Pacifier - Manchester,NH

Let him fall asleep with it. Then go in and quietly take it out of his mouth and put it beside him incase he wakes later. If he wakes up while you take it out of his mouth, just let him have it. Go in as often as you can as long as he is sleeping and take it out. He will eventually get used to not having it in his mouth as he sleeps. I did the same thing that you did by only letting him have it in his crib. That worked for me too and so did taking it out of his mouth when he falls asleep.
Good luck!

Julie, You are speaking EXACTLY for me, in fact, I was going to ask this question today myself! My youngest turned 2 in June and it is the same - she sleeps with the pacifier and asks for it during the day (I don't give it to her) if we are home and up in her room. I know she can be without it, since it was lost for 2 nights recently and she was fine... imagine my annoyance when my husband found it and just gave it right back to her!!! When she is in day care during the school year, she naps fine without one as well. She has figured out how to take it from her crib if it's within reach during the day, so I've had to make sure it's out of reach. I know people have done the whole "binky fairy" thing but I don't know if my daughter would really get the idea and she'd end up screeching her head off... anyway, we are in the same boat so I look forward to seeing what others say! Good luck to you too.

Julie,
We took my son to build a bear he picked out a dino we put his pappy in the dino. He loved that he could still sleep with pappy just not in his mouth. L.

talk to him aboutr the binky fairy! It takes binkys from big boys and gives them to the new babies who really need them.. wrap it up in a pretty box or bag (let him help!!) and leave it someplace for the binky fairy to come and pick it up and the next morning, a new present for a big boy will be waiting.

Or - just go cold turkey.. do this on a Friday night to give you the weekend to chill out if he doesn't sleep..

or - what worked for us - we had a sitter, and forgot the binky (we really did forget it) and they got her to sleep without it no problem.

OR - if you cut a hole in it, it no longer is right and he will hate it and throw it away (worked for my son).

good luck

We tried taking our older son's binky away when he was maybe 2 1/2, and although it was fine during the day, sleeping became an issue. We told him all the binkies (he had several) were lost, and he didn't question it, but he just did not sleep as well (we tried this for 3-4 weeks), and we realized that there really wasn't a terribly good reason to force him to give it up for sleeping. He's now 3 1/2 and still uses a binky just for sleeping. He understands he needs to put it away when he's awake. He's not going to go to college with it or anything, so we're really not concerned. So my advice is to make sure you have a good reason for making your son give it up. If you try some of the advice you've gotten and it works, then great, but if your son really seems to need the binky for now, I wouldn't make it a battle.

Julie,
You got some seriously good advice. The Binky Fairy is brilliant!
In the meantime, don't worry. The binky at 2 yrs old is pretty common. Now if you were trying to pull it out of his mouth to put him on the school bus then I'd say worry but since he's already given it up during the day, you're halfway there.
Also, how about his older brother? Ever thought of enlisting his help? He'll want to be a big boy like his brother and (if he's not already)will soon be following his lead.
Good Luck!

I recently did the binky fairy thing with my 19 month old and I did 3-4 days of prep mentioning about who the binky fairy was and what she did. It worked without a hitch! I couldn't believe it. The only problem I had was that I sneaked into his bedroom to get the binky when he was sleeping and replace it with a new stuffed doll but the binky was wedged between mattress and the slats of the crib and it took 20 minutes to find. When he woke up the next morning I oohed and ahhed over his new dog and told him that the binky fairy must have visited him.. Now the only issue is with older kids at the store who have their binky's because he will give me a look like--"what's up with that?" but no tears the next night or anything. My kid is pretty smooth personality wise though and he was not surprised so I think that was the key for us. Good Luck-- all the advise is what I heard also when I was asking around. Nat

Offer a replacement.. something more age appropriate. A teddy? An action hero?
Then let them cry it out. I HATE doing the crying out thing.. but when you are close to the last step it seems like that is all that is left. OR. Can you go in while he is sleeping and take it away so it isn't there when he wakes? Maybe the "pacifier fairy" could come and take it away and replace it with a toy?
Creativity is your key here.

I just got rid of it because my dughter was putting the whole thing in her mouth. She used it mostly for sleeping and a few other times to sooth herself during the day. she's 18 months so I can't really talk to her about because those reasonig skills just aren't there.
It's been tough the last few nights but overall she's been good about not having it.
There's a book in the Shaws in Plaistow, NH that is about giving up the pacifier. The book looks cute and comes with a CD I can't remember the name of it though. I talked to the woman who wrote and she said it helped her son get rid of it.

we were at build a bear in january and this little girl was giving up her binky for a bear butshe stuffed the binky inside the bear.i thought it was a neat idea.if yourdaughter was fine without thebinky for 2nights then you know sheis able to give it up. i told my son there are babies that arecryingandneedhisbinky so they can be happy again andthe binky fairy came and took it to bring to the babies. i didn't think this would flywith him but was much easier than i thought.he still asked for it a few days after but told him that the babies haveit now and the fairy can't bring it back and kept reminding him he is a big boy now. just thought i would share. good luck

My friend had a little "party" when both her kids gave up the pacifier. They tied it to a balloon and let it go. And had a little celebration about it. Worked both times! Good luck!

For my daughter, she traded her paci for earrings. We took it to the mall with us and she bravely handed the lady her paci and immediately picked out the sparkliest set of start earrings she could find.

For my son, he traded it for a huge noisy tank from the toy shop. He didn't react as nicely though and to this day (a year later almost) will point at a garbage truck occasionally and say 'that truck took my paci'.

So I used bribery and it worked for us.

my dauhter turned 3 in may and we just got rid of hers about a month ago, we kept telling her that she was to big for the binky and we slowly cut pieces of the binky off until there was like nothing left, we just kept cutting a little everyday and let it be her choice to say she didnt want it anymore, and there was barely any plastic left on the binky when she was finally ready to get rid of it, it took about a week, when she would ask why it was breaking i would say it was because it was old and getting yucky, i dont know if this will work for you but god luck with whatever you try

When my youngest turned two we did the trick where you put a small hole in it so it's not as fun to suck on. She didn't care though and just kept on using it anyway! So in my deperation I just cut the whole tip off left it ian her crib. She found it and told everyone it was broken and then put it back and went on with her day. Too good to be true I thought. That night at bedtime she cried when she realized she would have to sleep with the broken binky. We withstood about a half hour of crying before she fell asleep. I would say that she whined for the next three nights and then she was fine.
Good luck and I hope you find something that works.