How did you get rid of the pacifier?

Question

My daughter is 2 1/2 and is obessed with her binky. I have cut it down to in the car and at night. I have a new baby on the way and would like her off as soon as possible.

Answer 1

Let your daughter sell it to the toy store........This is what we did:

We loaded up and went to toys-r-us and while my hubby was shopping with our little girl I talked to the cashier about using binkies to pay for an item she wanted he agreed and this is how it happened.

We had gathered up all of the pacifiers in our home that we could possibly find and put them in a baggy I think we had like seven or something so I told our daughter that she could buy things with them since she was a big girl now.

We went to the store and talked to the clerk and I told him how many I had and that they would be in a baggy so could he please just work with us on this he agreed and I went and found our daughter and my husband. We picked out something she really wanted and we agreed to go see how many binkies it would cost and the cashier of course said the exact same number that we had therefore we counted them thru the baggie gave him all of them (let her hand them to him) and that was that. My husband took our daughter out to the vehicle new toy in hand and I stayed behind and wrote the check and just so you know......ask them to please throw the binkies away at the store.....it's going to be a rough nite or two but trust me you would just give it back if they were at home or at least I would have. Remind her that she decided to buy them and show her again her new purchase.....we even let our daughter call grandparents to tell them about the big girl thing she bought. Good luck hope it works!

Answer 2

Just a note for your next baby: Pacifiers work best if you only let the infant have them when they're so young they still want something to suck on but can't have more milk because they've already had enough. Once a baby gets past the first three or four months its better to just not offer them the pacifier any longer.

For your little girl who is two? I think the pacifier may have to be "lost". Don't say you're throwing it away. That will seem cruel to her, and she won't understand why you'd be so cruel. When she discovers its "lost" "help" her look for it for a while then tell her she'll have to "just for now" do without it. "Maybe it will turn up". After a couple of days she won't be looking any longer.

Answer 3

Honestly my son was over 2 1/2 when we took the binky away cold turkey. My son was 2 years, 5 mos when my other son was born and I felt it was pointless to take it away before he was born since that was his "comfort" thing. (We had weaned him to only nap and bedtime) A few months after my second was born, we just told him that he was too old and it was only for babies. We took it away cold turkey and he was surprisingly ok with it. Some kids are attached longer than others. I remember when I was little, my mom told me I couldn't have it anymore and made me throw it away. Then again I think I was close to 3 or 4.... If you want to cut it out completely before the baby is born, I would suggest just taking it away and telling her that she's too old for it now and that's that. Take it away all together. It may be hard at first, but youcan't give it to her even once after that b/c it won't work. Good luck! It's a hard thing to get rid of!

Answer 4

My daughter had hers until she was 2 1/2. We traded her for a new toy that she got to pick out at the store. We had her put her binkys in a paper bag and put them outside. We told her that the binky fair came and got them and left her the toy she had picked out. She asked for it for a couple of days but then it was just done.

Answer 5

I just got rid of them. When she hit the age of one I took it away completely, I did not want to go threw what you are going threw!
But anyways, Try the binky fairy coming...
The Binky ferry has to take all big girls binkys to new little baby's who needs them. And the binky ferry leave a big girl gift behind.

Answer 6

Our middle boy was attached to his thumb. We setup an incentive progam - a calendar with check boxes. A day without the thumb meant a gold star. Go two weeks without the thumb and get some prize. He was a little older though. Not sure if at 2-1/2 she'll grasp the idea of an incentive program.

Answer 7

My son is 21 months old and on day 4 "bink free". It was a very slow and long process for me. I started out only taking it from him a couple times a day, then moved to taking it from him while he played, then in car rides, then in stores, finally I took it at naps then bedtime. He is doing really well. The first day went fine (unless he saw them) and then he was a bit crabby the second. But 4 days into it, I think he completely forgot he ever had one. So in my experience instead of all the sudden binkie is gone I did it very slowly and it seemed to work out for him.
Good Luck.

Answer 8

if the pacifier is age appropriate the texture will be a little harder meaning she wont want it as much

i have a 14 month old who i dont even know what she looks like anymore cause she always has that pacifier in her face

just the other day we gave her one that is suitable for 12-18 months and she really doesn't wasn't it its the exact same style as the other one (same color too) so i guess its kind of tricking her and shell only put it in her mouth i guess when she thinks she "needs" it

which i think is really working

well good luck

Answer 9

This is what worked for us:

Step 1 - Begin only using it for sleep time. Do not give it any other time. When this new pattern is established go on to step 2.

Step 2 - Introduce a new lovey (some kind of stuffed animal or doll) for them to start going to sleep with. When this new pattern is established go on to step 3

Step 3 - Cold Turkey. Throw away every soother in the house. Sounds harsh, but soother's are too much of a crutch for the parent's too!

My son only cried for two nights. Then it was over. Never asked for it again, and went to sleep on his own.

Good Luck!

Answer 10

When she's sleeping cut the tips off of all of them. When she asks for one, tell her that they are broken and the store doesn't have anymore. No, it's not good to lie to your kids, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do as 2 1/2 is kind of old to still have a binky...it could damage her teeth!