K.W.
Well, I had a binky addicted 2 year old and had sworn I would let him have it till he just threw it away....but than he developed a SEVER open bite because of it and after talks with his dentist and the threat of double braces...I decided to help him transistion to another lovey. He actually was a double blanket AND binkie baby so he still has his blankets that he takes EVERYWHERE with him (however they have to stay in the car when going to functions).
Anyway, this is what I did, and it seemed to work really well, but it took about a month, month and a half. I sniped it...and than he was confused but understood it was "broken" and so we used it broken for a while, and than it got more and more broken over the weeks....it was hard the first night but he adapted and than he just got used to that it broke more and more.....and than it got so bad that there was NO part to suck, so he would hold the outer plastic part to his lips and smash his face in the bed so it would stay on his lips ha ha, I thought he would sufficate and than one day he woke up and couldn't find it...it must have slipped between the mattress and the wall..we looked all over the house for it...but it got "lost"...
And than we were done.
just one idea.
Oh and his teeth moved back to the "normal" position within 2 mths!!! Can't wait to see the dentist next week!