Pacifer

What my sister has done with her children is only let them have a pacifier in the car seat and their crib. Thats it. doing something like that might help you at least get on the road to taking it away!

Hi K.,
I have heard many things ~ trading the pacifier for something (pre-paid for) at a store, cutting the tip off, & letting it go for a couple of days, cutting a little more off, letting it go, etc.
Good luck!

someone told me once they were told to dip the end of it in some of that very sour/bitter liquid candy stuff a few times. supposedly it doesn't take more than a few times of them getting that bitter taste in their mouth before they decide the pacifier doesn't tastes too good anymore! and it doesn't hurt them! good luck.

Our son didn't use his all day long at daycare but wanted it as soon as he saw me. He was to the point of chewing holes in it so I told him it was broken and had him throw it out. He went to the container where we kept the extra's and I showed him that they were all gone. Luckily that worked for us. When he asked about it I just reminded him that it was broken and HE threw it out. Good luck.

Hi K.
I did the only giving it at night which was fine but my son and daughter would not go to sleep without them. We stayed at my inlaws for a weekend and hid the binkies in my kids pillows. My mother in law thought they were too old for binkies. It just so happened my mother in law came up to our house one weekend and after she left I told my kids grandma didn't like binkies and she took them home. I know it was bad. But it worked. They didn't seem to mind and no more worrying about a lost binky. Good luck!

start with cutting the top off little at a time she will not like how it sucks and she will learn not to like it .....it is also comical how they pull it out and look at it like what is wrong with this thing .....have camera ready LOL good luck

I used the tip regarding cutting off the tip of the pacifier a little at a time. I found that the first time I did it, I didn't cut it enough. My daughter put it in her mouth...took it out...looked at it strangely and then put it right back in. But as soon as I cut it down enough...meaning it was barely big enough for her teeth to grip, she lost interest...it only took a few days.

i first started by weaning my son off his, only allowing it in the car, at nap, at bed...then just at nap and bed, then down to bed time only. At this point I started talking more about throwing the binky out, getting library books on the subject, etc. One night I just put it in the cupboard and of course he asked about it. It took him a long time to get to sleep but he never had a melt down and he asked about it repeatedly for the next few nights and then it just stopped! :) Good luck, I hope it will be that easy for you.

Both my boys were very attached. With our 1st child we cut the end off. But he still sucked on it. So every few days I took off a little bit more and told him that he sucked on it too hard and it broke. And about after 2 weeks he was done with the binky and we just had 1 yes that is right 1 rough night. With my challenging child I thought he would be harder so I cut his one day thinking the same thing would happen and he said it was broken and he didn't want it anymore. So he had 3 tough nights and some rough nap times maybe 3 rough times and that was it. No presents. Just no binkies. Goodluck I think sometimes we worry about these things more than we should.
~J.

We did the Binkie fairy. First, I cut holes in all the binkies, so she didn't like them as well. Then I told her if she wanted to give all her binks to the binkie fairy, she would get a special surprise. I drew he a picture with her in her bed asleep and a fairy bringing a present. We got her a cinderella doll and she was thrilled. It made a happy occassion out of a big step towards growing up.

How old is your daughter? First determine why she needs it, is it for comfort or boredom, does she need it to go to sleep? I took my daughter off of hers around 18months, and she started to suck her finger, which she did until about age 6. That led to an apparatus placed in her mouth and then braces. In retrospect, I could have let her have the pacifier a little longer.

Maybe just start by only letting her use it to go to sleep or to sooth herself. Start to teach her how to calm herself and redirect her when agitated.

Hi K..
My daughter just gave her pacifiers to Santa Claus so he could give them to other babies that needed them. This worked great for us (she was 2 years 5 months) because she understood. She still talks about how she gave her passy to Santa, but she isn't upset about it at all. We colored a picture of a pacifier and hung it on her wall so she could see it while she fell asleep. She was only getting her pacifier at nap/bed times and in the car. I had tried before to take the one out of the car (before she was 2), and it made going anywhere horrible for all of us, so I caved and gave it back to her. I tried cutting the tip off, too, but it just made her really upset. Her pediatric dentist said as long as it was gone by the time she was 3 that it would be ok. He said she'd probably replace it with something else if we took it too early (like her fingers). If the Santa thing didn't work, we were going to have a passy fairy, where she'd put all her pacifiers in a box and the next morning or something there'd be fun toys in it to replace them. I hope this helps. It can be a tough transition, but I think it's worth it in the end. Good luck!

I just took my sons paci away. He didnt sleep any worse because he didnt have it. He sucks his finger not all the time. Just 20% of the time. I think when he notices he doesnt have it he sucks his fingers. He was 2 when i took it away. Which ever feels best to you.

A little lemon or vinegar on the pacifier should do it. Both have GREAT properties and won't hurt anything but her attachment to the paci.

How I got my son off the pacifier is let him get soooo tired that he didnt think about it to sleep, or put them up in a spot that when he wanted one i didnt have any because he lost them at night and lost them all, over time it has worked. I then praised him saying good job you slept all night with out a pacifier. Sometimes i would also explain if he kept the pacifier too long, eventually it will ruin his teeth, make them all crooked. He is 4 now and has not wanted his pacifier for over a yr and half now. I hope this helps and good luck.

I had the same problem with our son. he was three and was severely addicted. If I woulda done the Build-A-Bear thing, but he woulda torn that sucker open to get the paci out. I also thought about the paci fairy, which comes at night and takes the paci and leaves a toy. We did try to wean him by making paci time just bedtime, but he would stop playing, go in his bed and lay down, just to get the paci! So, one day when I was at the store and my son said he needed a new paci I just said it was time to give them up. So that night (it was a Friday) he went cold turkey. That night I had to rock him to sleep and it took HOURS. The next night it only took a few minutes, then he was in his bed paci-free from then on.

If she is older, try dipping it into vinegar before she uses it. It worked for my daughter. I told her she had grown up and thats why it tasted strange. She is 4 and gave it up in one night.

Depends on how old she is...
We took my almost three year old to Build a Bear and had her put her binkies in the teddy bear. That way she knew where it was and still felt secure because she could cuddle it!
Good luck.
PS we told her what we were doing before we got there. She even chose the day. We asked "Would you like to do this tomorrow or in two weeks on your 3rd birthday?" She was so excited to build a bear that she chose to do it sooner!

how old is she???try what nanny 911 did ask her to give them up herself,im not big on pacifiers its ok to a point some just give it to the kid so they dont have to deal with something the kid needed K.

K.,

I don't know how old your daughter is but around one year I took it from both my kids. I thought before they could talk it would be less of a battle. My ped. also said the sooner the better. So, I honestly did it cold turkey. It only took one day for them to stop crying for it. My kids weren't too addicted though, they basically only used it for naps and sleep at that point. Good luck.

K., i would suggest only allowing the pacifier in the car or in the house. but never outside in public. then after awhile go to just in the car. then you can get rid of it forever. it will be a kind of slow process, but it should work if you stick to your guns. i have had lots of moms tell me that this is how they weened the pacifier. good luck!!!

Hi K.,

I had one who loved her paci like crazy. I was hoping to get the dentist to say something to her so that she would want to quit, but he just said that none of them go to college with them. I was furious!

We had a lot of luck with restricting the paci to bed. We did not allow her to play in her bed, so if she wanted to use it, it was just a plain old bore. After a while, she just gave it up as the paci's bit the dust one by one. We did not replace them, and she gave them up by herself.

She heads off to College year after next, and the damn dentist was right!

Martah

I seen you had many great answers already but i want to share mine. My daughter was so attached to her pacifier we didnt think she would ever give it up, plus we knew it was a comfort for her so we didnt push. Well an idea from my sister in law was so great that i wanted to try it and within 3 days....3days!!, she was done with it for good.
I was told to send it to the pacifier factory or in our case the nu-nu factory (thats what we called it) I got a big envelope and we put stickers all over it and i cute out pictures of babies beforehand and told her these babies didnt have nu-nus so we had to give them to the babies. so we taped the babies pictures on the envelope as well.
For my sanity, after we were done with the project i had put the envelope up in a cabinet just in case she needed it. We put her to bed and she asked for it the first night and whined a little bit but we stuck to our guns and sure enough by day 3 she no longer asked about it. Good luck!!!

cut the very tip off of it. every few days cut a little more. eventually they will not want it anymore and stop on their own.

Wow, you have gotten a lot of responses! I am kind of surprised that only one person has said that they took the pacifier away cold turkey. Personally, I try to always be as honest as possible with my kids, I have a paranoia about them not trusting me when they are older and find out I lied to them.
I have never understood why parents make up stories to make their lives as parents easier. I just took the pacifier away from all four of my children, and they were all FINE. My daughter was the worst, and asked for it for 4 days and we would just tell her that they were for babies and she was a big girl now-a year later when we were moving, she found an old paci under our bed and stuck it right in her mouth, I took it away and asked her if she was a baby, she said no and ran to throw it away. I always thought it was a bit harder on her though, because her cousin (who is 2 1/2 yrs older than her) still had a pacifier for quite a few months after she got rid of hers.
Well, whatever you decide to do, stick with it, consistency is the key with kids.
Good Luck!
~J.