My son never liked the pacifier, my daughter seemed to love it, but lately doesnt want anything to do with it?

Your friends are silly. My son liked one from age 2 months to 6 months, then spit it out and never wanted it again. And yes, I considered myself lucky. But my mom would constantly give it to him and even clip it to his outfit. I guess my sister and I were very much into pacifiers and she associates it with infancy somehow.

My daughter, on the other hand, is a stone cold paci addict at 11 months. I am trying to gradually have her use it a bit less and less and I certainly wouldn't force it on her.

If she doesn't want it don't give it to her. You're friends are going to have a difficult time breaking the binky habit. Pacifiers aren't good for children. They create malformations and can cause problems with speech later on. It's better to break it now. I see children who are 3 and 4 years old with a pacifier in their mouths and I often shake my head. A child past the age of one does NOT need a pacifier, but this is just my opinion as a former navy dental tech. good luck to you.

I work at a daycare so I've seen 3 and 4 year olds with pacifiers, 2 year olds who don't want to talk because of their pacifiers, and 1 and a half year olds who already have awful messed up teeth.

Before my daughter was even conceived I told myself that she wouldnt have a pacifier past 6 months.

She's 3 and a half months and she hasn't been interested in her pacifiers since she was 6 or 7 weeks old. After that, she started making faces when i tried to give it to her lol. I've totally stopped offering them to her. I got a few weird looks when I told her daycare that I didn't want her to have one anymore, but hey, I dont wanna keep offering it til she decides she likes it! Dealing with a 2 year old who has jacked up teeth and won't spit their pacifier out to eat is NOT in my agenda!

I never used a pacifier when I was a baby and my friend threw out his pacifer when he was like 10 months old ahaha.

It's fine!

Some babies need to cuddle with a blanket to sleep, some don't like being covered, but it doesn't mean anythings wrong with them. WIC recommends not putting your baby on a pacifier anyways, so be happy you won't have to fight them to get them off it.

Just make sure they don't stick their fingers in their mouth instead, because that can give them crooked teeth.

My first loved her paci until around 5 months. She just stopped caring about it. When my second was born, she had a renewed interest in the paci, but only if we were giving it to the baby. Long story short, if she doesn't want it, she doesn't want it. A baby doesn't need a paci.

just doesn't want it or somethings wrong. its not your fault. if the child wants something than they want it. if they dont care for it than they wont keep it.

She is tired of Sucking.