My son turned 2 in August and he's more attached to his binky now than ever before. He will not go to sleep without it. He's already a hard one to get to sleep, some times takes hours. Any suggestions other than taking it away from him cold turkey would be great. Thanks..
2006-12-31 13:53:31 · 31 answers · asked by Sweet T 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
One thing you can try is to begin cutting the pacifier down, slowly, until there is almost nothing left. The baby will be gradually weaned away from it that way. When he complains, tell him that's all you have left of it. Everynight snip a tiny bit more off until one night you make a big snip! Hopefully he'll decide it isn't worth it and will throw it away on his own. Anytime he asks for it remind him it is gone and that he threw it away. Hopefully this procedure will not be so hard on him. Also, you can just get rid of the binkys as they become lost or missing until he has nothing left.
Hope this helps,
JH
2006-12-31 14:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by JH 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take it away from him, and just not let him have it back, it will only take a couple day to a week for the crying to stop. Do not replace it with a bottle or sippy cup at night, instead try to get him attached to a bear, doll, or blanket. Do not give the binky back no matter how much he crys. If the crying makes you feel bad, then just hold him for a little while and be there for him. He will be ok. At least it is just a binky, I sucked my thumb until I was fifteen.
2006-12-31 22:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by trhwsh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell him binkys are for babies, and he is a big boy now. It would be great if he could give those binkys to the fairys so they can give them to the little babies in world....get him to collect them all from around the house and put them in the binky bag for the binky fairy...when he wakes up the next morning he will have a big boy toy there waiting there for him from the binky fairy to say thankyou (and let him know that a little baby now has a binky because he's a big boy now, of couse dropped off from the binky fairy).
Damn I'm sounding like a 5 yr old here....but give it a go!
2006-12-31 22:13:58 · answer #3 · answered by nickieca 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with my daughter, she wouldn't sleep without it or go anywhere with out it until one day, she lost it and I told her that if she didn't find it then she didn't need a binky!! She looked and trust me never found it!! We HAD a few sleepless nights but other then that after the first two nights she was fine. There is really no way of breaking them from it easy, do it for his teeth!! Sucking on a binky is really bad for their teeth. Good luck I know it's hard just remember it gets easier soon he will forget about it.
2006-12-31 21:57:58 · answer #4 · answered by Floridapurrfection 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't stress about it and the new ones do not damage the teeth. My daugher was around 3. After she was able to reason a little more, we started to bribe her, yes bribe. If she would take a nap without it I would take her to the grocery store and let her ride the little merrygoround ride outside. As an "older" mother I've learned to just not stress about this stuff and if anyone else tries to pressure or insult your parenting skills, just ignore them. The old school or set ages are long gone! What's the worse case scenario? All it's going to take if you can't do it, is for one of his friends to make a comment about babies using binkies and I bet he loses it on his own really fast. For the record, it only took about two weeks of weaning with "bribes" then we took a picture of her putting in trash can. At 9, she still laughs about it. PS At night we started off letting her have it when she went to bed and we took it when we went to bed, this way she still could comfort herself to sleep. Once again, DO NOT STRESS, this is one of the smaller issues you will encounter over the years! Have a great new year. One more thing, my daughter is pretty well adjusted, good student, plays sports and is social so please don't think you've got some whacked out parent giving advice!
2006-12-31 22:02:55 · answer #5 · answered by Cash 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, and it's not going to get any easier. He has to go cold turkey. Tell him that it's coming. Say we are starting a new year and his resolution is to give up the Binky. There will be crying and pleading for a little while, but try to comfort and distract him. My poor grandson had his until he was 3, and it was real tough.
2006-12-31 21:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by Darby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cold turkey is the only way to go.
And toss all the pacifiers. That way, you won't cave when he's crying, you won't cave. I know you said you didn't want to hear this suggestion, but honestly, it is the only way to get it from an older child. Babies are much easier. My daughter had just turned 2 and it was truly the only solution. It's actually much easier. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS will consist of many nights of crying and sleeplessness. Cold turkey will be over with much quicker and will be more painless. Sorry.
2007-01-01 00:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by ReeberKaseyMarcus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you just have to do it cold turkey. The first week is going to be rough. I had to do the same thing. Only I didn't wait until they were 2. I took it away around 15 months. Good luck.
2006-12-31 23:38:33 · answer #8 · answered by dmh2105 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i can relate to this experience because i too went through it my son didnt get rid of his binky until he was 2 1/2 he even took it to daycare with him what i personally did was he mostly used it to go to sleep at night or else he wouldnt go at all i would start out lettin him fall asleep with it and then as soon as he falls asleep take it away and put it in his drawer, then as time grew he woulds still ask for it but i limited to him or i would make him be so tired durin the day wit activities that he didnt even remember about it once he got his bath he would be knocked out so i hope some of this information helped.. good luck!
2006-12-31 23:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by maggie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The easter bunny "took " my sons binky and gave it to a baby who needed it and left chocolate kisses because he was such a big boy granted he ate a chocolate kiss before bedtime but we created a new ritual a song, bedtime story, warm bath, music,(we call my auntie) It was tough for about 2 days then all was forgotten!
2006-12-31 22:01:49 · answer #10 · answered by NIKIPASS 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋