Binky Business?

Question

We are tryng to get our 22-month old to give up her pacifer. Any tricks that worked for you?

Answer 1

my mom has done daycare forever and the easiest way for her is when they get old enough to understand tell them that they have to give their binkys to other babies now, tell her shes a big girl and big girls give their binkys to the new babies. It seems to have worked for her and shes done daycare for over 25 years

Answer 2

Haven't reached that point yet, but I read a story in which a mother told her daughter that there were lots of babies that needed a binky, but didn't have one. She told her that the binky fairy would be stopping by and would love to pick up her binky (which she could place in a bag and tape to the outside of her window)... and give it to a really needy baby. She said it worked with both her children... and I'll be giving it a try when I'm ready.

Answer 3

We've done it twice, and have found there's only one way to do it. Cold Turkey. Throw every bink in the house away. We did it with both our sons who used binks at around 15 mos.. They cried for an hour the first night, 30 minutes the second, 15 minutes the third, and then it was all done.

If that's too rough for you, start by not allowing Binks outside the bedroom. Problem is....the older they get, the harder it will be.

I will tell you, that our decision to make them give them up was a selfish one. They were waking every half hour crying for the darn bink. We figured if they were keeping us up all night because of that, we could handle them crying for an hour before they passed out.

Seems almost cruel now......but it was well worth it. A week later they looked at binks as if they didn't know what to do with them.

Answer 4

My son and I read the Muppet Babies Books about giving up his bottle, pacifier and using the potty. They helped reinforce the "growing up" thing. That's how we started, then I only let him have it at nap time and bed, then we took it away altogether and he was fine. The bottle gets replaced by the cup so it's easier I think than the binky. You could try transferance to a favorite toy.

Answer 5

My oldest daughter was 27 months when we got rid of her pacifer. She was outside playing a kept throwing down, we would get it and after the 10th time she threw it up in the air, a plane happened to flying over head, my brother caught the paci, and we told her the airplane took her paci. She looked up at the sky and just stared, then she yelled at the plane. For 2 months she would yell at planes to give it back. She got over it, it was a rough few weeks, especially at bedtime.

You have to find what works for you, just don't say a pet ate it, because they will go after the pet.

Answer 6

I say just "accidentally" lose it. That's what I had to do with my son, and it took a few nights of searching for it, just be cute about it-I mean say things like "uh-oh, mommy/daddy can't find it" and let your child look for it. For my son it was kind of like a game and became fun because I would hide other things and let him find them and eventually he forgot he was looking for his binky because he found so many of his other toys. I hope this helps, good luck

Answer 7

you just have to take it away all at once... pretend it's lost! i took the pacifier away from my kids when i took their bottle away. i took the bottle away during the waking hours around 7 months and took paci at the same time... even though they still had bottles in the night if they awoke. it only took a couple of days for them to stop being upset about it... BUT, one started blanket sucking as a supplement... so be prepared for a new habit to take paci's place!

Answer 8

My brother was very attached to his binky when he was a baby. My mom took them and told him she needed to give them to little babies who needed them. They packed them up and pretended to mail them away. Whenever he asked about it she reminded him of the babies that needed his binkies. She also avoided the aisles in the store that had them in it.

Answer 9

Take it away cold turkey. She will give you probs for a couple days of not having it and then will forget about it. Just take it away and dont give it back

Answer 10

my daughter had 1 until she was a little over 2. it was a pain and now her teeth r crooked. we finally just took it away and she only asked for it about 2 days. now im so glad i did. good luck...