What is a good age to stop the pacifier and start using a big boy bed?
I definitely would not do both at the same time. I would start with the pacifier. Cut a small slit in them to make them less interesting or take them away altogether. My pediatrician recommends a big boy bed only when they start climbing out of the crib. She says that it will save you from a lot of trouble with falling and getting out of bed in the middle of the night. I wish you lots of luck.
I don’t think its too early to do either. I would have taken away the pacifier quite a while ago- it would have made things easier probably. But you could either just make a huge deal about the big boy bed and just ditch the pacifier cold turkey, or you can cut off a tiny bit of the pacifier each day until its almost gone. They will lose interest quickly! But be prepared for a couple of hard days. I would give him a reward of some sort to get him also excited about the lack of pacifier and about the big boy bed- then it won’t be like losing something but rather about getting something new and exciting. Good luck!
Well do not do them both at the same time. I would start with limiting his pacifier to only bed time/ nap time. My son is 22 months old and we just started this- it was fine. He is very proud of himself when he gets to “put it up” for the day. Do this for a while and then it will need to just disappear one day… be prepared for lots of crying. We are going to get our son a toddler bed for his 2nd birhtday as well. I think it is going to be a battle of having to put him back in his bed a ton of times at first but just one of those things… Maybe start with just nap time in the big boy bed and if he likes it then make it his full time bed. Good luck!
I took the pacifier away at 2 1/2 and put my son in a toddler bed at 2. For his 2nd birthday, we bought him a Disney Cars bedroom set and he slept in the toddler bed that same night (his birthday)! He was so excited that I didn’t have to do anything special. With the pacifier, I was giving him a bath and forgot to attach it to his pj’s before he fell asleep and he never asked for it, so I never gave it back. Now only if potty training was as easy…
