My son in 28 months old and he is still glued to his pacifer. I can not break this child from this habbit! His Dr. says that he will be okay until he turns three, but i think he's a bit old to still have it. Any suggestions out there on how to wean him?
2007-01-23 07:20:27 · 20 answers · asked by biz_e_gurl 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Start by limiting it to the house and car--must ALWAYS be left behind in public. Then after a couple weeks or a month, limit it to the house. Then in another couple weeks limit it to only bed.
2007-01-23 09:37:47 · answer #1 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cute idea from the nanny shows:
Put all of the binkies in a little bag and go hang them on a tree in your back yard. Tell him that the binky fairy is coming tonight to take his binkies and leave a prize in their place. The night may be rough, but first thing in the morning head out to the tree where there is a new big boy prize where the binkines once were. When he cries for them or is sad, remind him that the binky fairy has them and he has his new prize.
Hint: You are the binky fairy!
I have also heard of "mailing them" to a baby who really needs them (and the baby mails back a prize intheir place). - This can be a cousin, friends, etc.
2007-01-23 07:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by Nurse Jacqui 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When my son was 20 months old I told him that his pacifier was broken. He's seen that sometimes his toys break and could understand that. He asked about it for a few days and I would show him the "broken" pacifier and engage him in some other activity. You have to make sure that he cannot find any that he dropped behind the couch months ago. After a while he just forgot about it.
2007-01-23 07:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by purple 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Slowly wean. My daughter is also 28 months and still has her bink. She ONLY has it at bedtime and naptime and if she is really sick (which isn't often).
Once she is old enough to understand, I will let her know that it's time to give the bink away to other babies who need it or that the bink fairy is coming for the bink because she's a big girl now.
I think the bink should be fully gone by age 3, but at this age, as long as it is only for small portions, it's ok to have one.
2007-01-23 08:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by mommy2gnb 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was obsess with the pacifier. What I did I cut the tip off the pacifier and then I gave it back to her and when she put it in her mouth she was confused and took it out. I told her the dog bit it and after a couple times asking me for the pacifier I kept reminding her that the dog ate it and that she was a big girl and she did not need it and that was the end. It took me a 2 days to make her stop.
2007-01-23 08:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by Christina L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think parents obsess about this issue more than the children and you have many good answers to choose from so i voted thumbs up on a few and down on a couple and remember, it is all-ways easier to get a child to do something by being creative and making them think THEY are doing it "for" YOU or because you've made it fun to do, and trying to make a child "understand why they need to do something or that it's the right thing to do is next to impossible!!!!
Good luck
Tom AL USA
2007-01-23 08:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by whizbang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you insist on weaning him off of it, take it away during the daytime and only give it to him at night. Honestly, though, just take it away, grow a pair, and live with listening to him cry for a day or two. If making some noise gets you to give in to whatever he's crying about, he'll keep doing that. Your kid isn't going to die because you took his pacifier away, regardless of how loud he cries.
Edit in response to the first comment: Do NOT cut it at all, that'll make it possible for a piece of it to break off and he may choke on it.
2007-01-23 07:27:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
My daughter was hooked on hers for a long time. But we pretty much just hid all her binkies...out of sight, out ofmind. She'd ask for it now and then, but we'd just try to distract her with an activity. She's been without her binky for 2 weeks now!! We just startes throwing them out. Good luck to you.
2007-01-23 08:07:25 · answer #8 · answered by SPARKY_1212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it away for periods of time so like after a meal instead of giving it to him immediatley wait 5 minutes then every 3 days are so increase the time
2007-01-23 11:20:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop it cold turkey. He'll cry for two days, but then be fine. We did this with my daughter (and added in a story about ho we gave it to some baby bunnies), and she didn't look back. I plan to do the same for my son when he turns two!
2007-01-23 13:50:17 · answer #10 · answered by Sunshine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋