Getting Rid of Pacifier

We were able to do a combination of things to get rid of the bink. First we restricted it to the bed. Then we told her that the binky fairy would be coming soon to take her bink to another little baby who needs it now. Then one night we went in to her while she was asleep and switched her a new doll for her bink. We also left a little note we read to her that said thanks from the binky fairy. When she would ask about it we would remind her that another baby had it now. And she would talk about her doll and move on.

My son is 2 1/2 and we are just now working on getting rid of the "pepe". We had started about a month ago telling him he could only have it when he was laying down for a nap or going to bed. We noticed he wanted to lay down alot more often, but he would lay on the couch with it for a half hour or so, then put it down and play a while. So the last two weeks, we have told him he can only have it in his bed. He puts it down when he's ready to get up and now he only gets it when he's really tired and ready for sleep. He has done great. We're going to wait a few more weeks before we try getting rid of it totally! This has been major steps for us. Your daughter is a little young to understand much of this, but you could start only giving it to her in her crib. If you really want to break her of it before she becomes totally attached, now is the time to do it. But, if she doesn't have it all the time, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Good luck.

My daughter is 17 months old and for the last 2 months or so she knows that she only gets her passy when she goes down to bed. The passy stays in her bed. In the morning when she gets up she knows that it has to stay in her bed. She says "Bye Bye Passy" and is fine with in. I eventually will take it away from her in a couple of months or so.

My aunt told my cousin she could have it any time she wanted but it had to be in her crib. She would ask to be put in there frequently for a couple days but as she realized she was missing what her sisters were doing, she asked less and less until it was just at night time and she finally gave that up as well.
I read in a magazine that a woman got an envelope and they "sent all but one pacifier to the pacifier fairy so she could give them to babies who didn't have them". This may be a little over your daughter's head, I think this girl was around 2. Anyhow, they took the final pacifier to Build-A-Bear and made a pacifier bear by having the pacifier stuffed inside so she will always have it.
Good Luck!

cut a small hole in the end, make it a little bigger each day. Soon there will be no sucking action and she will not want it anymore. mid this with my neice and she was 2 1/2 and after a week she quit!

Why? I had a friend explain the use of a pacifier to me when my 4 year old was 2 and we thought the same thing. My friend explained that we all have something in our lives that help us to relax. Wether it be a glass of wine, a night our with the girls, a movie a good book either way we as adults have a vent. As for toddlers and especially a 14 month old they don't have the skills yet to read let alone talk about there wants. If they need their pacifier to help them to relax why should we take it away unless we deny ourselves of our way out as well.
But, with that said when my son was almost 3, old enough to understand, we told him that the pacifier fairy was going to come and take his pacifier for other younger children. And in it's place she would leave a surprise. He agreed and We hung it outside in the tree. The next morning he ran outside to see what was left by the fairy. We are now in the process of preparing my 2 1/2 year old with the event. The 4 year old keeps asking don't you want a power ranger from the fairy. He never wanted it again. It was more his decision. giving up a baby article for a more mature toy. A pretty good trade in the eyes of a 3 year old. Think about it. Good luck.

With our first son, we tried a suggestion from an aunt. When something didn't work he knew it was broke and could say broke. First we tried to find the 2-3 extras we had and put them away. So one day when he left it on the table once we cut off the end of the pacifier (the silicone kind) washed it well to remove any extra bits and put it back where he left it. With the end cut off it didn't provide the same sucking. For some reason he called it Powie. When he picked it back up, he tried it gave it to me telling me "Powie broke". There was quite a conversation he took it went to his room, played, returned saying powie broke...this went on all day. He took it to bed with him but by morning he knew "powie broke" and he just left it on the floor.

Our 2nd son wasn't as easy...we knew it wouldn't be so it just got 'lost' one day and I told him something like "Well it must be in your room or around the house. If you can find it you can have it back." Of course we made sure there weren't any to be found. After a few nighttime tears for a couple of days, he too got over it.

When my son was hooked on a pacifier the dentist is actually the one who said it needed to go, at the time Carson was getting close to 2. I know they say pacifiers will not harm a childs teeth but my son was becoming proof that they would! So after his dentist appointment we went to the store and I let him pick out any stuffed animal he wanted. He picked out a puppy that closes it's eyes and moves its head like a real puppy when you pet it. When we got home we gathered up all of his pacifiers, he helped me gather them, and we put all of them in a bag. I explained to him that he was no longer a baby and we needed to give his pacies to new babies so they could have some. Then I gave him his new puppy. I asked him to tell his pacies by and reinforced that he wouldn't have them anymore. He told them bye and only asked for them 2 times after that. We never had the screaming fits or a hard time going to bed or anything. When he asked about them I just reminded him that he told them bye and that other babies that needed them were using them.
Good luck!! :)

My sister told me this worked for her. Cut a little off the tip of the pacifier and then a week later cut a little more off and continue to cut a little off every week until theres nothing left to suck on. By the time you get down to the nub they throw them away on there own. Hope this helps.

I saw the cutest thing on TV the other day. A family was trying to rid their child of his paci. They began to prep the child (however long you think it may take -you know your child the best)by telling him in advance that his paci is missing its mommy and daddy and it really needs to go and find them. So they tied it to a balloon on the string and let it go floating up into the air with a "good bye/ good luck" send off of course. This way the paci will find its mommmy and daddy paci. I am not sure a 14 month old would understand but its worth a try maybe in a few months. We never had any problems with either of our boys. Our oldest stopped without any problems and our youngest never took to one at all! Good Luck!
~C.

My son is 19 months old and still has his. Like the rest of the responses, my oldest daughter didn't lose hers until she turned 3 years old. At her 3rd birthday party, we had a friend dressed up like Spongebob Squarepants, and prior to the party we told her that Spongebob was coming to take her binkie away. She willingly gave up her binkie to Spongebob, and never had a problem after. My son is already beginning to not need one, but uses it only just before bedtime.

i have no idea i just wanted to say my 3 year old is still using hers and the dentist said dont sweat it until they get there permant teeth. we told her on her 4th birthday there will be no more paci...and if we go in any where (store mall ect) she has to leave it in the car so she doesnt look silly... good luck this is a hard one!

First of all if i were you i would wait until she is two unless you have your own concerns about it. Have you tried cutting them and telling her that they broke or you could try having the paci fairy come and putting them all into a box and in the morning she would get a new stuffed animal or blanket something she could sleep with or you could just say enough is enough which is what i had to do with my 2 and ahalf year old daughter and just let her know if she asks for it again there will be a punishment.

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one of my daycare girls was very attached to her paci. her parents and i wanted to break her of using it when she was about 18 months old. her mom's doctor told her to cut the end off, just a little at a time, until she no longer wanted to use it. well, it worked. after the first time it was cut she no longer wanted it. when she asked for it we would give her the 'broken' one and tell her that's all we had, she didn't like it so she didn't use it. she did cry for short periods of time over a day or two but after that no longer even asked for it. when my son, now 41, was 2 we just had him throw his away. that worked for him. good luck, i know how hard this can be.
S. p.