Getting Rid of the Binky - San Antonio,TX

When my brother was 3 my Mom asked him if Santa could have his binky for another child. Ask her if the Easter Bunny could take her binky and give it to a child (baby) who doesn't have one. Because she is a big girl now and doesn't need it. This makes it her decision, as long as she knows she won't get a new one.

I agree that if you already have it down to just bedtime, I say leave it be for awhile...she will eventually outgrow it!

~Also, do NOT buy anymore, get rid of all but 1 of them and then when and if it gets lost...then it's gone?

A lot of people say to cut/poke holes in the tip of the binky, so that the suction won't work. Then they don't want it...

I think that if a child only uses it for nap/bed time, you could wait a little longer. I don't really agree with taking away things that calm kids down. We all have things that we are attached to and wouldn't want to give up.

I think she is doing good with the potty training! Way to go!

Our pedi compares the paci to a cigarette smoker. The less they have it (the less packs they smoke the better). I would cut down how often she has it. If she ask for it divert her attention and continue to do this as long as possible. Also maybe ask the daycare how naptime goes to isee if you can incorporate any of those things into your home routine. I have also heard of giving it away to another baby. Find a picture of a baby and talk with her over the week about whats going to happen. The box it off and send it to the "baby" who needs it. Then maybe put a prize in her room the next day as a thank you gift from the "baby". My two year old is the same way and Im not too concerned. The pedi said we dont have to worry about the teeth thing yet so the only other issue is people and their comments and I could care less. She's been potty trained since 18 months and been in a toddler bed since 18 months. She's advanced in a lot of ways so if this is how she's behind then it's fine by me. Good luck!

If she really wants it or still wants to suck she'll find something to suck on init's place; Fingers, thumbs, blanket corners, etc...sometimes binky's are not such a bad thing.

We cut the tips off of our binkies. Then, Aiden (3) wouldn't want it because when he sucked it it collapsed. Those binkies were known to him as "broke" and for a short while he just wanted to hold them for nap and night time, but after losing one here and there he totally got over it. It was a miracle because he was hooked on his bink! Even though he was down to only sleepy time bink, he wouldn't sleep without it (except for my sister because she just wouldn't give it to her and he knew that.)

Anyway, I hope this helps.

Well, after trying all of the decent things, we finally just took it away. We endured 3 nights of her waking up in a cold sweat and crying. It was like weaning her off of a controlled substance (one night she even had a fever, seriously). Just terrible. But after about three days, she moved on and everything was ok.

It had to go because it was becoming a choking hazard with her gnawing on it all the time...

Best to you,
C.Rochelle

Im in the same boat as you...my kid doesnt have her lovies or binky at daycare but has them at home for naps and bedtime. Sadly my kid has been CHEWING on hers and that has made lots of holes...she still wants it...but my next step is to cut the top off. I experimented once with a bitten one..when she put it in her mouth she said "mommy its broken"..I kind of told her it was that or nothing...she didnt want it (but tried) and gave up..sadly she found another binki in her room so I lost..darn it..but I am not in a hurry to get rid of the binki yet.

The Easter Bunny idea is really cute. My son also got to that point but he willingly gave it up. I was going to cut the top off if he didn't.

I haven't had to go through this, and my mother didn't have this issue with me. That said, I've heard that it's not the best idea to teach too many lessons at once--potty-training AND ditching the pacifier. Also, there are worse things than the pacifier, especially if she doesn't have it ALL THE TIME. She seems to be pulling away from it gradually. Maybe it's a good idea to let her do it in her time. My baby is three months old, and he takes his when he needs it. Usually, though, he lets me know that he does not want that thing in his mouth. They are pretty smart about telling us what they need.

My son will turn 3 in a few months and still uses his binky at night and for naps only...I'm hoping he'll outgrow it soon, I don't just want to completely take it away either...I'm going to just gradually try to get him to use it less and less and I also wonder if it really is that bad?

i have read where a mom tied all the binkies up in a tree from different strings so they binky fairy could come collect them to give to new babies that need them.

or you could cut the tips of the binkies and they wont suck as well so your little one wont like it!

I am assuming the binky is a pacifier.

We had the same issue. My daughter only got at naptimes and nighttime. She also did not sleep with it at school.

One weekend we went to my husband's uncle's house. We slept over. The next morning while we were downstairs the dog went upstairs and must have gotten my daughter's pacifier off of her toddler aero bed. He came downstairs with it in his mouth. It was very chewed up. My daughter (2.5 at the time) was laughing. We took it out of the dog's mouth. She gave it back to him. She thought it was a game. I made sure we took the remains home. When we got home and she got ready for her nap, she asked me for her pacifier. I had made sure we hid all of the extras. I told her that the dog had ate it. She looked at me like I was kidding. I went and got it. I showed it to her and repeated that the dog ate it. She got a very somber look. I asked her if she wanted me to hold her and she said no. She quietly laid down and was sad but never cried. Every day for the next week, we looked at the pacifier. Slowly she understood that the pacifier had been destroyed.

Every time we go over to the uncle's house she repeats how the dog ate the pacifier. She is now 3.5 years old.

FYI: We first tried cutting the ends off of the pacifiers but my daughter kept on sucking the pacifier. It did not affect her at all.