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[quote=Anonymous]DS is 22 mos and the pacifier has been for sleep only since around 12 mos. Since he's in a pretty cooperative phase right now, we decided to try dropping the pacifier. Daycare "forgot" it for a few naps and that has been fine. I then "forgot" it at bedtime, and also pretty smooth: both nights so far DS has asked for it, but when I said it was gone, he just rolled over and went to sleep. However, both nights he then woke up 3-4 hours later crying and asking for the pacifier. It's not his angry "I don't want to be in bed" cry, it's not a pain cry, it's this very soft cry combined with a super-sad face and whispering "binkie? binkie?" like he's lost and confused. I tried patting and cuddling DS to soothe him, but to no effect.
So far the requests have been too heart-melting to resist and I've given DS his pacifier, after which he went right back to sleep for the night. I am thinking I'll wait until no-pacifier napping and bedtime have become standard and see if the 11pm requests disappear on their own, but has anyone else had this experience, where bedtime is fine but DC wants the pacifier in the middle of the night?[/quote]

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