Dump the Binkie or Introduce the Big Girl Bed First?

Updated on April 10, 2008
D.N. asks from Castle Rock, CO
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I have a two year old daughter who we will be potty training in the near future. Before we begin that journey, we'll be moving her out of her crib and into a big girl bed.

I would also like to break of her binkie addiction. She only gets the binkie at naptime and bedtime, but she's pretty addicted to it.

So my question is, do I take the binkie away before moving her to a big girl bed or do I move her to the big girl bed, give the binkie for a couple of weeks until she's adjusted, and then take it from her?

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K.G.

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I'm not sure about the potty training and moving her to the big bed but I did hear a rally cute idea for breaking the binkie habit and your daughter is about the right age to comprehend this idea. A friend of mine took her daughter to the "build-a-bear" and told her that she could pick out a bear to make and then together they stuffed her favorite binkie into the bear. Her daughter then gained a new friend and still new that it had her old friend inside. She now uses the bear at nap and bed time in lue of her old binkie.
I hope that this bit of creativity can help you... and good luck on the other two issues. ;o)

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J.H.

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I agree with the Bed, Potty, then binkie. My son gave up his binkies to the frogs in the back yard. We told him that the baby frogs needed binkies too. He went out one summer evening and set it on a rock. Later, during dinner, we heard a huge "CROAK". I ran outside (with a bag of a stuffed beanie frog in hand), shoved the binkies into my pocket and came back into the house exclaiming that the frog had given hime something in return. He loves that frog and now he has just turned 5. Good luck.

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M.O.

answers from Denver on

Bed Potty Binki. Since the binki makes her feel secure I would take that last so that the other transitions are easier for her. I would also spread each new event out by at least a month, maybe more.

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M.N.

answers from Denver on

I am not quite sure which way to go on this question however I have a friend who broke there 25 month old from a binkie by telling him he only has this many left and when he loses them that he would not get anymore. She always took them when she found them and hid them if he left them on the floor, then threw them away. When he lost his last one at the zoo it landed on the ground and she said it had to go the trash. He never asked for it again

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D.K.

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I say get her in a big girl bed, wait a month and make a huge deal out of what a big girl she is, then take all the pacifiers away, completely 100% cold turkey and tell her they are gone to babies because she isn't a baby anymore. Then get her another soother, new blankie, stuffed toy or whatever and tell her this is for big girls.
The transition to a big girl/boy bed for my kids was a breeze and they didn't take pacifiers but I say get her settled into her new bed first, then make it another passage to being a big girl to get rid of the pacifiers. You will have a few nights of crying possibly, but if they are completely gone she will get over it and be fine.
I know with my friends son, it took me telling him what a big boy he was and that if he gave up his pacifier I would get him a big boy race car...that is all it took, he threw it out at my house and even though asked for it for the first week was fine when his mom said they were gone...I would wait for the signs she is ready for the pottying, rushing it will backfire on you. My daughter wasn't fully potty trained until she was just shy of turning three, so don't rush that one.

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T.O.

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When my daughter turned 2 we put her into a big girl bed. We made a really big deal about it and I made her a bedspread etc.. but the thing that really helped were some books on the topic. Her favorite was My Own Big Bed by Anna Grossnickle Hines and Mary Watson, I found it at the Westmister Public Library. We got rid of the binkers at night about a month later but she still needs one for her nap and she'll be 3 in May, yikes! We figured it was better then not taking a nap at all. I'm going to try the Build a bear trick. Good luck!

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A.C.

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Move her to a bed, let her comfort herself with her binkie in her new bed and as time passes eventually get rid of the binkie. Then work on potty training.

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