Getting Rid of the Pacifier.

My son has recently gotten rid of his pacifier. I loved the idea of a "binky fairy" but he could care less & we tried goodbye party with no success. What did work was providing all sorts of other oral stimulation & he got "rid" of it himself. We went to the party store & bought lots of different horns, whistles, flutes, harmonica's, bubble blowers, balloons, etc. Each time he wanted the pacifier, we offered a new oral toy. Each kid is different, but this really worked for me.
Good Luck.

My 28 month old was in love with his pacifier but the pediatrician told me 24 months was the limit. I progressed from nap and bedtime only, to bedtime only, to one night it disappeared and now he has been "binky free" for more than 7 months. We are attempting the same with my 17 month old now. When he would ask for it I would not respond. I would change the subject. If you respond in any way it gives them a wedge, so don't even acknowledge it, it only makes it worse. Seems harsh I know but it works. If you don't respond they have no way to continue the fight and soon they will forget.

Hi P.,

I saw a neat way of getting rid of pacifiers on TV once... The parents took the kids to Build-A-Bear, and at the very end of the session, before the Bear is sewn up, the kids placed their pacifiers inside. That way, they still had something to hold onto and to offer comfort when they're stressed.

Hope this helps!

i hear you can buy that stuff you put in kids thumbs to help them to stop sucking it. You put it on the binky like the thumb and they will be turned off by it, or another is to poke a hole in it so the kids cant suck it
GOOD LUCK

Hi P., we felt the same way with my daughter....we wanted to get rid of it for good. We put Cod Liver Oil on it and she never wanted it again. As a kid, my mother gave me teaspoons of this...it is actually very good for your skin and immune system, BUT IT TASTES HORRIBLE! You can buy tablets...prick one and put it on the end of both pacifiers. I told my daughter that "binkys just go bad....when you get too old they stop tasting good!" When she initally put it in her mouth she gagged, but then she pulled it out and swore never again. I have had other mothers try it and it always works....then when they ask for it offer the one that tastes bad and they won't take you up on it. The one thing is that you must find all their hidden pacifiers around the house....so they won't find one that still tastes normal.
Hope this works for you.
S. R.

For my older son it took me until he was 3 turning 4 to get rid of his paccy. He would not let it go for nothing in the world. But I found something that might work since it worked for me. I started giving him a blanket that he still sleeps with till this day and he now 8. But he let that pacifier go within two days of me switching it with the blanket. Hope that it works for you too. GOOD LUCK

Hi P. I read somewhere that when getting rid of the pacifier the only way to do it is "cold turkey". I was lucky neither one of my girls would take the pacifier.

I know that no one wants to hear this cause i didnt but I just took it away from my daughter Elise when she was about 2 1/2. It was honestly 2 nights of crying for about an hour and a half then she would just pass out. that was it. she was done and we were shocked! it was the best thing we ever just did. but if you do it this way remember make sure all the pacifiers are gone cause if they see them you will have to start all over again.
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!

I have, a now 4 year old, who was very attached to her pacifier. Some advice that I was given by a good friend who had the same problem. was to cut a small slice in it. So when they suck on the pacifier it colapses and they don't get that satisfaction from it. The key is, when they bring it to you and they say that it is "broken" tell them that it is now dangerous and that they should throw it out. Have them throw it out so it can't come back on you. I did that and when my daughter asked me where it was i reminded her that it was broken and "she" threw it out. I was lucky and she accepted that and we were rid of the pacifier. Good luck!!!

My husband & I threw a small "Bye Bye Binky" party for our son- who it was very hard to get him off of. We got him a small present, and he threw it in the garbage, and didn't look back. You just have to make sure that all of the binky's are thrown away; they can be found anywhere (under the couch, bed, etc.).

Hi! My name is J. and I hope I can offer some advice that might be of use. A friend of mine was having the same issue, so I suggested that she get rid of the pacifiers one night(without telling the children) and leave a toy for each child in place of the pacifiers. We explained to the children that the pacifier fairy had come and taken the pacifiers (because they were BIG kids now) and given them toys in thier place.
They loved it and never asked for a pacifier again. It was great. Although, I do have to admit, it was a little too easy. I think her children were ready to get rid of them- They werent using them for any reason besides to be quiet while shopping or to stop them from fussing.

I hope this helps. Good Luck!

-Oh, another friend had a small party (cake and everything) and part of the party was for the children to throw away their pacifiers (all by themselves) and get a gift for doing it.
Strange, but it also worked for her.

I have a friend that told her son that on a certain date ( let's say Oct 1st) the pacifier fairy was going to com pick up his pacifier so that a new baby who was being born could have it. She started telling him about a week in advance and whenthe night came they put all of the pacifiers in the house out on the windowsill. The next morning the pacifiers were gone and her son remembers it as a positive experience!
I hope this helps you, good luck!!!

Try limiiting the use of the pacifier to phase it out..like have the children only use it in the car or when they go to sleep.

They are old enough to bargain with, I am going to have to deal with this when my daughter is older, she loves her binky, mostly when she is tired though. See if they can use it at night, if they want it in the day, offer sugar free lollypops. When they ask for them say they are for bedtime, and say if they wait they can have a lillipop, or something they love. We both are at an advantage, a binky you can take away, a thumb you cannot. My husband is a dentist, and although binkies are not the best thing for oral devolopment, it is better than a thumb. I say bargain away, kids are super smart, but switch the candies (use sugar free as often as possible)so they dont expect a strawberry jolly rancher each time. For each day they go without binkies, they get to put a sticker by their name. Amounts of stickers add to prizes, geting to eat dessert first, getting a dollar for each 5 stickers, you know where I am going. Stickers work wonders... the points system can be used to get them motivated to potty, clean the room... it gives them something for their work. Let me know how it goes.

With both my kids, I did the same thing and it worked. Mine were about 2 and the doctor said it was bad for there teeth and was causing then to go buck. She was playing with it and had put it down at this time I took it and had already hidden all of them. When she was looking for it and asked where it was I told her she lost it, and played dumb. I played the "you lost it" game, I made it look like it was lost and looked around, she cried for it but I kept saying I don't know where it is, its lost, its gone.. At night she really wanted it so I gave her a bear to comfort her and made it seem as if the bear was sooo great. She cried for a hour, whining really. The next day the same she asked for it, I said I don't know, where did you put it? This only happened for 2 days and she forgot about it. She didn't ask for it for awhile and if he see's someone with it I now tell her its for babies and she's a big girl and I still say I don't know where it it, she has forgotten about it now. Sounds kinda mean but it worked for both my kids. Makes them think they misplaced it and mommy is not the bad guy who took it away.

Hi P.,
My oldest son was almost 3 years old when we got rid of his pacifier. We used to call the pacifier a chuppie, so what we did was tell him that the "Chuppie Fairy" was coming to take his pacifiers for little babies to have, and we put his pacifiers under his pillow and told him that when he woke up they would be gone, but the fairy would leave a present. It worked great! He did cry a little bit the first 3 nights for the pacifier, but after that he never asked for it again! And when he happened to find an old one under the couch or something he would put it under his pillow for the fairy. It was cute!
I hope you find something that works, good luck :)
-P.

Hi! YES, getting rid of the pacifiers IS a difficult task. We just gave them up this past Spring. To give you a little background on our situation my girls, Alison 4 and Julia just turned 3 in July, were EXTREMELY dependant on theirs! They even had their own "original" name for them. They did only use them at bedtime, which was a good thing, but Alison was, I think, considerably older to still be needing it. So we decided it was HIGH TIME to say bye-bye to the binkies. I bought them "special" big girl nightgowns that they could only wear if they gave me the pacifiers. The younger one agreed (even though it was hard) but the older one (who is A LOT more sensitive and emotional) was beside herself; completely distraught at the thought of not having it!!
There were a lot of tears and frustration but after only three nights I could see we were in the clear!! At that point I took them to the toy store and let them pick out one very special present as a prize for being brave and givng up their pacifiers! I was very proud (and pretty psyched that it was behind us)!
Another idea you can consider (which I was going to try) that I got from the Supernanny is the "Binky Fairy". Basically the child or children put ALL their pacifiers in a pretty gift bag and go outside and hang them on the tree. Then the Binky fairy comes and collects them "for all the other babies that need them" and leaves behind a special gift(s) for sharing their binkies with other babies.

Good luck to you. I know it's a task; especially when everyone is so happy WITH them but as you know it will be a nice big accomplishment when they're gone!
OH! Also, my cousin "LOST" her sons pacifier...and they "looked and looked for it" but after a couple nights of not finding it her son was good-to-go without the pacifier too!

Hope these ideas help!