I have a 2 year old that won't kick the binkie

Christie - posted on 05/27/2009

I can totally understand my daughter is three and still has it has only had it at night for the past year, and she was starting to do better with giving it up a few night s a week then as my belly got bigger with her brother she wanted it every night and since he was born she has it every night as well. But daddy goes on vacation for three weeks in june i believe and we are going to give them to the binkie fairy then because he can be there to back me up

Katharine - posted on 05/25/2009

Use the binkie fairy to get her to give it up. Gather up all of the binkie's and leave them hanging somewhere in a bag for the binkie fairy to take them to the babies that need them now and the next morning the bag of binkies is replaced with a special gift as a thank you for all of the binkies for the new babies from the binkie fairy.

My son only had his until he was 1 but from 6 months to one year only got it at bed time.

Alison - posted on 05/25/2009

My mom heard (via La Leche) that kids need to suck until 3. Since she told me that, I have not had the will to rid my dd or her paci.

Alison - posted on 05/22/2009

Eloise is turning 3 in June and still get her "suce" for sleepy times at home (not at daycare). She has a hard time dealing with her emotions and this helps her. I have started telling her that when she has her b-day and turns 3, it will be bye-bye suce. I think she will do fine, but we might look for some sort of exchange gift.

Julia - posted on 05/16/2009

My little boy was 6 months. He would pull up in his crib and throw his pacifier at me. Lol So one day he threw it and i never gave it back. That was the end of it. THANK GOD!!

Darlene - posted on 05/15/2009

I had the same issue with my first. He was insanely addicted to his binkie. I tried everything, begged, pleaded, did all the new tricks until one day I thought to myself, why am I trying so hard to take this thing away from this child? He obviously has some reason why he needs it. I know the thing about making their teeth bad, so maybe you could be choosy about when your toddler gets to have binkie time, but I think that if you are only trying to take it away because of what other people think or what inlaws might say, or whatever, then maybe you should rethink your decision to take it away. My reason was all about my mom and in-laws. Once I realized that it is my child, then I let him have it and guess what??!! he gave it up himself! Good luck to you. I am positive you are an awesome mom. I can promise you your child won't graduate from high school with a binkie.

Tanya - posted on 05/13/2009

I wish the binke was my problem. at about 15 weeks she ripped that thing out of her mouth and inserted her thumb...that I can not just throw out. Although I do paint her nails and tell her I can't paint her thumbs till she stops sucking them but this does not seem to phase her once the polish is dry

Nicola - posted on 05/13/2009

Libby still has her 'goygoy' when she's tired and bed time, i'm planning to do the same as i did for my other daughter (who's now 12) and convince het to send them to santa for big girl presents, with Evie we sent them when she got her advent calander so could count down to getting her big girls presents and get used to not having them by the time it was christmas

Shawn - posted on 05/12/2009

My daughter is 2 1/2 and we started to take it away other than nap and bedtime. I am now on to nap time. She calls it her "di di" and is very attached. My other daughters, 4 and 11 months would never take it. I have to agree that I was the mom that said my kid is never gonna walk around with a pacifier in its mouth, and then I had kids! My girlfriend cut the tips off of her sons and he was over just that quick.

Elaine - posted on 05/12/2009

do you know any one with a little baby? cos my mum used to childmind a little baby and we told my brother at 2yrs old that father christmas would come and take all his dummies to give to the fairies who will give them to all the little babies. we got him to collect all his dummies and put them in a bag which we hung on the tree. in the morning we got him to look in the bag and all his dummies had gone but he had a teddy in its place. this became his new comforter which he was only allowed at bedtime it was hard but he liked the fact he was helping all the little babies out there x

Shannon - posted on 05/07/2009

My son is also very big for his age and with much older siblings in the house it seemed they were always shoving his "fire"(as he called it) in his mouth. He was off his bottle at 11 months and I tried ditching the pacifier at that time too, but everyone told me he was "just a baby". So needless to say I had this 21/2 yeaar old who looks 4 strolling around sucking on a pacifier and people can be very rude!! We opted for the cold turkey approach, we talked to him and let him throw it in the garbage. Honestly we went through 3 VERY long days but in the end it was worth it! Be prepared, my little guy was a talker before but now without his pacifier he never stops talking!! :):)

Nikki - posted on 04/29/2009

i completly understand. my son is almost 2 1/2 and he still has his. he calls it a this. he is realllly big for his age, not fat but tall. he's 42 inches. and people think hes like 4. i have had complet strangers take it out of his mouth. they will give it up when they are ready. its like potty training.

someone did tell me one time to cut the tip of it off. but that to me just seemed unsafe.

i dont mind him still haveing it. besides potty training its the last thing i have to him being a baby. lol.

Nicci - posted on 01/16/2009

I thought I'd never get my son to stop wanting the NUK.  Before children I had my opinion of toddlers with NUK's, until having one of my own and what I found was, really understanding if your child still has baby stimulus activities going on. The question is "does he/she still suckle when sleeping?" My son stopped suckling around the age of 2...Then we started to let him know how many NUK's he had and as they wore out, got lost, left behind, we just kept letting him know okay you have 2 left after they are all gone there are no more NUKS. Finally after the last NUK we said "Guess what today is, the big day that NUK's are all gone to other lil babies and now you are a big boy!"

Believe it or not it actually worked! Every parent is gonna have their own expectations of what they think they want for their children but all kids are different and they are still babies, who really cares what other people think. I'd rather have a child stop something with convidence then acting out in another way for security.

Rachel - posted on 01/15/2009

The pacifier ... great when their babies, but a pain in our tushies when they are big boys and girls.

We started limiting the pacifier to only at bed times/naptimes around the age of one. Then when they were closer to 18 months we just took it away at naps. We ( I say we because husband and wife have to be together on this one) based on how dependent they seemed after a little while is when we took it away for good.  I KNOW IT MAKES IT SOUND EASY, but it is tough not giving in. Sometimes I think we are more depend then our children are. My first child we thought it would take forever to break, but one day I said at nap time that I was going to take it and BOY did he prove us wrong. He NEVER looked back.

Our second child needed a different approach .... we had her throw all of her pacifiers away at the end of weaning for the above amount of time .The third child is in her weaning process.

Remember every child is different and there isn't one thing that will work for all. The only thing that can be said for all children is that they like structure. Make it fun,but stick to a plan each and everyday.

GOOD LUCK

Rachel - posted on 01/15/2009

The pacifier ... great when their babies, but a pain in our tushies when they are big boys and girls.

We started limiting the pacifier to only at bed times/naptimes around the age of one. Then when they were closer to 18 months we just took it away at naps. We ( I say we because husband and wife have to be together on this one) based on how dependent they seemed after a little while is when we took it away for good.  I KNOW IT MAKES IT SOUND EASY, but it is tough not giving in. Sometimes I think we are more depend then our children are. My first child we thought it would take forever to break, but one day I said at nap time that I was going to take it and BOY did he prove us wrong. He NEVER looked back.

Our second child needed a different approach .... we had her throw all of her pacifiers away at the end of weaning for the above amount of time .The third child is in her weaning process.

Remember every child is different and there isn't one thing that will work for all. The only thing that can be said for all children is that they like structure. Make it fun,but stick to a plan each and everyday.

GOOD LUCK

Heather - posted on 01/15/2009

My son was broke of his right before he turned 2, he only took it to bed before then but was very attached, it was his security blanket "per say" to sleep. We decided to toss it & NO going back, no giving in! We decided since he also had an obsession with tags on blankets to have gma homake a TAG blanket. The package arrived that day right before nap time, Aiden was beyond excited to get a box in the mail. So we took that opportunity to swap the paci for the blankey. He was so excited about the blanket he didn't even notice. A few sleep times after he asked for it & I just reminded him I threw it away, your a big boy & you have your blankey now. Just whatever you do, do not go back on your word, then the cycle just starts over & over. There may be some fussieness, but he/she will even tually get it! Good luck, be strong!

Roxanne - posted on 01/15/2009

right after my daughter's 2nd birthday, I sat down and explained to her that she was now a big girl and big girls didn't need a pocky (her word for pacifier) anymore. she went and threw hers in the garbage and that was the end of it.( we had been weaning her off of it to only at naps and bedtime and then to only bedtime before we had the conversation.) after she slept for a night without the pacifier, I let her pick a big girl prize for her room as a reward. she got a new blanket for her bed, kind of a substitute, but I have never had to see that pacifier again! hope this helps!