kids and binky's?

Question

my son is 11 months old tomorrow and i got rid of his binky and 6 months and my daughter's binky was rid of at 3 months old. I hate seeing them in kids mouths that are too old for them. They look absolutely ridicilious. My sister's daughter will be 3 in may and still uses a binky. Yuk!!!! It's just a crutch for the child past 3 months old..They have no sucking need past that age. It's just to shut the kid up!!!! Deal with it...like i do instead of shoving a binky in it's mouth. who agrees with me?

my son is almost 11 months old and he would look absoultely ridicilous with one in it's mouth. I choose to become his mother so if he cries, i need to deal with it and not just shove a binky in his mouth to suit me,

for Elise Harp....The bottle is a given...a binky is not...my son when he was 6 months old did not have the smarts to tip a sippy cup up, that is why i can not get rid of the bottle at the age but binky's are just the laziness of the parents

I can judge people c\because it is just laziness. My sister even told me she does not even atempt to get rid of her daughter's binky cause she'd rather "plug" her up than hear her cry

Answer 1

I totally agree with you, I see kids that can talk 3 and 4 years old with the dreaded pacifer. it looks so stupid. When are they going to take the stupid thing away. Or will they be riding the school bus with one. You're right it's lazy parents who don't want to deal with the kid.

Answer 2

I agree that past a certain age a binky is not appropriate. I used them for my twins until they were around 6 months old or so. Then they were all taken away. My twins didnt even seem to notice or care. They had toys they would chew on or blankies when they were teething. I seen a child the other day who looked about 3-4 take a binky out of her mouth to talk to her mother in complete sentances, and then she put the binky back in her mouth. I was just wondering for parents who let the child keep it, is there a reason?

Answer 3

I guess when it comes to raising kids you do what is right for your kids and try not to police other parents. Or you run the risk of sounding like you are a perfect parent. I guess it really doesn't bother me. My kids, however, never ever had a pacifier, not one of the four ever would take one. My kids are now 14, 18, 21, 22 and I miss them being babies, they are great kids and we've had no major problems but believe me as they start to grow you'll wish your only issue was if they sucked a "binky" too long.

Oh and by the way if sucking a "binky" (as you call it, what happened to using the adult word?) provides some security for the kid, who cares? I sucked my thumb and had a blanket until I went to kindergarten. I'm here to tell ya, I'm OK!

Answer 4

I too experience that going on 3 is somewhat previous, even however, it somewhat is significant make the youngster experience gentle with the transition. one in each and every of my youngsters (I surely have 5) had a no longer common time giving up his binky. a pal informed me approximately something that worked for her so I gave it a try. It grew to become into to cut back a small part of the top of the binky off. Then each and every few days cut back somewhat greater off. After 2 situations of slicing, my son grew to become into performed with it. He pronounced "binky broke". He grew to become right into a 12 months and a nil.5 and needed to throw it away. He in no way even asked for yet another one. desire this helps.

Answer 5

I use to think like you until I discussed this issue with the occupational therapist at my daughter's early intervention program. My daughter has Down's Syndrome and the sucking helps to strengthen the muscles in her mouth to limit thrusting of the tongue. The OT told me that pacifiers serve a purpose - not only for babies with special needs, but for all babies. Babies can't soothe themselves and sucking helps to soothe them. There have also been numerous reports recently that pacifiers do help prevent SID's.

You can raise your children the way you want to, but I've learned not to judge other people for the way they handle their own. My daughter doesn't have any physical features of DS, so nobody would ever suspect she is a special needs baby. There are many other babies in her EIP that don't look like they have special needs either, so you never know what a parent may be dealing with.

My suggestion to you is to just deal with your own children and let other parents deal with theirs in the way they know how, or what works best for them.

Answer 6

I don't agree with you. Studies prove that having a binky through the first year of life can reduce the chance of SIDS. I see nothing wrong with it. If there was no suckling need, then why don't you stop giving them a bottle as well. I'm sure your 6 month old will love that.

Answer 7

I took my son's pacifier just before one because I believe it was time to let go of it. I do think that older kids don't look right with pacifier. The bottle took me a little longer like a month later. I went through different cups until he found one he liked. Since he is into Elmo that did it for him. Know I'm trying to teach him not to urinate on his diaper. He is 2yrs. & 1/2 already. When he turned 2 he started going poo-pee in the toilet.

Answer 8

Hi Linda nice to see you on here again, LOL. I tottaly agree with you. I see like 6 year old walking around with them hanging out there mouth and I just shake my head. My son is only 9 weeks, Lucky for me he dont really like his binky. At times I wish that he would take it because it would keep him quiet, but at the same time im glad that hes not the type that depends on it to stop crying or whatever!

Answer 9

I so agree w/ you.my son had his for the 1st 2 months,and my daughter never used one!My niece is 6 and her mother still gives her one,its just laziness on the parents part,they would rather distract the child then take the time to deal w/ them...people suck!

Answer 10

My first baby gave up his at 4 months,my second i took away at 7 month and he started sucking his thumb,my third he gave it up at 15 months and my fourth he gave it up at 10 months...my second child is 7.5 and still sucks his thumb no matter what we have tried and even he hates that he does it...i regret taking his pacifier away,if i would have let him have it longer he would never started with his thumb,so my experience three i let give up on their own and they did fine and one i took it away and i could have handled seeing him have it until he was 18-24 months when i think about it instead of 7.5 with the alternative.