Books on Getting Rid of Binky?

When trying to get rid of my daughters paci I was amazed that I couldn't find any books on the subject. So I'll be intrigued to see the suggestions. We also did the paci fairy and it did the job. Another good one I heard was going to a place like Build-A-Bear and having the child put the paci in the bear. Good luck!!

Hi J.!
I hear ya, girl! My twin boys just turned 2 last week and they, too, only have their pacifiers at nap and bed. Every time I think of taking it away at a certain age, when that time comes I just can't do it. I think I am the one with the problem. I just want them to stay babies for as long as possible!! And I think, too, that if they were thumb suckers they would still be doing that. In my opinion, they are still babies at this age. It isn't affecting their speech because they only have it when they sleep and our pedicatrician hasn't said a word about it. I think kids are forced to grow up to fast and I want mine to be able to stay babies as long as possible. I might be alone here but I say just let them have until they have reached the maturity to be able to reason with them. I thought I would take my boys' away at 2 and now that that is here I'm just not ready, Yes...I realize I just said "I" am not ready but so be it. When I hand them that paci at bed time and the giggle and smile when they see it, I just melt. They are attached to it and it comforts them and I don't see anything wrong with letting them have it for a little longer while they sleep. Good luck!!!

hi J.,

There are a few Paci Fairy stories out there but quite honestly my daugther wasn't buying any of it - I found you cannot rationalize with a 2 1/2 yr old about giving up such an important possession and my daughter just wasn't able to plan ahead for such an event.

I finally explained to her that this was her last paci, (got rid of all extra ones) and pretty soon it wouldn't work so good anymore because it was getting worn out and paci would then need a long nap, and when that happened we would put it up in a safe place to keep for her.

I then cut a small hole in the tip of the paci (okay go ahead and flame me, probably not totally safe) be sure to watch that your twins don't get any 'chunks' from their broken paci. But they will not be interested in sucking on it that way and very soon notice that the paci no longer works and bring it to you to 'fix it' at which time you can remind them it's time to put the paci away for a long nap.

We put our daughter's paci away in a special little dish up in the cupboard, let her kiss it goodnight and 'tuck it in' and once in awhile she'd ask to 'visit her paci'. I explained she could not put it in her mouth but she could look at it and hold it and then it would need to go back to its special little bed. She loved doing this and found it very funny later on to see that faded old picture of Baby Big bird on the other side of the paci.

Of course the next time we were in the store she expected me to buy her a new one - but I told her that because she was almost 3, the store would not sell it to us. (again a fib, sorry but it worked).

She never cried for it once - and she was VERY attached to it!

good luck

W

Don't have a book, but we talked about a Binky Fairy and it worked WONDERS! Like tooth fairy the Binky Fairy takes the Binky and leaves the child a "gift" and we made it into a giving thing with my son. The Binky Fairy took the Binky to a special baby he knows (far away friend who had just had a baby) because she needed them and he was a big boy now. It worked really well and he felt good about giving up the beloved Binky (not to make little of it...it was a tough sell at first..but after a few days he was proud to help the baby by giving her his binky!) Good luck, hard thing for them to give up!

We wrapped our Daughter's pacis in a box and put it under the tree for Santa....

He left her a big girl bed in return!! So maybe Santa can leave a "BIG" present for the boys in return!

She only asked about her Paci's one time after that, and i just reminded her that we had to send them with Santa for other babies and he left her the cool big girl bed!

She's convinced that she helped by donating her pacis to other babies. Which is a great lesson to teach a child too!

There is one called No More Pacifiers. It has 10 babies with pacifiers disappearing one at a time when you turn the pages. It talks about all the things that you can do without a pacifier.

I have no clue about books on binkies but wanted to tell you something I just found with my daughter... hopefully this may apply to you as well!!!

My daughter is now 27 months and about a month ago I was feeling guilty that she still took a bottle against all medical advice from her Dr since she was 1 year old. So I did the same as you and cut them out except at nap and bedtime at 2years. She was capable of drinking from a straw, sippy and even regular cup but still wanted her bottle since just over 1 year.

Well, being that she is my last child I did not push very hard. Finally one day I took it away at nap time, she cried for about 2 minutes and that was the end of all bottles. She has not had one since then. It turned out it was more me who was having a hard time giving it up and not her! lol Try one nap time and see what happens! Oh yeah, I also told her the bottle fairies came and took it... seen that advice awhile ago on here. I do not think she understood what a fairy was but she knew someone took what was hers and said byebye ba when I told her it was all gone. Hmmmmmm, why did I not do it sooner!! lol

Good luck and blessings to you and yours!

I never read a book about. My daughter was down to 2 "bobo's" (that's what she called them) and one day we just go rid of them when she was 2 years old. I kind of tricked her and convinced her that she had thrown them out. She started telling everyone that she was too big for a "bobo" and she threw it out. She had a little bit of a hard time, nothing major, but she did look for it for a few days, especially at bed time. I've also heard about parents dipping the pacifiers in something that didn't taste well but wasn't harmful to them. The kids would eventually not want it anymore. Others have also put a tiny hole so the pacifier wouldn't work anymore (the suckiing would dimish). Good luck in whatever you try.

I'm getting ready to yank that thing from my son soon...ha! My girlfriend who has already done this with twins had a great point - she said you don't just give a smoker a cigarette at naptime and bed do you? Yikes, she's right...I think I'm just prolonging the process by doing the same thing you are...she had her twins go cold turkey and said it was a few days of crying and then no more. My first never took one and he's my last so I'm in the same boat as you....I'm going with the cold turkey route.

Hi There!

I read my 3 year old No More Pacifiers but she thought the babies were nuts for giving up their paci's! I did the paci fairy... we finally set a date and that night she put all her paci's in a big pink bag and we left them by the front door, I took all the paci's and threw them away and replaced the bag with a princess Barbie and fairy stickers. I put confetti all over the floor and the bag and a special note to my daughter from the fairy telling her all about how her paci's will help other babies... she was so excited at 4am when she decided to run downstairs and see what the paci brought but I have to tell you, it was not easy. It took a good week or two to get her to stop crying at night... The best part was she told me to call the paci fairy and as I was thanking the fairy she grabbed her fake phone and called her as well and said "Paci Fairy, thanks but I want them back now!!" ha ha. I think its great that you are starting now it will make it much easier. Best of luck to you!

My youngest son is 16 months, he had a paci until he was 12 months. I just cut a hole in the tip of all of them and he would suck on it, but it wasn't working, so he would throw it down in frustation. That was that, it took two days and they were gone, never came up again! Until one day he was playing over by the stairway, where I keep a vase, he was very quiet, I peeked around the corner and he was holding a paci, examining it, he would stick it in his mouth, then throw it down, it was so funny, I call him my little squirrel, he was storing it for future use!

We didn't read any books, we just gave them to Santa. My husband and I explained that the binkies needed to be given to the new babies being born and that was that.

My daughter left hers on a plate for Santa on Christmas Eve. My son gave his to Santa during a visit. They were in a ziplock baggie.

I took pictures and made a HUGE deal about it. They still remember to this day that they gave them to the babies.

They asked for them randomly after giving them up but not much. We just reminded them of what we did and all was well.

Good Luck!

My kids were both binki users. After 2 they got them only at bed time. At about 2 1/2 what I did is I just kept telling them that pretty soon they would be to big for the binki and that we would have to give it up. Each day for a couple of weeks I told them this. With my 1st I told him that there were new babies at the hospital that needed his binks since he was now a big boy. So one day we put them into a plastic bag and I told him I was going to take them to the hospital to drop them off. He said his goodbyes and did fine without them. He loves cars so he got a new hotwheels. My niece was having a baby and I told my daugter that after the baby was born that we were going to give the binkis to her for the new baby since she was a big girl now and not a baby anymore. So when the baby was born we gave my niece the binkis. She did it herself and did fine after that. I think just letting them know that its going to be time soon and that they are no longer babies they got the idea. My daughter also received a new stuffed animal for giving her binkis up and she sleeps with it every night. Her new security item. I find that letting them know a little ahead of time helps alot. I also had friends that use to cut pieces of the binki off a little at a time and as it got less and less to suck on the kids gave it up within a couple of days. I was always afraid that they would bite a piece off and choke on it so I was to chicken to try that one. Good luck with whatever you try.

Hi J.,
Oh I feel your pain! I have 3 1/2 year old twin boys and they were sooooooo attached to their binkys. I just kept telling them, that we have to send the binkys to Santa, so he can give it to a baby that needs it. Then he will send you a present, or we can go to the toy store and pick out a toy. It did work, (it took a few months of that story), they were about 2 1/2 when they finally gave them up. Good Luck!