Hi, a question to parents whose children use or used the pacifier. My 20 month old for months has been purposely (or not) throwing away his pacifier at various hours in the night and then calling for attention. Have tried leaving him crying for a certain time, explaining to him to keep hold of it etc etc.
My older child used a pacifier to 3 and would never in a million years use this tactic - he really loved his pacifier.
My 20 month old is very choosy about the type of pacifier ie still uses one brand in a small size and refuses anything else whereas older child would take any brand, any size.
My question is - anybody else gone through this and is it time to remove the pacifier? I'm thinking if he really treasured it, he wouldn't be throwing it away but then he does demand to have it at various other times during the day (which we are limiting). Any advice?
