“The Happy Sleeper: The Science-Backed Guide to Helping Your Baby Get a Good night’s Sleep—Newborn to School Age” gives us a few smart tips to help our baby sleep without crying because it is separated from the pacifier.
The pacifier helps to satisfy the need of the baby for sucking. What happens, however, when the baby begins to grow and the dependence on the pacifier becomes more and more powerful? How will you stop the habit of pacifiers, with less drama?
1. Give him alternatives
Create a program with fun activities to increase the intervals where the child searches for his pacifier . A child who relaxes or bored (not having something to do) will get a chance to whine for his pacifier.
2. If you consistently refuse to let go, leave of just a pacifier
And slowly start to scrape with something sharp. When you lose that smooth surface, it won’t be the same enjoyable.
3. Create new sleep routines
In order to fall to sleep very tired and don’t have a chance to look into it. For example, give him a warm milk, or another beverage that relieves and relaxes you before you sleep, or take a relaxing bath.
4. Let your child to take the same place in the process to stop
Give him options! In the beginning, build a program with pictures and tell him what time of the day (morning, noon, and night) I will use the pacifier. The same will choose and will put you in the time of the day (such.x. a sticker) that marks this option.
5. Reward the child when he is successful
Reward either verbally (e.x. “We’re proud that you’re growing up”) and expressing intense feelings, or acts, as a ride, make with cake, or to go together to the supermarket, to play in the yard, play pillow fight or make a drawing/ collage together.
6. Never use punishment or humiliation to force your child to stop using a pacifier.
7. Gather most of the pacifiers from the rooms of the house and leave only one that is always in his room.
In this way, you won’t see constantly pacifiers around for the asking, and will combine the space with a space of tranquility and relaxation for the use of pacifiers.
8. Finally, believe that you have to cut it off!
You have to believe that you as parents have the responsibility of stopping pacifiers, and your child is what you will need to be trained in this. Help your child learn to control his frustrations, explaining with words for the problem each time it arises. Let your child to express their feelings, if they are upset or angry, give him special attention and hugs to help you cope with the situation.
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How to be separated from the baby the pacifier without tears
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