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My daughter is 15 months old. She's off her bottle now, but I can't seem to get her off of her pacifier. Does anyone have ideas to get her off her pacifier?

I wouldn't mind her keeping it, except that it is starting to pull her teeth forward.

Our son is almost 2. When he was almost a year, the dentist suggested we get a certain type of pacifier to fix a problem he had with his bite. That took about 6 months or so, then we went back to the other type of pacifier. Now the dentist suggests that we wean him off entirely.

It's involved a little extra crying, but first we started taking it away when he was playing actively. He was allowed to have it when he was sitting quietly, during TV time, at nap time, bed time, or if he was really upset. He got used to this after a few weeks, and we kept it steady for a few more. Then we cut it back to only during TV time right when he woke up, nap time, bed time, and if he hurt himself. We left it like that for about a month. Then it was only for sleeping, and it was only when he was in the crib. For the last week or so, we've taken it out of the crib after it falls out of his mouth when he falls asleep. So when he kinda 1/2 wakes up in the middle of the night, he puts himself back to sleep without it. Starting yesterday, we're stopping it altogether. He has cried himself to sleep, for an average of about a 1/2 hour each time so far. But we expect that by the end of the week, it will only be a few minutes of fussing, and by the end of the month, he won't ask for it.

Good luck!

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