My son just turned 3 on the 25th and he still takes a pacifier and has to have a blanket only at nap time.?

Question

I need help getting rid of it.

We have tried to get rid of it and he throws the biggest fit for hours until he finds another

Answer 1

This is what worked for us:
Just after his 3rd b-day the "suckie" fairy came in the night and rid the house of all suckies. The suckie fairy comes to all boys & girls homes once they turn 3 because now they are officially "big" kids and don't need baby things like suckies anymore.
Well our boy is very smart and man did he ever get mad at the suckie fairy...not at us because we were sleeping when all this happened. We also took this opportunity to explain the tooth fairy as well.
We preoccupied him, kept him busy and cut out his afternoon nap. By the time bedtime rolled around he was beat & ready to go to sleep.
The first few nights it was a bit of a fight but nothing a cuddle and some quiet time couldn't cure. My hubby almost caved the first night after the first 45 minutes of crying but I wouldn't let him. The next night was about 30 minutes of crying and by the end of the week it dwindled to nothing.
It is now 4 months later & we are still suckie free. Be strong and don't cave in.
Good luck!

Answer 2

I agree with everyone about the blanket, I think it's fine for him to have it. I had a hard time with my son getting rid of his pacifier. so I asked his doctor and he told me to throw it in the trash in front of him and tell him that it's gone now and he can't have it anymore. So that's what I did. I did it in the morning so if he threw a fit about it, it wasn't while anyone was trying to sleep. After about a day or two he forgot he even had a pacifier.

Answer 3

Start by putting him to sleep without his pacifier, at first he will cry and kick and yell but in time he will go to bed with out it. It has to be done now my cousin still lets her 5 year old use a pacifier and the denist told her that hes gonna need braces because of it. Now the blanket is a little harder is something he has to feel secure, the only thing is try washing it late and let it dry to see if he can sleep without it. If he can he will outgrow it, soon he can be in pre-school and big kids in pre-school don't use blankets.

Answer 4

With my daughter I just take it away. You have to have patience as a parent...if he wants the blanket I would say thats okay...he is only 3. But the pacifier has to go...just throw them all away that way you cant even give in when he cries for it. Thats what I did with the pacifier and the bottle. My daughter is only 1 yr old and doesn't need one.

Answer 5

SO! Why would you the mother have a desire to take the small childs pleasure away???? Who told you that he should give it up because he turned three????? My oldest is 50, my youngest is 14, I never made life horriable for them because some person believe they know more than I as to when a child should stop doing something. HELL! Maybe you should give up drinking soft drinks, burgers, fries, chips and other junk foods. Your son is a person, a little person, nevertheless a person. Yes, you are the mother as one person said. As a mother, LOVE and respect should enter the picture. He will throw away the pacifier when he tires of it. All my kids threw them away when they needed to do so. I am 71 yrs young and still require my blanket. STOP allowing it to bother you as to what others think about your child. You teach him respect by showing respect and he will most alway's give respect back to you. MINE DO. Alway's ask yourself how would if affect me if I were his age. LOVE-LOVE-RESPECT_RESPECT and more LOVE. Do have a good life. He will be 18 and gone before you can turn around and look behind. My eldest visits me once a week. The other as often as they can. Even the one in Texas comes about four times a year. I hope that for you. Of course the 14 yr old lives with me.

Answer 6

That's pathetic, he's way to old for a pacifier, blankies okay. Just throw the pacifier out (that's what I did when my son turned 1 year old) and he will cry and get over it. Same thing with the bottle, when he was 11 months old I just threw them out and he cried for couple of day and got over it. You guys probably just don't want to listen to the crying and tantrums but you have to let him know who's in charge here!

Answer 7

I totally understand where you are coming from. Don't let the others make you fell ashamed. I know that in a way you probably fell a little selfish, maybe you know that your sleep and you childs sleep will be affected. It is really hard to come to terms with. I hope you can find a successful way of phasing it out. Maybe have a bye bye binkie party and attatch the binkie to a balloon and set them free have a big boy party with cake and ice cream. Set up a sticker chart and the first night without it make a big deal i mean huge even if you get limited sleep. You know how hard it was for him. Once he get 2 stickers for two nights I would do something special with him. I hope some of these ideas help.

Answer 8

blanket at nap time is not bad, dont worry to much about that. But do work on getting rid of the pacifier. Hide it from him. Tell him it is lost. It will be tough at first but he will move on.

Answer 9

You need to get rid of the pacifier, just take it away, if it is not available he won't need it. As for the blanket, no harm in that. My daughter is 3 and still has her blankey, it is a comfort thing, it is fine for him to have.

Answer 10

it takes it because you allow it, throw them away, they are only intended for the first few months of life, you will have 2-4 rough days and then it will be done, i do not see a big deal with a blanky, wow 3 with a pacifier, is this a real question?