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- From: navon@cs.unc.edu (Jaime Navon)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Thumb Sucking
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:26:57 GMT
- Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- > .... With the pacifier, you can "wean" them off it
- > in stages: first, no pacifiers outside; then no pacifiers except in
- > bed; finally, no pacifier, but that last step came naturally with
- > the first boy; with the second, we cut off the nipple part so
- > he'd still have the handle if he wanted some security! There
- > were no problems either time, as we took things gradually...
- > both were off pacifiers by about 2 or 3. (My wife would have
- > a MUCH more exact memory of the schedule, I'm sure!)
-
- We are using the same strategy with our daughter Maayan (25 months).
- We have succesfully completed the first 2 steps so she is using
- pacifier only in bed. However it seems that the last step
- will be the most difficult (she won't go to bed without her
- pacifier). I would apretiate any hints/comments/suggestions/experiences on
- how to do the final step in a painless way. Thanks.
-
- Jaime
-