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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get them on board now. My newly 3 year old charge is still using pacis for her nap and bed time. It's such a pain in the ass and she's way too old for it.[/quote]

The 3.5 yr old I work with used a pacifier (not just for sleeping) until almost 2.75. We got her off of it pretty easily. All was good for about 6 months, then she started sucking her thumb. She does it ALL the time now, like if you don't say anything to her it could be in her mouth for hours straight. I have been working with her to stop doing it, by praising her when she does not and showing other ways for her to comfort herself without the thumb, but I only have her for 6 hours one day and 3 on another (where she is usually napping most of it). The mom never tries to get her to stop. The mom also still gives her milk from a baby bottle a few times a day. I have been working on using sippy cups made for older children, and open plastic cups for water and she does just fine. But she is so into the habit of the bottle and the mom refuses to do the switch herself, saying she does it for the comforting factor. I could understand that for certain occasions, but not 3-4 times a day. She now throws tantrums when she doesn't get a bottle or if the right kind of cup is not used for water.[/quote]

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