Help with Pacifier

A.,
We are going through the same thing. My daughter will not get rid of her's either. What I don't reccomend is putting pepper on it. That is cruel and not to mention a bit extreme. It's not like she will take it to college with her. :) Let me know what works for you. I am going to try some of the techniques below. Good luck!
M.

HI!

When my daughter turned two years old, we gathered ALL her binkies and took them to the zoo to donate to the baby monkeys. This is a great idea, and worked for my sister's kids too. If they do not take them locally, you could always pretend to mail them or drop them off.

Good Luck!

my husband with his daughter from is 1st marriage couldnt let go of her's either...they told her she could use it like money at toys'r'us and pick out something....she gave it to the cashier and all was good.....she picked out a barie so it wasnt expensive to do.....just and idea...also in american baby this month there are alot of idea as well....email me at ____@____.com and i can scan the artical for you if you like

Hi A.! I had the same problem with my middle child. I had tried going cold turkey with her....not recommended!!! For a week we would go through a couple hours of crying every night, it was awful. I had thrown "the collection" of them out when I had decided to do that and on the last night when I couldn't take it anymore, at 11:00P.M. my oldest and I searched the place for the one lost pacifier that I knew was somewhere! After a half hour my oldest had found it, thank God!!! Anyhow, what did end up working is just letting her have it at night time and after while I had told her I couldn't find it and had her help me look for it. When we couldn't find it I would just tell her we would look it the morning it was too late to look for it. So after a few days it was just "lost" and it eventually became a distant memory. Every child is different, but don't worry in time she won't need it anymore!! Good luck, I hope you find something that works for her and you!
Take care, L.

My son was 3 and started preschool and still had his so i know what your going through. We took the path of telling him that there were all kinds of babies being born that didn't have binkys and that we needed to send them to the babies so we got all the binkys(even the ones he had carefully hidden) and put them in a envelope and put it in our mailbox to "send" to them. It worked. That or i've heard of parents telling then the Binky Fairy needed them for all the new babies and then hung them outside on the tree at night, and of course by morning she had "come" and taken them. Hope this helps, Good luck!

Try snipping the rubber end of the pacifier little by little until it is gone.

We had pur son them on the plate of cookies for Santa. We told him there were other little boys and girls that needed them and Santa would deliver them along with their presents.

He cried that night at bedtime but not a lot. The next few days he'd ask for his B and I'd remind him or he'd say that we gave them to Santa. That went on a week or two. It was much easier than I expected. I really talked it up the weeks leading to Christmas. He tried backing out a couple times but we just kept talking about it.

Good Luck

I had the same issue with my son, he refused to be without it. Gradually cut the tip off the end, little by little. She will eventually not be able to keep it in her mouth. If she has many, just keep doing it until she goes through them all, and dont buy any more. I thought that it would be horrible, but by the time we went through all of ours, it was almost as though is wasn't worth the trouble for our son, and he was fine with it! Good Luck!

put pepper on the pacifer but evenually they will realize that her friends do not have one and she will want to be a big girl and get rid of it.As long as she does this before she starts kindergarten, it will be ok

We did exactly what Courtney mentioned ... when our daughter was not quite 2-1/2, SHE put all her binkys in a bag which we "hung in a tree", and while she was sleeping that night the Binky Fairy came and left her a note and a present. I think it was a huge help to have my daughter be the one to actually put the binkys in the bag, and quite honestly, we had to talk with her about it for several weeks before she was ready to do it. (The bribery probably helped!) It took her some extra time to fall asleep at naptime and bedtime after she gave it up, but overall it was rather painless for us all. Remember that once you make the decision to do it, stick to your guns! There were a few times when it would have been very easy for us to give it/them back, but we never did and it's been about 8 months now. She even has a baby sister who uses a binky and I have NEVER seen my older daughter "steal" our younger daughter's binky.

Good luck!

My son is almost 2 1/2, and he loves his binky, too. He usually only wants it at night when going to bed, or if he gets really upset as a comfort. I used to get all worked up about when he would stop using it, but now I honestly couldn't care less. I mean, he's not going to keep it forever, and I don't see any reason to 1. Lie to him about a fairy coming or anything like that, 2. Ostracize him for having it and not being a 'big boy', 3. Do something like peppering it (he loves pepper anyhow) or cutting it- I think it is mean (plus he's smart and this would only make him angry with me, as he would know that I could fix this problem for him even if he didn't realize I was the one sabotaging his binkys).

The fact is, your daughter loves her binky. She won't keep it forever. Why is everyone so against letting children have the things that are comforting to them? She won't be this small forever, treasure her innocence. Don't sweat the small stuff.

This is gonna sound funny, but I saw it on America's Funniest Videos. I'm holding on to the idea for my little guy that's 10 months old, in case he has issues letting go of his binky when the time is right.
Anyways, they showed a video of a family making a big deal out of stringing up all of their little girl's binkies on balloons (filled with helium), and then releasing them into the air, so that the binky fairy could have more binkies to give to other little kids. The family had explained in the beginning of the video that their little girl was very attached to her binkies, and this was the only way she was ok with letting them go. (The funny part of the video, btw, was when they released them, they got caught in their neighbor's tree, and they had to call the fire department to come get a bunch of binkies on balloons out of the tree, because the little girl had a melt down lol.)
So maybe if you could explain to your daughter that other little kids in the world need binkies too, and that the binky fairy would love if she released them on balloons so that she could get them, maybe she will be okay with it. Just an idea. I thought it was cute.

We were lucky. When my son was 6 months old, he had a very bad cold and had to breathe through his mouth, so we took the binky away then and he never missed it because he couldn't breathe with it. He did attach to a blue blanket then though, which he sucks on at night. It is pretty gross, but he only has it at night and if it is getting washed, he doesn't seem to mind so much. So if your little one is unfortunate enough to catch a cold....

I am not sure what to do either, as my daughter will be 2 in March and I am ready to get rid of it. It is not like we are totally dependant on it, as she only has it for nap time and then at bedtime. However, she will look under the bed for it, when it is time and will go everywhere looking for it until she does. We only have 4 so we have not been too crazy I think. I know that if we loose them, we will not be buying anymore:)- words said now, until she is in a temper tantrum somewhere:) I think I do well with "tough love" and not give in when we are in the car or out. I usually dont take one, that she can see anyway:) I am looking for some way to start taking it away , maybe with the new sister on the way, when she gets here , she can donate them to her! That is the only idea I have right now, but that doesnt happen until July.:)