2 yr old .. trying to break from pacifier, and getting him to sleep in his own bed/bedroom?

My two year old has had a pacifier everyday and night since he was born and refuses to give it up. He also screams bloody murder if we put him in his own bed. He has his own room where all his toys are. But wont sleep in there. We attempted putting his bed beside ours and he still wont sleep on it. Any ideas on breaking from pacifier and our bed?

Answers:
First, let him have the pacifier...he will eventually lose interest as he gets older. He will see his peers are not using one and stop.

Second, try changing his bedtime and getting him up EARLY. Then when bedtime comes, read him a story in his bed, turn down the lights and talk softly. That way.. he falls asleep in his bed.

You know what show is great is Supernanny. She deals with this kind of stuff all the time. What she says is that if you take the pacifier away, you replace it with something else, like a sippy cup for example. Something to let him know he's a big boy. When she's done it on the show she highly praises the kids for giving up the pacifier and makes a big deal about the sippy cup.

As for the bed thing, it kinda sucks, but you just have to be adamant about them sleeping in their own bed, no matter how long it takes. They'll eventually fall asleep, and after a few days they'll sleep in their own bed. It's just those nights in between that are the hardest.

Good luck!

Start talking to him about big boys and what big boys do, explain that he is a big boy now and that the pacifier is only for babies and there are other babies out there that are waiting for his. He will be happy to give it to you if you are calm and make a fun game out of it. Later when he realizes that you don't have on to give him is when the fun starts. Don't I repeat don't replace it with something else or you will have the battle again. Anyway, the fussing about it will only last a couple of days. If you get him around an older child, then you don't have to be the villan, cause that kid will say the same thing you did, they are for babies, not big boys.

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2 yr old .. trying to break from pacifier, and getting him to sleep in his own bed/bedroom?

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