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Try keeping her occupied with other things, like teething rings.

Hi Jamie, if my daughter had have had one it was only going to be for sleep time, being desperate sometimes i tried but it never stayed in, would wake her when it fell out and was more trouble than it was worth, i even found myself putting it in when she would cry laying on the floor playing with her toys or so, i am glad it never worked out actually cause she is a settled baby and doesn't need it, how old is ya baby? Just be strong and persevere, my daughter used to look for it sometimes at sleep time, it made me sad as its like she would have her mouth open and kinda be turning her head looking for it but that lasted a day or 2 only, Just keep it for sleep time and thats it, just amuse her at the start, distract her, play with her outside, have her looking at trees, my daughter loves the wind in her hair and looking at trees hah. Just full on keep her distracted, bright light toys, sit talk to her, take her mind away from it, is all i can think of and thats what i would do if i had too do it, walks in the pram, surely she wouldnt be lookin for it then, good luck

Thanks, Ally and Lesley- I never wanted to give it to her in the first place; the nurses in the hospital did, and DH kept it up. Grrr.

In my experience, thru SuperNanny, you need to do it cold turkey. It will be unpleasant for two days, but you won't drag the process out for months and it will be clear as day to your daughter that she is not getting the pacy anymore.

That's a tough question because babies NEED to suck. Your daughter is only about 5 months right? I think I would only try to give it at naps and bedtime. I don't have any personal experience with pacifiers though. Sorry.

I agree with Super Nanny - you're the adult, and if you don't give it to her - she doesn't have one! It's going to be unpleasant, but nobody said parenting was going to be all hugs, and laughs.

Wanted to add - just remember that she is a child, she doesn't understand how to reason, and deal with emotions the way an asult would, so don't feel like, oh my gosh she hates me! - she doesn't, no matter what, you know that little girl loves you to death, she's just reacting the only way she knows how.

I think I'm going to start gently weaning her from it...I don't want to go the cold turkey route, as that seems very harsh to me. No one said parenting would be all hugs and laughs, but that doesn't mean I need to disregard my daughter's need for comfort, either...y'know? So...I'll try the distraction method, and see how that goes. Thanks for all the advice!

Just wondering if that is actually your name or if your posting as me?

Jamie, it's less confusing to her if it's cold turkey. She may be happier and more comfortable in a shorter period of time rather than if you give it sometimes and not others.

Honestly, I've been trying the distraction method all day, and thus far it's worked. She hasn't even needed it for naps. So...we'll see.

Way to go:) She may not need it like you think. I always carried one around trying to stuff it in my son's mouth but he was like "get that thing outta here!".

LOL! I have tried to get my son to like the pacifier! He was colicky and is cranky, now he is teething. I can get him to take one very occasionally when he is agitated and almost asleep. He will not have anything to do with it.

Oh, I know the dependancy is in very early stages...but, since she's getting into that "everything goes in my mouth" phase, it was easy to give her something else to chew on. LOL

Oh my god. People, look - there are about 5.5 billion people on this planet, and the internet links all of them. I'm sorry if you feel less special knowing someone out there has the same name as you.

no, its not that! There was this other thread that got pretty nasty and someone said they were gonna start using people's names that post often to get more responses. Or something kiddish like that. My name was brought up in thier post.......