Hot Sauce to Break Stubborn Pacifier Baby – Are you serious?
When my boys were toddlers and going through their biting spell, I did use hot sauce to break them from biting, but to break them from the pacifier? That’s a little harsh. Even for Britney Spears. Apparently she’s using this method to break Sean Preston of his habit.
My boys didn’t have an attachment to a pacifier, for some reason neither one ever wanted or needed them – but when I thought it was time for breaking the bottle, one quick trip to a farm where a mother animal had babies was all the inspiration my kids needed to toss the bottle and never look back.
The boys loved the idea of giving baby animals their bottles – they felt they were doing something really nice to help out.
If you can time the visit just right, at a time when the animals are being weaned from their mother’s – the coaxing the kid into breaking the habit for the greater good.
Britney, dear, drop the hot sauce – it’s not a good idea and on a paci is just a wee bit cruel, even for my taste.
Anyone else have ideas they’d like to share with Britney Spears or mother’s like Brit who are trying to break the paci habit?
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Just take the paci away. 72 hours later, they’ll be ok.
I came across someone that actually used hot sauce as a punishment when their child acted up.
Neither of my kids used a paci so no recommendations from me.
My daughter had a hard time giving up her paci. Christmas was the perfect opportunity for us. Each night, we had her leave one of her pacifiers under the tree and we told her the next morning that something special would be waiting for her. And each morning, we had a toy waiting for her. The last night, she was pretty hesitant to put her last paci under the tree, but we told her that there would be a really special toy the next morning. She walked away and kept looking back. It was kind of pitiful. She was fine after that and the next day she was happy with her toy. She asked about it a few times and I told her that she gave them away. It worked for us. Thankfully, my son was never addicted to his.
My friend emailed me a link to a site that has a publication on losing the binky (it is free, makes money by advertisements). I have not tried it yet because my son is only 6 months old, but I think I will try the method out when he is around 1. It is http://www.bye-bye-binky.com for anyone who is interrested. If you do, let me know your thoughts….Bella
Hey Bella,
Thanks for sharing, I checked out Bye-Bye-Binky.com (not only was it free, but they didn’t even ask for my email, thank goodness). We followed the poke and cut steps and three days later she was done, and the decision was hers. She even refused a binky at daycare yesterday! I tried to give her one during a major meltdown last night, but it seems even I have lost one of my best soothing tools (lol, it’s all good though). Thanks again for your blog. Kind Regards, Jill