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DCM said no more pacifier for 10.5 mob. I am working on it, but not only is he new to program, the weather limits out time outdoors and he is inbetween giving up am naps. How have some of you worked this out between children and parents?
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The parent does the removing, not me. I recommend, if they ask, they remove it on the weekends and not bring one back to daycare.
Removing children from pacis, bottles, potty training etc should all at least be initiated by the parents.
Sounds like the parents want you to do their job for tem! -
Just throw it away, 3 days w/o and you're done. Are you sure you want to stop morning nap? 10 months is kinda young, usually they are 18-20 months for me to stop them.I see little people.Comment
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I de-pacified a kid, but he was almost 2. Dcps were on board with it, but I believe he was still getting it at home. But he did great here, he was going on vacation, I told him paci was going on vacation, too, only it wasn't returning, there was only one day of nap time sadness & he was over it.Comment
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I decide when the child will be done with the pacifier here. Many times parents decide that they want their child transitioned from bottle to sippy cup, off the Binkie or potty trained. They say they are working on the task at home but really expect us to do all the work. When a parent asks or demands something I simply tell them I will work on it but real work won't start until I see improvement from work at home. When they ask about progress I throw it back at them and tell them it must not be going well at home bc it's difficult here and that it would be smoother if more work was done at home. I have transitioned kids off the bottle and off the Binkie with out a parents request many times. It all depends on what I think the child can handle in my care.
Now if you feel the child can handle this then break cold turkey and keep busy. Paint, dance, race.....anything to keep the child's mind off the pacifier and to poop them out! Good luck!!!!!!Comment
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Honestly, it sounds like they are expecting too much of him at once! 10 months old, only one nap, new daycare and no pacifier? I say one thing at a time. 10 month old probably still needs a second nap, but each kid is different.
I tend to be more go-with-the-flow. I do things when it seems the child is ready.
If it seems he can do without the pacifier, I'd give it a try. But with the other changes it will likely be difficult. If this is dcm's decision she should be the one to do it not you.Comment
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make sure the dcp's are REALLY giving up the paci at home, can't tell you how many times we gave up paci here only to have dck walk in with one in their mouth months later and find out they never followed thru at home. I would tell them to start on a Friday evening and update you on how it went on Monday morning and take it from there. I wouldn't be so quick to give up the morning nap, that is young to do that if they are in your care a full day. I am just transitioning a 15 month old now.Comment
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Ditto what the others said: 10 months is early for a one-nap transition. I'd advise cutting the morning nap to 30-45 minutes, but not getting rid of it yet.
Taking the pacifier before the bottle WILL backfire! I promise you. My oldest son ditched his at 9 1/2 months because of a terrible cold, so I thought "why not?" Bad idea! Getting his bottle away from him was quite an ordeal at 15 months. I learned my lesson after that.
You can limit the pacifier to bed, but I honestly would wait until he truly is ready for one nap before ditching it all together. He should also be 100% cup trained first.Comment
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I'm not a fan of paci's in a daycare setting to begin with. It's just a huge germ magnet in my eyes, unless the thing is always in the kid's mouth... but almost always the child is spitting it out somewhere and someone else picks it up and plunks it into their own mouth - YUCK!
So... I always remove the paci here first. I transition it down to naptime only almost immediately. Then I'll conveniently "forget" to give it to them during naptime and then I'm done with it all together. I've had many, many kids who don't take a paci here but do at home.
I've had the best luck taking it way when the kids are transitioning to just one nap a day. They are usually tired enough, they don't even realize they don't have their paci.Comment
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I tend to ditch a pacifier the minute a new DCK starts here. It makes it soooo much easier.Comment
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