18 month old son still on pacifier?

What can I do to get my son off the pacifier? My oldest daughter was on hers till she was 3 and now has teeth problems..and will need braces this coming year(she's 8), my second(dd)..didn't really become addicted to them..so it was easy to get her off at 10 months old. But my son is showing a love of his pacifiers like his oldest sister and not showing any signs of wanting to toss them. I'm able to keep them away during the day(while he's awake) with no problem..he might have a fit here and there..but usually forgets about them. But when its nap time and bedtime, he knows he needs his pappies. Any suggestions? Or should I just let him be? I'm just worried about his teeth as they are becoming shaped like his oldest sisters. He only uses the gerber bulb pacifier..they look like a round rubber bulb on them. He will not take the orthodontic kind or the silicone type...just like my oldest did. My second daughter used the orthodontic type and didn't like the bulb type.

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I don't think there is any magic answer. Children under 3 years of age really can't understand any "reasoning" type of approach. There are many opinions at these links and you might find an idea there that will work for your and your son.

Keep in mind though that as adults most of us have our "soothers" of some sort - coffee, a cigarette, a drink at the end of the day, gum, a joint, chocolate, etc. He is just a little guy!

Best of luck with it. If it is any consolation, I think he will eventually give it up on his own.

Just throw them away...he will get use to the fact that they are not around.... He will cry but eventually he will get over it!!

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