half. Do the books say what age they should be totally off a bottle or doesnt it matter like personal choice and depends on if the child is happy with it...Too early for me to have looked that up lol

I would take both paci's now. As was said earlier by hunterjumper (i think) it will be easier to wean an 8 month old than an older child. Also, I think it would be easier to wean a 2 year old when the 8 month old doesn't have a paci hanging out of his mouth.

Weaning your kids off a paci is sound advice... But be prepared, every kid is different. I took my kid off a paci at about 13 months and she was hell on wheels. The fact that she knew the paci's were there and that she just couldn't have them sometimes was too much for her to understand. That was tantrum after tantrum after tantrum. Not fun.

One day her irresponsible mommy just "lost" her paci's, she was pissed for about 10 minutes and then was fine.

Taking them away entirely was so much easier than weaning I can't even begin to describe it.

Im breastfeedin my kids an they took dummies but well give it a go

Well my son had a pacifier until he was like 3. Even his doctor told me to let him have it as a security. Every child is different and I will assure you it'll all work out in the end and I can tell you that they wont take it to college with them...Please rest easy and let the child have it!

Did you know that easter bunny can take dummies in exchange for easter eggs?

Worked a treat for my kids.

Sandy

ah! A mommy after my own heart!

Santa takes bottles if you forget to leave him milk.

Mm my neice was obsessed with her dummy and never stopped having it.. Soon solved things when vegmite was put on the tip!!! That was most funniest time I seen her face!!