Last night, I began the process of weaning my 14 month old son from his pacifier. (Refer to blog on October 14, 2011 for reasons to wean and source for weaning technique). I took all of his pacifiers and poked seven holes in them with a large pin. The idea is to for the pacifier to flatten when he sucks on it and make it less enjoyable. Then, as usual, I placed 5 pacifiers in his crib for night time sleep.
After story time, I tucked my son into his crib at 7:20pm like always and said goodnight. He took a pacifier in his mouth and lay down. He was quiet for a while but began crying at 7:30pm. This was unusual. He usually either cries right away for a few minutes when I leave the room or just goes down quietly. My husband's theory is that he tried all the pacifiers and found them to be "defective" and started crying.
Overall though, my son had a good night's sleep. He slept until 6am without a peep. As for his naps, there were no noticeable differences from the previous days.
There will be no changes made to the pacifier tonight. I will provide updates tomorrow on pacifier weaning day 2.
As a side note: I have been putting my son in his crib with a small plush bear for three months now in hopes that he would use the bear for comfort before and after he is weaned from the pacifier.
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