Pacifier

When my daughter decided to wean my granddaughter she called and told me to cut all the nipples off her pacifiers we had here, so I did .The next time she came over at nap time she went to get her binky,looked at me and said,"Oh look I broke this one too".She held it in her hand for a bit and then off to nap she went.It took a few days but she was all right with it because it was broke.That was 3 years ago and I still have the broken binky because it reminds me of that day and still brings a smile to my face. Good luck in however you decide to get the bink gone.

A friend of mine came over with her baby and she told his that her baby needs them to make her feel better she then took them with her and left them on the porch that night was kinda tough but for about a week he would say that little baby needed the pacifer and never complained until he found a thermometer pacifier in the garage sale and now I gotta break that from him!

I've read of replacing the attachment. Tie a very short ribbon from the bink to a stuffed animal of some sort for a little bit so when baby has one, baby gets both...then you eventually just take away the bink and it's not as bad as cold turkey. I haven't tried this, but I thought it sounded like a good idea. Good luck...we have a finger sucker. Can't take those away! :o)

my daughter loved her binki, she had one in her month and one in each hand untill she was almost 3. when she turned close to two the binki was just for bed and nap. at that time we got a puppy and one by one the binkis disapeared beacause the dog ate them. she kept them under her pillow for bed and the dog lifted her pillow up to get them and run outside to chew it up. but after a while she was fine
this probalby won;t help ypu unless you have a puppy but i thought it was funny.

Its probibly a bit late for my advice... We never upgrade from the 0-3 month size... Around 12 months it just doesn't fulfill the need anymore and they leave it...
My sisters kids always had to go cold turkey and it made for a few hard days, but easier than some of the other ways to go about it... Especially for kids that refuse to give it up themselves.

Hope you find some thing that works for YOUR child....
Good luck!!

I guess it depends on how old the child is. When my daughter was 6 months, we just took them
away. No problems. We did the same thing with the bottle when she was 12 months. I have heard of parents telling their older children (2 or 3) that they needed to give them to donate them to babies, pacifier fairy (like the tooth fairy and give them toys), of having them throw them in the garbage themselves.

C.,

One way that I have been told to wean a child off a pacifier is to take a small needle and poke a hole in the pacifier. The pacifier will lose it's suction and there will be no pleasure from sucking on it. Good luck J.

Good morning! We would tell our daughter she could only use it at nap time and bedtime and it had to stay in her room. So, if something happened during the day and she really "needed" it, we would tell her to go to her room and use it & she would. She run upstairs, have a few sucks and come back down...kind of funny, like a baby addicition ;) Our doctor also told us that the pacifier is not so bad, they are going to find something to suck on & you can always take a pacifier away (opposed to a thumb!) Good luck!!

It might sound harsh, but we just let our son cry it out for a longer and longer period before we gave it to him. We just told him he didn't need it any more.

Hi C.,

Honestly I don't think there is any "good" way. In my opinion it's like jumping into a cold pool. You just do it. With my son it was cold turkey, just took them away. He whined a little bit, but he gave up when he realized he wasn't getting it back.

Good Luck,
J. in Macomb

We told our 3 year old that Santa needed the pacifiers to give to new babies. So we had her put them up on the mantle one night and there were a few presents in place the next morning. She was pretty upset that night but did go to sleep without 'poppy'. She was really excited about Santa coming and leaving presents, this was a month after Christmas and she didn't get the Snow White doll she wanted so she got it then. We couldn't believe how easy it was, we expected the worst. But we did build her up to that point, reading books about getting rid of poppy because she's too big, and talking about it for weeks before hand.

I have heard of several different ways but the one that we used with my son was this. He repeatedly would grind his teeth on them and making a hole in it. I told him the next time he did it, I was going to throw it away. He did it again ( causing a hole) and I made him throw it in the garbage. That was the end of that!! I have also heard of tying it to the end of a balloon and sending it to the moon!! Depending on the age I guess you could try whatever you think they can handle. Take all of them away,if you have more than one and keep one for naps and at night. Don't let it come out of the bed. HTH!! Good luck!!

when our natalie was 2.5 we did a clean sweep in the house to find all the "dudes" she called them!! and we made a colorful package with a padded envelope to Mail to the Fairy who collects the "dudes" to give to the New Babies who need them! she Needs Our Help we told natalie! she was all excited to help!! so we gathered about 10+ of them up! be sure to look Everywhere,,, all thos emergencie spots.. your purse,, the car.. etc!
we then put a stamp on it and addressed it to Faily Land! and put in the mail with the flag up.. she knows ALL about the Mail Box!! so that was fun for her also!
then the Next day when the Mail came, the Dudes were gone and in its place was an envelope to Natalie with all kinds of cool glitter confettie and craft stuff falling out of the mail box. glitter and feathers all over... so colorful!
and in the little envelop e to her was a ThanK you Note and a little toy baby, to remind her of all the New Babies she Helped today!
have Fun!! that was all it took for us! no more Dudes, she Never asked for them One time!
andrea

Cut the tips off. I have also heard of people putting a drop of tabasco on the tip. My son dropped his at the movie theater I told him I couldnt find it and it was gone. WE struggled one night without and has been fine ever since. I have also heard of people tieing the binkings to balloons and sending them to other babies that need them.

my oldest was 2... At first he would just have it at bed time, nap time and in the car BUT then he would ask for it at other times, SO (sounds mean but..) on his b-day turning 2 his dad explained he was a big boy for being 2 now and he just asked for the binki and cut off the nipple in front of him my son asked foe it and he handed it to him he put it in his mouth and pulled it right back out and threw it to the floor and cried but not for long. I would say probably for about a week he asked for it at night and it got better everyday. Every once in a while he would ask for it for a few months but never got upset anymore when we told him he was a big boy now and didn't need it anymore! Good Luck and when u make your decision to do it STICK TO IT! It's the best thing for all of you!
B.

Last Christmas we told our daughter she could give her "tycos" to Santa and he could give them to other babies who needed them. She put them all in a little Christmas gift bag and gave them to Santa when she sat on his lap. I couldn't believe how easy it was.....Now if I could just bare to through them out from the glove compartment of my car :)

Hi C.,

My daughter was an avid pacifier sucker (and holder - she always had one in her mouth and one in each hand). We soaked them in vinegar when we were ready to wean her (she was around 2). She persisted to suck them on day one, but by day two she announced they were "yucky" and gave them up for good.

Good luck with whichever way you choose!

At 2 1/2 we had a "graduation ceremony" where we told our daughter she was growing up and didn't need a pacifier. SHE threw them *all* in the trash while we took pictures and praised her. When she asked for one at bed time [an hour later] we reminded her that she didn't need it. One semi-rough night, but it was a lot easier than we had anticipated.

I highly recommend quitting cold turkey. Good luck!

My daughter was about 3 and only used them at night and not at school for naptime. One night, the "Nookie Fairy" came to take away the nookie which we had left on the window sill. I had explained that because she was going to be a big girl of 3, she needed to give her nookie to the new babies who needed it. Oh, did she cry and throw a fit! She cried so hard she almost couldn't breathe, but I stuck to it. The Nookie Fairy came that night and she left glitter, a letter of thanks that she made the new babies happy, a book about giving up a pacifier, and a Cinderella doll amongst other small trinkets. My daughter was so excited and although she is almost four, she still talks about it and how she helped all the new babies by giving them her nookie. I won't lie though, for about a week after the fairy came, she still cried a little each night for her pacifier, but she got through it just fine. Good luck!

How old is your little one? I took my pacifiers away before 6 months of age. I wanted them gone before they had all of their teeth and not to mention before they could complain about me taking it away. lol A few nights of tears at bedtime and it was done. No weaning just took it out and threw it away. Good Luck!

With my son we started to take it away when he woke up for the day. Only gave it to him for naps, night time and in car rides. (That was around 16 months) He hasn't had a paci since he was 18 months and we haven't had any issues about it!

With my daughter I have started taking it away like above when she was about 10 months. She will be 1 on Tuesday so we haven't completely taken it away yet, but I don't plan on completely taking it until she is around 18 months - unless she decides she doesn't need it before that!

Try Pacifierbgone.com which has an excellent product that recently won an award from parent tested parent approved aka ptpamedia.com. It helps slowly break the child of the pacifier vs. taking it away cold turkey. The emotional trauma of suddenly taking the pacifier away can be more harmful and traumatic. Follow @pacifierbgone on twitter for any questions and up to date tweets from the #binkyfairy