Pacifier - Horn Lake,MS

Well...I actually just saw something about this on SuperNanny last night. The mother took a bag to her child and told her that the Binky (pacifier) fairy came to see if they had any binkies that they could give to the brand new babies who needed them. Then she asked her to help her find all of her binkies and put them in the bag and take them outside and leave them in the tree for the Binky Fairy to pick up and when she picks them up....she will leave a special prize for her...just for being such a big girl...they replaced the bag of binkies w/ a new babydoll for her and she was so excited. She felt like such a big girl for helping and she got something to replace them. Hope this helps :)

This is what i did with my daughter at 1.5 years old i had heard of this and it worked for me. we gathered up all of her pacifiers but one and tied them to some ballons and released them and then the one remaining pacifier we took to build a bear and let her put it in the bear (kinda trading the bear for the pacifier without the bad habbit to break). and she sleeps with that bear till this day and she is 4yrs old now

I just had to take the pacifier from my 25 month old. I tried cutting the ends of the pacifier and that didn't work at all. So I took it from her during the day and she only had it for nap and bedtime. Then about two weeks of that took it from her all together and at first I started rocking her to sleep so she would not cry. But than after a week or so I put her in her bed and she started going to sleep on her own. She has been off of it for about a month and a half. Sometimes when she is really sleepy she will ask for it but for the most part she has forgot all about it. But what ever you do just try to stick to it or it will just make it worst.

S.,

i've worked in a day care before and mom's i ran into swore by this method. it takes a few weeks but i'm told it works. take all the pacifiers you have and can find ( your home, car day care, grandparents houses, ect.) and clip the end off of them all. Wait a week, and if she hasn't given them up cut a little more off. wait another week and repeat the process until she gives them up. I'd heard about this long before i had my son, and since he never took a pacifier i wasn't able to try it myself on him, but like i said other moms have sworn it works. hope it helps, and let me know if you try it and it does work, i'm really curious.

C.

I cut mine children's pacifier time down to just when they were napping or bedtime and then eventually they quit on their own.
Another trick I use is when they are coming up to a birthday I tell them they are going to be 5 and this needs to change or you need to be doing this. I had a friend that used that to get her little girl to wear big girl underwear she said you are going to be 3 you need to wear big girl underwear now.

Good Luck
Have a great day!

Dear S. B.,

We only had one pacifer the entire time that my daughter used one. (Over two years) One day, I noticed that the end of the pacifer was broken, so I tore the end off. I gave it to her and she would stick it in her mouth and then take it out. Everyday, I gave her this broken pacifer, till one day, she didn't ask for it. For us, it was almost too easy. But believe me that is the only thing that has been. Good luck!

S. G.

hello i am a morther of 5 four o the five are mine one is my step son any way my youngest child is the only one out all five the kids that took a pacifier and he took that thing EVERWHERE with him im was so worry we would never get it away from him i just know he be starting scholl woth it LoL any way we seen on super nane where she was taing on away from a little girl she had ever one even the little girl to look for ever pacifier and put them all in a bag and hang it on the tree out said and told the pacifier fairy whould stop and get them for a baby who needed them being she was not a baby no more she was a big girl and they fairy whould leave her a gift for a big girl in place of it... any way my son was already 3 years old he was to big for it... but when summer started last year me and my sister whould take our kids to the park and my sister and i would walk well he little boys had skate bords and the kids whould lay down one the tummy are set on the and roll down the hill well my little boy love these one bord they had it was a smail one my sister ask him one day why we was there do u wont that skate bard he said YEAH she said i traid u the bard for ALL YOUR PACIFIER..he thought about it a min look at the bard why sucking the pacifier and then finly said OK she said u have to go thow them in the trash can even all the other u have at home and u can no can not take them back he was likt ok.. he was so pround him self he had a skate bord...when we got home him and my 14 year went looking ever where for all his other he thow away and for a few day he did even say anything about them one day he did find one that we had miss and came to me saying i dont wont the skate bard no more i just said no baby it to late u done traded u been doing really good you gone two say u r a big boy u could tell he did like hearing that but he took it thowed it away and he has never had anther one since,,,, a few mouth latter we started hanging out with some people my husband work with they had a one year old and a 9 mouth old and both took pacifiers i was so worry he would try to take them he would just loo at them and i could tell he wonted it bad i just tell there baby ur a big boy u dont need it now he did fighet me now it no big dill to him... any way that how we did just thought i shair that with u i hope it helps.. just be calm and try a little ever thing untill u find somthing that work but if she said she going trad it just stick to what ever ya do it for dont give in but dont get mad at her eather just tell how she said that what she wonted to do she she got it and how she is such a big girl make a BIG BIG DILL ABOUT TO EVER ONE on how big she is in front her with other people and do with people who well make a bill dill out of it to,,,, that make her wont to keep not taking even more good luck and please let me know how it goes i really wont to know,,,,,

When I broke my son from his pacifier he was about 18mos. I just took it away from him and never gave it back. He cried and fussed for just a couple of days and then he was done. Do it now while she is this age, it is easier than if you wait until she is older. It will only be harder then.

Go down to the river with your child. Meanwhile someone (or you have already) gets rid of all the passifiers in the home. Have the child throw it into the river and watch it float away. The next time the child asks for it. You remind them that it is gone. In the river.
I don't know if this will work for a pacifier, but This is how we got my oldest off the bottle. He accepted, It was like he had a realization" Oh yeah.. My bottles are gone"
J Marcy
memphis

Hi- as others said, we started limiting her using it to nap and bed times. But, the day when she started biting through them and coming to me with the plastic nipple in her mouth was the last straw. We went cold turkey, because I was worried about her choking on the nipple piece. We dreaded it so much, but it wasn't nearly as bad as we thought it would be! Sure, we had a few tough moments, but don't relent and you'll only have a couple days of torture instead of weeks. A little extra cuddling seemed to help us over the hump. I think a lot of parents use them for their own convenience (not a popular opinion, I'm sure).

Good luck and stay strong!!
J.

HI, well unfortunately my daughter never took a pacifier. But I think I saw on supernanny that they were tryin to break their child of a nuki. They told him/her that a paci angel would come get them and bring them to little babies who needed them and would leave him/her a gift if they gave them up. I think that worked for them. I know it sounds corney. But if it works great. Sorry dont have any more advice for ya. Hope something works.

My son is almost three and he only uses his pacifier at night on rare occasions now. We only had one pacifier and he was told if he broke it (by biting it) or lost it that he wasn't getting a new one. We started gradually limiting the times we'd let him have it (such as church service and sleeping times) and now he hardly ever asks for it at all. Good luck!

With my oldest, my husband and I set a "date" to get rid of the paci. We had a "going away party" for it and let our son tell it good by. We made him a part of the process and he enjoyed getting to have a "party".

S.,

HI there. My Baby did not take a pacifier. But I have worked in Daycare for a very long time and I know that one Parent told me that she would cut the end of her sons Pacifier a little at a time till he got to where he did not want it anymore. Then I had a parent tell me that they took there son to a bild a bear and he got to give his Pacifier to a bear and they let him make a bear and he got to put the Pacifier in the back of the bear that way he got to keep it but he was the only one that new where it was at. Also my nephew had a Pacifier and my Sis in Law took his all at once but make sure the sings are right if you don't go by the sings your child can get very sick. I know she did it when the sings were in the feet. Becasue if you do it befor then they will get an upset tommy and thats no fun for you or them. I hope that some of that will help you in some way. Hope you have a great weekend and God bless you and your family.

K.

Oh, the age old question...the pacifier saga!!! LOL

I know a lot of parents will disagree with this answer, but in my opinion, if they didn't give them up at the age of nine months to a year (which isn't always convient as my husband was deployed overseas)...they aren't likely to want to turn loose of them at the age of 18 months. We let our kids have them until they were three years old. Toward the end only in the car or during Mass to keep them content in public. After that...they threw them in the bed every morning.

However, when they were ready, I let them get rid of them at night themselves. My son began to have some sort of strange withdraw, so to speak and wake up screaming. My daughter just wanted one to rub her nose with, that was mostly it. So, all in all, they never went to Kindergarten with them...and their teeth are fine. Actually, pretty great!

So, let her have it. She is still little, and only little once. Just try to keep it away from her by keeping her busy during the day. She'll eventually not want it like the "big kids" do. But its like an old friend to her...and a habit that is really hard to break.

I limited the binky time to only at night for a few weeks and then they would have to leave it in the crib in the morning and then one day I went it and it was like they were ready to give it up.. They didnt want it anymore.. I think every child is different but slowly limit the time until its finally gone..

Cut the tip of the pacifier off. Your daughter will eventually realize it's "no fun" anymore and give it up on her own. If she hasn't within a week, cut some more of it off. Continue to do this until she puts it down.

Another idea is to take her to the hospital and show her the new babies. Tell her that some of the mommies don't have any money to buy their babies one. Let her give it to the nurse to "give" (throw away) to one of the little babies.

Good Luck!

When I broke my daughter of the pacifier, she was just a little over a year and couldn't understand all those wonderful stories of pacifier faries that i had hear of. We had to let her cry herself to sleep the first night w/out the pacifier. It was hard. But by the next night, she was upset but for a shorter amount of time. It took about a week for her to get completely over her paci but every night the amount of time she was upset got shorter. It's not easy but is worth it to not have to search our home for the paci every night before bedtime. Good luck.

I told my 2 year old daughter that Santa came and took them to all the little babies that needed them. This might work since Easter is just around the corner. It only took about 3 weeks for her to stop asking for it! Good luck and stick to your guns!

we had santa take my little girls. But you can try only letting her suck on it at bedtime at night only and everyday cut a little off of it each day it will get smaller and she will not want it anymore