My son and his Binky!?

Question

My son is 16 months old. He is in love with his binky. I want to try to break him of it by the time he is 18 months old. It's just starting to look silly and if he gets a hold of it during the day it keeps him from talking and trust me, you don't want to be the one that takes it away from him. Anyway moms if your kids had a binky obsession how did you wean them?

2Honest...Because he is my kid, thats why. I'm tired of dealing with the binky! Is that wrong?

Answer 1

My sister went through the ENTIRE house and gathered up all the binkys and threw them away. There were binkys in the toy box, in clothing drawers, in with the silverware....but eventually she got them all and threw them out. Sometimes she'd catch him with one that had missed her, but she'd take it off him and throw it away when he wasn't looking. She kept ONE for bedtime, and then eventually she did away with that one too. It worked! I think cold turkey during the day is the only way to go, but keep one for at night so he can get to sleep with what he always uses. You definitely want to get it out of his mouth during the day so he can talk and develop. :) Good luck!

Answer 2

This is what worked for me....

They could have binkies at any time until they were 1.

From age 1-2 binkies were only in the cribs (bed time and nap time).

At age 2, I snipped the tips off of all the binkies, and didn't say a word. At nap time they put the binkies in their mouths and couldn't get any suction. They said "binks broke" and threw them at me. I acted surprised and said try again, same reaction....They went to sleep with no issues and I wasn't the bad guy! I left the "broken binkies" in their cribs for a couple days, just so they could try again if they wanted, and then they went to the trash....no issues and no looking back!

PS....there is not a choking hazard...the pediatrician is the one that suggested it!!!!!! You only cut the very tip (a hole in the tip does the same thing)

Answer 3

This works every time: The Binky Fairy!

Tell your child that the Binky fairy has asked for his help. There are a bunch of little babies who do not have binkiess, and the fairy needs more binkies!! So the Binky Fairy has left a basket, and wants him to put all of his binkies in it, and the Fairy promises to leave a nice treat for doing it.

For the first night, it will be rough-- but the next morning when he gets up, you will have put a new toy (a toy or toys that he wants badly) in the basket, along with the following note written out:
"Dear ____ ,
I want to thank you for being such a big boy and giving me all of your binkies! The little babies will get a lot of use out of them, and it will help them to feel so much better. You are a very special boy for doing this and I hope that you will enjoy the toys that I have left for you. I am very VERY proud of you, and appreciate your wonderful help."

Then read it to him, and tell him how proud you are of him for sharing his binkies.

After that, every time he wants his binky, remind him that the Binky Fairy took them and gave him toys for being such a big boy. Do not make a big deal out of it-- make it as matter of fact. That way the child does not feel as though someone deceived them or hurt them by taking them, but rather the child can feel proud by giving them to little babies who need them.

I hope that helps some--- It has worked every time for those I know who used this method.

Good luck :-)

Answer 4

My grand daughter loved her binky and we asked the doctor the age she should be broken,she was 2.He said she would let us know when she was ready. She had to have one in her mouth and one in each hand for the longest time.When she turned 2 and a half her dad said no more.I suggested they put the Binky's in her stocking and Santa would trade them for toys etc.She was an early talker and understood.This worked for her.Your son is still little and the Binky's we gave my grand daughter were made special so they wouldn't hurt her teeth.We got them at Wal-Mart and they said they were made so they wouldn't hurt her teeth.So if you decide to wait It won't hurt his teeth.She is six now and hers are okay. When my daughter was 2 she still had her bottle at certain times, so I told her the neighbors dog ate it.She was okay with that and went over to the fence and told the dog it was a bad dog .That may work for the binky as well. You could try changing the binkys shape and see if he doesn't like it as well. Someone told me that they cut the binky a little bit so it wouldn't suck as good and that made it easier to take it away. You could try giving it to him just at certain times,like nap and bed time first.He may be a little fussy for a few days but if you can wait it out it will work.If you go cold turkey so to speak,he will most probably be very unhappy for a few days and then each day will start getting a little better.Good luck.

Answer 5

I haven't had this issue personally, BUT... an idea that I have heard works and I think is pretty clever is seeing if he will trade his binky for something else.. perhaps a toy or something he really wants (not food or something else he can chew on). He is only 16 months, so I wouldn't rush him too much yet, but at least try to get him to trade it for something else first... which might not work, because he may not yet understand. If you have a difficult time with it, just throw it away or conveniently lose it. He will eventually forget about it.. you just can't give in.

Answer 6

OH FOR HEAVEN"S SAKE provide your destructive son his binky back! They make the binkys now so they do no longer harm the toddlers teeth, so the only concern right it is which you do no longer choose him to have it! it is obviously a convenience for him, so what particularly is the wear and tear? i understand fairly some human beings look to get offended by using older toddlers having binkies, yet who cares what they think of? Your little boy makes use of it as a comforting gadget, and enable me inform you, i'm a instructor and NONE of my scholars come to college with a binky. it isn't any massive DEAL. additionally, my oldest daughter had a binky until she became into purely over 3 years previous. She is pretty much 15 now, has suited teeth, on the honour roll in college, and is a superbly generic, happy newborn. I enable her have the binky until she became into completed with it. you could desire to too, I propose, what's nicely worth extra, the sensation YOU get whilst human beings rigidity you to make him do away with it, or the sensation HE gets whilst he needs some convenience and you're denying him?

Answer 7

My son is also 16 months old for a long time now he has only been getting it a night when its time to go to bed. He knows he does not get it during the day at all. I am planning on doing the same thing as you..having it gone all together by 18 months. What I am planning on doing is throwing them away, letting him put in the trash and say "bye bye". Good luck.

Answer 8

it took me til my son was almost 3. because neither one of us was really ready..im sure ya know what i mean, binky can be a life saver in certain situations. but by then he was old enough to understand what i was telling him.

I must agree w/the other poster who said cold turkey..
i just told him a silly tale abt the binky fairy ..who took them because new babies at the hospital needed them.
We had a few tears, and maybe 2 nights where it was not easy going to sleep, but it worked!

Answer 9

My son is the same way, but if I ask him to take it out, he usually will, but I have to get him involved in something else right away. I'll say do you want to color? Ok, give mommy the nuk and tell me what color you want. (even though he only knows how to say yellow and doesn't know what it means yet) He'll hand it over. I give it to him when he's upset, tired, or going to bed, but other than that I just keep asking for it and distracting him. It's worked great, and now he forgets about it until he sees it.

Answer 10

hey its usual to see a 16 month old with a bink!! leave her alone! atleast he ain't 5years and still has it like some people i have seen. I know u don't wanna hear it but you are going to have to through them out and suffer the screaming rampage after. thats what the doc will tell ya also. it is very hard to get a bink away from a child that loves it. my daugther was the hardest to get off of it of all my 4 kids. you just have to replace it with something he loves also and just hear the screaming. it'll take a few days but you'll get through it eventually because your ruining his teeth now and you need to take it away now so he will keep his teeth uncroocked...good luck