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One of my dcb's will be 2 in May. He has an attachment to pacifiers. He normally comes with 1 in his mouth a 2 in his hand. I promptly have him put them in his bag and at naptime I let him have 1. At home he has them all all the time. As soon as mom comes to pick up he drags everything out of his bag and looks for them. Today dad brought him and told me that he's down to 1 and that is the only one they have now because he's bitiing the end of the pacifier off. I told mom today that he's done with it here because I will not take the chance that he's going to bite the end and choke on it. She said that she's going to limit it at home from now on to only naptime to try and get him to go without it. I think she's nuts. What if he bites it at naptime and chokes on it and she thinks he's just sleeping? has anyone had this issue?
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My son had his way past two
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I don't pull any sort of attachment item until it's been done by the parents at home first, preferably over a weekend so the kiddo has a bit of time to adjust to the loss, but that's just my personal preference. -
That's the thing, he IS biting the tip right off of it. So at home, he has bitten and spit out the tip of the binky.My son had his way past two, and it was never a problem. I wouldn't worry about choking as long as there are no visible breaks in the plug and he isn't sitting there like, gnawing away on it.
I don't pull any sort of attachment item until it's been done by the parents at home first, preferably over a weekend so the kiddo has a bit of time to adjust to the loss, but that's just my personal preference.Comment
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That's my thinking. I was surprised that the mom was still going to let him have it. My thinking is, if he is okay to have it only at naptime here then he will give it up for good pretty easily. He has bitten the tips off about 5 or 6 of them so far. I'm just not willing to set him up for disaster here. It's the same as giving him a small lego to go to bed with really if he's biting the tips off. A choking hazard is a choking hazard. Man, how hard and long does he have to be chewing on that thing to bite it off. Man!Comment
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That is a safety hazard. NO MORE PACIFIERS!Comment
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Maybe he's teething?
My sons used to get cracked after they got old enough, just like bottle nipples can do so I had to keep an eye on them.
He never chewed on them though! That's just nuts. I'd give mom the bits and say no more, not only is it a choking hazard for him but what if he bites off an end and spits it out on the floor for another peanut to choke on!Comment
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I'm glad you guys don't think I"m nuts. I worry about him doing that and cannot believe that the mom and dad keep letting him do it. They just kinda laughed about it.Comment
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That's scary. It would be gone here too.Comment
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Oh wow! I pray nothing bad happens! I would take it away!!Comment
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when they get old they are easier to bite off the tip. You will see they are softer and actually bigger. If they are going to let him have them all the old ones need to be tossed and buy new ones...It:
: will waitComment
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Scary. I know you're taking it away, so I just hope nothing happens while he's with his parents
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We'll see what happens tomorrow. He's not scheduled for today. I absolutely will not give him one. He only has it 2 hours out of a 9 hour day, so I think he'll survive. I pray that they do the same, because I will worry about it when he's at home.Comment
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Do you think letting this DCM know [this morning] that her child will not be permitted to have binky at all tomorrow, is a good idea? Maybe she'll try it today at home? :: maybe not.....
You could ask her to no bother bringing it at all, leave it in the car. Hopefully I am not repeating other posters, I did not read all of them.Comment
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Most definately. I did tell her yesterday that he would be done with it here. So, hopefully she is throwing it away at home. These are a couple of our texts yesterday.Do you think letting this DCM know [this morning] that her child will not be permitted to have binky at all tomorrow, is a good idea? Maybe she'll try it today at home? :: maybe not.....
You could ask her to no bother bringing it at all, leave it in the car. Hopefully I am not repeating other posters, I did not read all of them.
Me:, Thanks for the headsup. That makes me nervous. Do not want him choking. Are you going to stop giving it to him at home? I just checked on him sleeping and he had spit the pacifier out, so I put it back in his bag. If that's what he's doing, then I wont' be giving it to him at nap anymore. (this is the only time he has it here)
Her: He has them when he is up at home he likes to go to bed hangong onto them. Silly kid. Once he is asleep, he spits it out.
Me: Well here he won't have them anymore.
Her: Sounds good. WE'll gie y an update as to how he's doing at home.
End of text. So I guess I told her a couple of times that he won't be having it here anymore. I was surprised (well not really considering this is her) that she was kinda making a haha oh "silly kid". Yea, real silly when he bites it off and chokes to death. Gaa!Comment
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