What's yours called?

Meryl - posted on 05/26/2010

I'm from NY (living in CA) but my husband is from UK so we called it a dummy cause he didn't like the term "binky" and I didn't much care.

I didn't want to give my daughter one at first but they told us at the hospital that it may reduce the risk of SIDS so we gave it to her "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9649335/" We only ever gave her the straight ones, never the orthodontic ones cause that's what the lactation counselor recommended.

She started spitting them out and sucking her thumb to sleep at about 6 months. Around 7 months we stopped giving them to her and she never complained. Unfortunately, she sucks her thumb whenever she's tired...it's a great "tell" for nap time but I worry about breaking that habit down the line.

Cat - posted on 05/26/2010

We're from England x

Cat - posted on 05/26/2010

Hiya, My daughter calss it a nu-nu altho my eldest used to call it a dummy!

My 20month old is still using it but for bed/naptimes only - we are slowly getting rid! x

Shaina - posted on 05/24/2010

We call it a paci/pacifier, Grandma calls it a binky. We're from Iowa, USA. My daughter never liked them and has never really used one. She'd rather just chew on them.

Megan - posted on 05/19/2010

we're from stockton, ca. and Jaelyn calls it a paci. she doesn't use it anymore. but from time to time if she sees it she'll suck on it for a quick minute. she never really used it when she was younger. we had to hold it in her mouth while she went to bed because she would cry whenever it fell out.

Stacee - posted on 05/09/2010

I'm from Kentucky, we call it a paci. No she doesn't take one anymore but she used to. She gave it up on her own at 8 months. My oldest gave his up on his own at 14 months and my middle son I took his at 22 months. I really don't think they "need" it beyond 2. But every kid is different.

Sandi - posted on 05/07/2010

Hi Dana,

I am in Fort Scott, KS, USA. We called the pacifier a binky. My son decided at 3 months old that he no longer needed it. I went to put it in for him so he could nap and he spat it ou! Over and over again. So we didn't want to force him to use it if he really didn't want to.

Angela - posted on 05/02/2010

We just called it pacifier I think. We used it because it supposedly helps prevent SIDS at night, and it was the only way to get him into the car seat without a meltdown. He only used it for those 2 things until he was about 5 months, then we just kind of stopped using it.

Caryn - posted on 05/02/2010

We always called my son's a pacifier so he calls it his paci. He loves it so much, but just for bedtime. I think it's nice to have while he's still teething. It's better than anything else he wants to put in his mouth.

Davenia - posted on 05/01/2010

We call it a bobo or binky, but mostly a bobo and I am from New Jersey. One day he just quit cold turkey. He was about 15 months and he took it out of his mouth and threw it on the floor. He hasn't used it since.

Nyeema - posted on 04/24/2010

All of the responses are cute. I just love to read through them all. It looks like this conversation is over , but I just wanted to post anyway. I have 3 kids. the oldest (a girl) never really used one although I always offered. Called it a pacifier. My second(a boy) was addicted. His was called "Suzie". We took him off when I was 6 months pregnant with the next baby. The last (a boy) was also addicted, his was called a "fire". We weaned him on a long weekend. I was tired of looking for them and buying new ones so I figured he could give it up. He was not happy, but was over it quickly.
We are from Maryland(USA) and now live in Arkansas.

Katie - posted on 04/23/2010

I am Michigan, USA and I have heard them called so many things. Mostly pacifier or binky. My mother in law refers to my daughters as a "plug" which absolutely drives me up the wall, I hate that one. My daughter has always referred to hers as her "ba-ba". But we mostly just call it a pacifier.

Tammy - posted on 04/23/2010

I'm in New Brunswick and in our house, we call it a sooky or soother. Our 19 mo old calls it his "nying-nying". Used to be strictly for sleep and rides in the car, but when teething came on with a vengence, it helped him alot so we let him use it more often. I find that he's more talkative without it though so we try to set it out of site whenever we can. He usually doesn't miss it if he doesn't see it.

Brittan - posted on 03/27/2010

We're from Ohio! and we call our daughters a binky or a piece(y). My husband's cousin used to call hers a piecey so it just stuck w/ his family.
My daughter hit 18 months on the 19 and we cut her binky time to naptime and bedtime only! Well and when I took her to the doctor for her checkup and shots. I'm thinking about weaning around 2, depending on when I feel that she is completely ready... but it won't be any older than maybe 2 1/2.

Megan - posted on 03/27/2010

I'm from the US and we call my daughter's a "Nuk", which is a pacifier brand (although not the one we use). We dealt with some health issues that led to a maladaptive suck, so she actually lost the ability to hold a picifier in her mouth by herself around a week old. During rough times (late nights and several lengthy hospital stays) I would hold it in for her, because it soothed her.

Around 7-8 months old (after several months of working on the maladaptive suck with a speech therapist) my little one found a Nuk in a box, popped it in her mouth, and went on about her day. She was still pretty sick and it seemed to really calm her, so I didn't have the heart to take it away. Now she's 18 months and we only use it at home and on longer car trips. I had wanted to ween her from it at 18 months but things have been rough lately with her Father not being around for her, so again I don't have the heart to take away something that comforts her. The plan has now changed to weening after successful potty training or at two years old, which ever comes first.

Weening from the bottle was easy for us. She learned to drink from a sippy cup at around 10 months old, that same day I packed up all of her bottles and we never looked back. She never asked for a bottle again or gave me a hard time about the sippy. But I have a feeling the Nuk will be a bit more of a battle...

Ashley - posted on 03/27/2010

We call our son's pacifier "that thing", he doesn't talk much so he just grunts for it..

Misty - posted on 03/27/2010

This will sound funny, but my daughter didn't take a passifier until she was well over a year old. She started chewing on one when she was teething. She doesn't use it all that often only usually when she's trying to fall asleep. We call it her chew toy. lol but usually it's referred to as a passy or bunky which I don't understand. From Arkansas, USA

Patricia - posted on 03/24/2010

Hi im from Ireland and we call them dummy's or dodi's i have two daughters and neither could take to them but they loved their bottles.

Belinda - posted on 03/24/2010

I'm from Australia and we call them a "Dummy" here don't ask me why that is just what they are called. My little girl still uses hers to sleep and for nap time but half the time she just spits it out during the night. She also uses it if she is sick or upset but most of the time during the day she is without it.

Tammy - posted on 03/24/2010

Also from BC- we very silly...call it a Do-Do ...17 mth old still has it for nap and bedtime. I will probably take it around 2 yrs...play it by ear

Michelle - posted on 03/23/2010

hi im from sheffield,england,uk - my daughter never had a dummy/soother/pacifier

Debbie - posted on 03/22/2010

I have been known to call it a paci or a binkie, mainly I call it a Plug. I am from Texas. My 18 month old does not use it anymore, she stopped using hers around 6 months old. She just wouldn't take it one day and has never acted like she wanted it back

DawnaRae - posted on 03/20/2010

im from minnesota we call it binky or passy. my son stopped sucking on it when he was a couple of months. some times he still chews on it becuz he's teething he's 18 months.

Amy - posted on 03/20/2010

ireland dummies my son always has it in his mouth

Chatty - posted on 03/19/2010

Thanks, I agree Maya!

Thanks to EVERYONE.......always neat to explore our differences!

Maya - posted on 03/19/2010

My Son just turned 18 months on Sept. 16th. I'm originally from BC too but I have lived on the east coast of the U.S. over 10 years (6 years in NY and for the last 5 years in Delray Beach, FL). Whenever I call the pacifier a soother people look at me like I'm out of my mind. Seems like everyone around here calls it a "binky" which I think is weird.
My son still uses his soother at naptime and bedtime as well. Plan on taking it away soon. I only stopped breastfeeding recently and that took some adjusting for him so taking things away I feel should be gradual. :-)

Tracy - posted on 03/19/2010

Hi, we're from Australia and it's known as a Dummy! Although in our house it's a QuaQua! My eldest son Nathan had gven up his dummy when my youngest, Toby, was born (he was 17months old). But.... Toby had been given a dummy with a picture of a duck on it! Nathan was constantly taking it from him and asking for the Qua Qua....(duck says quack quack)! We eventually gave in to save Toby and now they both still have them! They're 18months and nearly 3. Usually just for sleeps during the day, and bedtime! Really wish there hadn't been a duck!

Tracy xx

Crystal - posted on 03/18/2010

We are from Texas and my son calls his pacifier a "Pappy". I don't know why, my husband I always said "Passy" but my hole family now says Pappy...My son uses his Pappy when ever he wants and I don't plan on taking it from him anytime soon. If he's happy I'm happy and I don't think its hurting him.

Michelle - posted on 03/18/2010

I am from Ontario Canada. I call it a dummy. My first son never used one. I wasn't planning on my second son having one but he was really sick as a baby and was in the hospital. The nurses thought it would be good for him when he wasn't able to eat to mimic the sucking motion. So my husband and I decided that he was only to have it when he was in the hospital. That way his brother (who is only a year older) won't want one too. We didn't really wean him we just left it at the hospital. He didn't really seem to notice all that much.

Theresa - posted on 03/18/2010

I'm from Minnesota in the US. We always called our kids' a Binki. It's actually a brand name, though not the brand we use. My parents called it that when I was little. i don't know if it's the brand they used with us kids, but the name stuck. My daughter did use it. Wwhen she was 1 I only let her have it at sleep time or in the car. Then one day she wasn't feeling well so I let her have it all day. She was cuddling on my lao the whole time she was using it. After she felt better and I tried to get it back to sleep time only she had a fit. So I decided if she was going to get that attached to it I would get rid of it. I put it away and she did fine. She hasn't had it since. It's been about 2-3 months now. She sees other babies with one and it doesn't seem to make her want one. I think she's pretty much forgotten how mych she liked it.

Alisha - posted on 03/18/2010

Hi! I am from Alberta, We call it a plug in my house. She still uses it at naptime and bedtime. She also uses it throughout the day if she see's it. I can't put it on the counter or anywhere visible with out her throwing a fit for it. I really want to wean her from it but she is very attatched to it. If I put her to bed with out it she will cry and cry. I lost them all one night and she cried for an hour before I went into a rage to find it. Found 4 stuck in my couch! I gave her the plug at about 3 days old because when I was breastfeeding she would cluster feed and I couldn't handle it, I hurt so badly. Once she got the plug, it quieted her up and she seemed much happier!

Chatty - posted on 03/18/2010

Awwww, Jody.....that's a cute idea! Thanks!

Kristen, you're right! There have been studies to show that using a pacifier can reduce the chance of SIDS by 61%......crazy, right!!? And in my case it's much better than her thumb! LOL! Once I stopped breastfeeding at 6 months she started sucking her thumb so I went out and bought one that day!

Jody - posted on 03/18/2010

We are from Detroit, and ours is called a "tudie". I have no idea why, but it's what my husbands family called his when he was little so we just carried it on, lol. My 18 month old is still using hers and uses it all the time. Our older daughter used hers until about 2. We had her decorate an envelope and address it to "the Tudie fairy". We put her tudie in it, put in the mailbox and sent it to her. The next morning there was a big girl gift for her on the porch from the fairy. She never looked back.

Kristen - posted on 03/18/2010

I live in Alabama (US). My son called his a bobo even though we have always called them binkys. It took forever to wean him off of his. We finally hid them and told him we threw them in the trash. It didn't bother him at first but when his sister came along and had hers he wanted to know why Mommy threw his binky in the trash...he was three. I so waited too long to wean him. My daughter is 18 months and we call hers a binky (I'm sure she will rename it). She only gets her at bedtime and naptime. My oldest daughter had one ten years ago and her daddy threw hers in the woods when she was having to take it out of her mouth to talk. I used them because I read they reduce the risk of SIDS (my biggest fear)

Betsy - posted on 03/18/2010

We are in Atlanta, GA and we call our his nippy. That is what it was callled when I was little. He takes it at bedtime and naptime. He also just picks one up when he wants it. Since he is teething he uses it more to chew on than anything.

Rebecca - posted on 03/18/2010

Hi I'm from Oxford, England. We call them Dummy's here.
My son never had one and he never sucked his thumb either.
But he's always had to have his elephant teddy to be able to sleep.
My daughter (nearly 3) had a dummy until her 2nd birthday.
My son hated them, just goes to show how every child is different.

Faith - posted on 03/18/2010

i am from south africa and i dont think its a dumb question at all, we black people here call it dummy or tit, my son stopped using it moths ago, he used it a lot when he was still a baby,he lost it and that was it

Jessica - posted on 03/17/2010

Oh and I live in Georgia, but I'm originally from West Tennessee!

Jessica - posted on 03/17/2010

Hi! I always called it a fooler. My grandfather called it that because he said it was fooling the baby into thinking something would come out of it...lol! Riley used hers until she started teething, then it became the thumb. Which in my opinion is harder to break! Fun times though!

Emma - posted on 03/17/2010

I'm in England & they called dummies here...my Daughter calls her's her 'dodie' and usually only has it at sleep time. Not too worried about weaning her off them as my son (4) gave his up by the time he was 2.

Kristie - posted on 03/16/2010

Thats why I wanted mine to have one as well I have a 5 year old who is a thumb sucker and his teeth now are not straight he has had blisters on his thumb and everything but I cant get him to stop

Chatty - posted on 03/16/2010

That's the very reason why I gave my daughter a soother......after I finished breastfeeding at 6 months I noticed she was starting to suck her thumb and I know how hard it is to get a toddler to stop sucking their thumb......my younger brother sucked his till he was 7 years old ( and just for the record, he has beautiful teeth! )

Lisa - posted on 03/16/2010

im in ireland & i call it a doodie.i made a choice when i was pregnant not to give them to my daughter but i bought some just to have in case she wanted them.she didnt but she sucks her two fingers on her right hand she has been doing thisnow for so long that her two fingers have an unusal bend in them and they kinda stick together.so now i sometimes wish she had took th doodie at least i would be able to take it of her.i cant take her fingers.ha ha

Kristie - posted on 03/16/2010

I am from Australia, here they are dummies, my baby girl doesnt use one never has, I tried to get her to but she is a thumb sucker,

Emily - posted on 03/16/2010

i'm from petawawa, ontario and we call our soothers a suse, my 18 month uses a thumb now, he stopped using the suse at 12 momths, which is not great, because u cant take a thumb away...lol

Chessa - posted on 03/16/2010

Haha don't be sorry, everyone gets it wrong. But it's one of those ones that you don't forget either lol. I explained it to the dr's office and stuff, and now every time we go they know how to say it :)

Amanda - posted on 03/15/2010

i'm in florida and i breastfed my son and still nursing my daughter neither one of my babies took a passifier we call it a binky though.....so no weaning here.....but my son took bottles and my 17month old daughter never touched a bottle only breastfed......i didn't suppliment with either but with my sisters 2 year old she had to say to him the dog ate it and it was gone and he never thought about it again,,,,,,

Chatty - posted on 03/15/2010

THANK YOU! I apologize, but I hate assuming......I was saying it out loud to see what sounded better so I thought I should just ask!? Do a lot of people ask you how to pronounce it?

Chessa - posted on 03/15/2010

haha like z-eye, like a hard 'i' sound.

Chatty - posted on 03/15/2010

Forgive me, I'm a lil' slow......



Zi = zee? OR zeye? I think I got the OH! LOL!