Jenny - posted on 11/11/2009 ( 1 mom has responded )
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My 28 month old daughter is still on the binki and my 8 month old son is on it too but i know now to take it away here vary soon so it wont be as hard as it is now with my 2 in a half year old anyways we have tried everything to get it away from her and nothing has worked when ever my 2 year old looses her binki she stills her baby brothers so i am stuck please help!!!!!
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Melodee - posted on 11/11/2009
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Wow - this is a hard one!! Since my daughter was 22 mon. when my twins were born, I didn't take the paci away from her at the typical age of around 2. She is now a little over 3.5 and the boys are turning 2 at the end of this month - and yes, I am also a procrastinator!
This is what I did:
(1) About a month ago, all the kids had to start keep the paci in their rooms and only use them for nap/night - this helped the fact that there wasn't alway pacis laying around so - out of sight, out of mind - right!? Once they all wake up, the pacis go on top of the dressers in their rooms (where they can't reach them) and they can't have them again until they are ready to sleep.
(2) A couple of weeks ago we started talking about how she is a big girl and reminding her of all the things she can do that the boys can't - go to Sunday School, etc. - to kinda of ease her into the "big girl" thinking mode and to prepare her that the paci doesn't fit in with the "big girl" theme. We also reminded her of all her cousins and friends that don't have pacis and that she says she wants to be a big girl like them.
(3) Then, the big day - last week, I sat her down and talked to her about no more paci. Since she is older, I was able to explain how the paci will hurt her teeth, etc. and we had a good talk - mom to daughter (the first of many talks I hope!). Then, she took her paci and put it in a box for her new baby cousin. We then called her aunt (of the new baby cousin) and she talked to her aunt about how her paci was going to be the baby's now - and her aunt did a great job encouraging her. We also made a little video of her saying that she's a big girl and doesn't need the paci, etc. That night, she went to bed without her paci - and did great!!
(4) It's been almost a week now - and it's been harder on me then her since I have to enforce it!! Whenever she asks for her paci - we first talk about how all her pacis are gone to her new baby cousin, then she'll watch the video of herself for a reminder, and then we tell her she's a big girl and no more paci. She usually just needs a few minutes of talking/reminding and then she'll calm down and go to sleep.
We've been really lucky (thank the Lord!) that she's taking it so well and I am hoping that since the boys are now only using their pacis at nap/night, it will be easy to break them also. I think by waiting until she was older and able to understand more, it was a lot easier on everyone - especially my daughter since she was able to really participate and understand the concept.
Hope this helps!
Melodee
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