A dummy (it is easier to say a pacifier) is everywhere next to the baby from birth. But there comes a time when it is necessary to wean the child from sucking a pacifier. At first glance, this is easy to do, but in practice everything turns out quite differently. The baby immediately starts to be capricious and cry, demanding the pacifier back. Therefore, parents are looking for an answer to the question: "How to wean a baby from a nipple"?
Why wean a child from a dummy
There are a number of downsides to prolonged sucking on a pacifier. These include:
- over time, there is a violation of the bite
- reduction of the sucking reflex
- violation of the diet
- the risk of infection in the oral cavity
- delayed psychomotor development.
In the first months of a baby's life, the nipple helps him fall asleep, soothes with colic in the abdomen and teething. But it is desirable from 9 months, when the child does not yet have a persistent dependence on the sucking reflex, to begin weaning from a dummy.
Gradual Failure Method
Try giving your baby a pacifier just before bed, and during the day try to limit sucking on the pacifier. Offer your child a game in which he does not touch his nipple during the day.
Suggest that your baby replaces the pacifier with something tasty, such as fruit or yogurt. Do not give harmful sweets, otherwise it will be difficult to wean them later. As a substitute, not only food can act, but also an offer to read a fairy tale, play your favorite games, etc.
If the child is over a year old, tell him about the dangers of a pacifier in a relaxed manner, without harsh statements.
If you can't immediately wean your baby off the nipple during the day, try to pick it up before an evening swim. So the baby will be distracted and will be less capricious and cry.
How can you wean from the nipple
- throw the pacifier into the trash bin with a baby
- weaning during teething or infectious disease
- lubricate the nipple with mustard or pepper
- forcibly take away the baby's pacifier
- not react to the child's tantrum
- damage the nipple in front of the baby
- screaming at the baby during weaning
- tell horror stories about the pacifier.
