Dag Blasted Binky!!!!

sounds crazy but--snip off the rubber part and leave the "binky" around. when she finds them--she'll notice that the "Binky" doesn't have the rubber part anymore and she'll give it up real quick.
***When you snip it off do it when she sleeping.

Best of luck.
M.

Never enter into a battle of wills with a charismatic 2 year old. You will lose. Let her have the binky-- she either really does want them, or she's just trying to exercise a little control over her life. Either way, this isn't something to fight about.

Ok, as a mother of a 3 year old that got rid of her binki at almost three I can tell you......let them get rid of it themselves. I tried over and over and over again, and I was the one that suffered. The day that my girl decided she was going to get rid of it, I never heard the word binki from her again. From that day, she prides herself and tells everyone what she did with it. A week before going to the beach she told my mom she was going to throw it in the ocean to the baby mermaids......We went to the beach and she did just that......She never asked for it again. I love the idea of giving it to santa.....another thing is....a letter to your daughter from the binki princess.......Hello my lil one....A baby princess is in need of your binki...please put your binki in this envelope and put it on the counter.....then when she goes t bed....take it outside and put it in trash or away for keepsakes......by the time she finds the note she will be older.....it wont matter....

I think the Disney store lets you "trade" them in for merchandise. (You pay when child is not looking). You may want to call your local store first just to double check. OR, if she has a vivid imagination, you could try the binky fairy. You tie the binkies to the branches of a tree, and when she wakes up, she has little toys there instead. Good Luck!
A.

We had the same problem, though my son calls them Bops.

We solved it in one night, with the help of the "Bop Fairy."
For a few days, I told him that the Bop fairy was coming and she would collect all of his bops and take them to the babies that needed them. In return, he would get presents for being such a nice, BIG boy. The day that the bop fairy was coming, we collected all of the bops from the house and made a game about finding them and putting them in the basket. I talked about her all of the time and made up stories about her to get him excited. That night, we left the basket out in the hall in front of his bedroom. When he woke up, there were presents and a note from the bop fairy. He has never asked for a bop again.

Good luck to you!

My girls weren't binky fans, but my sister used the binky fairy idea with my youngest nephew. She told him that big boys don't need a binky and that there are little boys n girls that don't have any. At bedtime he would put his binky under his pillow and in the morning it would be gone. *I can't recall if the fairy left a gift for this or not.* It worked great with him and he felt good thinking that he had done a good thing for those little children.

Good luck!!

Hi B., I had to laugh! Really, those days of "War against the Binky" are so treasured now in my heart as I now enjoy the "Mom you will never understand and are way to Lame for words" stage. All three of my girls had binky issues and used to "sandbag" them all over the house. All you can do is keep taking them and making sure that she can't get YOURS back so that you exhust her supply. Once her supply is done and gone prepare for a rough night or two. By the third day as long as you don't talk about it, the binky will be just a blast in her past. Enjoy these days, they go by far to quicky...and there are far too few of them! Best wishes.

Hi

My daughter used the binky until she was 3--she is fine.
Choose your battles carefully.
Best of luck!!

Have a great day!

D.

Hi! I am late and you seem to have made "peace" with the binky!! :-) But I thought I would put my 2 cents in...my dentist says it doesn'ty affect their mouths until they are three and I found that at that point you can reason with them better. My middle son was TOTALLY addicted to the binky. At 2 I said it was just for bed...sometimes he would ask to get into his crib or go to his bed(when we moved him) to have a little time with it?! I think he needed it. When he turned three I told him if he wanted to have a Chuck e Cheese B-day party he'd have to give the binky to Chuck E! It worked like a charm! Best of luck!!

My neice was the same way.....Finally (she was 3) the old "Give your binky to Santa so he can give it to another baby girl who needs it" trick worked. My brother made it into a big game. They collected them all put them with the milk and cookies Christmas morning, and he said "We gave them to Santa, remember?". She said "OH yeah" and that was it.
She was 3, and maybe understood a little better then a 2 year old, but it worked. You could start the build up now....
Good luck

This is so funny cause this was happening to my son too... He is 2 and we took all his binky's away started a new bed time routine with out them..somehow the binky is in his mouth in the morning... it is a mystery to me where he is possible stashing them... I have checked his whole crib and have found nothing... if you firgure out their little secret of where they are hiding their binky please let me know!

If it makes her happy why fight it? We all have our soothies and if it were a blankie would you make her throw it out? Think about it from a different stand point, if she said "mommy, give me your favorite pair of jeans right now because you don't need them anymore. You are a big girl and we wear dresses. Say bye bye to them right now." Wouldn't you go through the trash to get them out? She will eventually stop doing it on her own. And there are no kids in first grade with a binky that I know of! LOL!

I don't really have any advice for you but just had to tell you that you really made me laugh!!! so thanks for that and good luck with the binki...(we just took them one day, they never really had a problem with it b/c they were young) and have a good night!!!

Sorry, B., I think the binky won. When our child #3 was 2, she didn't have a binky, but she loved to drink apple juice from a bottle. I would pour some, and she'd run around all day with the bottle. She even broke through a few nipples because she held the bottle in her teeth. I remember my mom telling me how AWFUL that was, and how I was probably going to ruin her for life because I allowed her to have a bottle to suck on. Truth was, I was pregnant and I sure wasn't going to take away her bottle, that she enjoyed, when there was about to be another baby around who would have a bottle at daycare. ... I don't really remember when she quit bothering with it, but when she gave it up, she gave it up. No problems. and it didn't ruin her for life. She's a charming and intelligent 15 yr old now. No binkys, No bottles hanging out, she doesn't even chew gum on a regular basis.

I'd be inclined to let your daughter win this round. Save your energy for something where you draw a line in the sand and definitely do NOT want her to cross it -- like a safety issue. She's 2. she needs to win a few rounds, too. This one will make you look back and laugh yourself silly when she's walking down the aisle in a long white dress.

B. E If she gets comfort from the binky and she is only using it at nap and bedtime what harm is it. Believe me she will not go to school with her binky. I would not advise letting her walk around the streets using it but to sleep with especially if it gives her comfort let it go. A mother of 3 but only 2 used the binky. J.

Both of my boys (ages 3 1/2 and 19 months) both get pacifiers - they each have 1 that stays in their beds. This is the only time they're allowed to have them. I tell them, if they want their "nuks" they have to go to bed. It actually works out for us with our younger because then he looks forward to naps and bedtime. Our older one I would really love for him to give it up, but I know in time he will. I figure this one thing that really comforts him just isn't so bad and isn't worth the power struggle and tears!!!

We had my niece leave all of the "binkies" for Santa so that he could give them to the new babies. In exchange, Santa brought her a big girl present that she really wanted. It worked like a dream. She just turned 16 and I haven't seen her with a binky since she was 2!
Good luck.
G.

We never used pacifiers with our kids, so I don't have first-hand knowledge, but my 3 1/2 yr old niece just gave hers up a few weeks ago. She collected all of them for "the new babies at the hospital." Surprisingly, it worked! Good luck!

Good morning! We, too, were at our wits end. Then our doctor gave us some great advice. Find something your daughter would really like to have. Go to the store that carries it - let a cashier know what you are going to do - and allow your daughter to "pay" for the item in binkies. We've never turned beck! Worked like a charm! Good luck. I know how frustrating that exact situation is!

B.,

What a great name, BTW.

I worry about the same thing as my 18 month old is addicted to hers. I have two ideas around this.

To wean me, my mother started putting rules around it. I wasn't allowed out of the house with it. Then I wasn't allowed to have it during the day. And so on and so forth until finally, she eliminated it from bedtime.

The other idea is from SuperNanny. Tell your daughter that there are babies with no binkies and she is a big girl and should give them to the babies. Put them all in a bag and leave them for the binky fairy (SN tied the bag to a tree, but whatever works for you). The next morning, your daughter will awaken to find her binkies gone and a new desired toy in their place.

You can also take heart in the fact that assuming you aren't purchasing any more, if you keep pitching them, eventually her stash will run out!

HTH,

C. - also a single mom!

we gave ours to Santa - on the plate with the cookies... He got a "big kid" train that he really wanted. He only cried about it for about 10 minutes the next night...

good luck

I too had trouble getting my daughter to give up her binky. What we ended up doing was going to a build-a-bear workshop and letting her pick out an animal. Then before they sewed it shut, my daughter put her binkies in the animal. This way we told her she could always have her binkies, but we never had to worry about her using them again. We talked about the plan for a couple of weeks before and then one day when we were at the mall, she decided she wanted to do it. For the first night, it was hard but she had her build a bear and each night got better.
Good luck

I understand your frustration, but to be honest, she's only two! She's still very much a baby & having a binky during nap & bed time will not cause her harm (especially if you use an orthodontic binky such as Born Free, EcoBinky, Nuk...).

Around 18 mos or 2 yrs we started to wean our daughter off of it during the day. Unless she was sick or teething, she pretty much only got it at nap/bedtime.

When she was about 2 1/2, since SHE was ready, we talked about it a lot & then made a deal w/ Santa that she'd leave her binky's for him, so that he could give them to all the babies who didn't have any, and in exchange, he'd leave her a very special, big girl gift. He left her a tricycle under the tree that year. And it worked out well b/c she was ready.

As long as her speech isn't impaired (which almost never happens unless it's in her mouth 24/7 AND she's over 3 yrs old), I really don't think it's anything to be overly concerned with, myself.

Again, I really do understand your frustration, but this seems to be something that she really needs at this point still. If it were me, I would try to wean her off of it unless she's in bed and start giving her something else to occupy herself with or give her extra, extra attention, etc...

Don't worry--she'll give it up when she's ready to!
Good luck!