Pacifier

[katemma]

 When do you think a baby should stop using a pacifier? Please, I don't need to hear that a baby should never use one, that's not my question. LOL. My daughter loves hers and it works like a charm. I just want to be sure I'm not doing any damage to teeth that might come up, etc. She's three months on Thursday.

[PinkSmiles82]

I started weaning both SD's off of the pacifier at 8 months.  Oldest SD was off of it by 13 months.  The youngest was off by 18 months because her dad was more attached to it than her.  They were both off bottles at 8 months and moved to sippy cups...

[annelauer]

I think most of them are orthodontically correct now.  Let your baby lead and do what is right for HER.

[rosemagic01]

My son started rejecting it around 6 months. It only lasted a short time because my DH wouldn't stop trying to use it. So we took it at 1 year. I wish we hadn't used it for so long but most start the rejection process on their own. Just pay close attention. Otherwise docs say that if they have to have them don't go much further than a year. 

[wolfqueen666]

my daughter had hers until she was one.  If you want to make sure that her teeth come in right, I would recommend an orthodontic pacifier.  Those aren't supposed to hinder the teeth and are actually doctor recommended for parents who do use pacifiers.

[achorney]

When my sons (both of them) turned one, they gave up bottles and pacifiers. 

[SDarvasi]

My daughter loved hers too! She lost it about 10 times during her first year, and we scrambled to get another one. It worked amazing. Oddly enough, she transitions very easily with milestones. She lost her pacifier for the final time, right around her first birthday...and we just let it be lost. Didn't even bring it up. Distracted her with all the other things she liked. And she never cried for it or asked for it again. Even went to sleep well. She was the same way with breastfeeding. Just kind of decided she didn't want to do it anymore, and started bottles EASILY. No muss no fuss. I am very lucky. My oldest was NOT like that. She didn't have a pacifier and she was bottle fed. It was hard for me to get her to do new things sometimes....

[bears1129]

My son used his until he was about a year.  My daughter quit using hers around 7 months.  I think they kind of let you know when they don't want it anymore. 

[mom2MDS]

I think it just depends on the baby, my first born hated a pacifier from the beginning, My next one was a pacifier junky and didnt give it up until 3 years old. My youngest used one until she was about 4 months old. The oldest of my bunch, I do not know if they even had one since my dh and I just got custody  of them.

[clippingmom]

The dentist will tell you by three. I have five kids and they all had one all the girls gave theirs up on their own by 9 mos. my son on the otherhand was severly attached to his and he was 2 and a half before I took it away and the teeth issue was the only reason.

[bunnywzrd]

My daughter had hers till she was 3 and a half years old. Too long but she had anxiety problems and I was not about to take away  the thing that made her calm. It did mess up her front two top teeth and one of them did have to be pulled.