Ashley - posted on 05/24/2012 ( 5 moms have responded )
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My daughter turned 2 in April, I finally took her pacifier away for good right after her bday and I am having such a hard time getting her to go to sleep without a fight. She has lovies that she sleeps with. I've tried everything I can find to no avail. My two older girls seemed like a piece of cake compared to this little turkey. Before I took the "bink bink" away she had no problems going to sleep. Any ideas?
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Monica - posted on 05/27/2012
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If she's missing her 'bink bink' maybe take her shopping and get her to pick a small teddy to sleep with her so she won't be lonely. Name the teddy and at first take it wherever you go together so she develops an attachment to it. My little man is 17 months old and has no problem going to sleep as long as he has his teddy with him. I even had to buy a spare one when his 'original' teddy needs a 'bath'. I did that during a phase of separation anxiety when he used to cry everytime I left him. I persisted and it worked (it took about 4 weeks). I also play a lullaby cd on a low soothing volume, the CD lasts about 20 minutes, enough for him to fall and stay asleep. Good luck!
Diana - posted on 05/26/2012
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you can try warm milk! I used to have to put a little cinnamon and sugar in with my daughters warm milk (she didn't like her milk warmed) and when that stops working you can try chocolate milk diluted with some water it helped her to sleep on those tough nites without her binky!,
it was a piece of cake with my daughter too,she fell asleep one time without it, so I took that as an indication that it was time, so I took hers away at 10 months, at first I hated to here her upset but she cried for all of five minutes and because it was so close to nap time she didn't even realize she did'nt have it, I gave her a warm bottle for bed and after that I had no problems.
Dot - posted on 05/26/2012
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If its causing her that much grief I would just give it back to her. I know alot of people wouldn't agree with that but what's the point? If she only has it sleep it's not hurting anyone. My daughter had hers until the day she turned 4, at that age she could understand properly what was happening and she never asked for it again, no tears no fuss. Hope this helps :-)
Ashley - posted on 05/25/2012
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Tried all of these, thank you though!
Sara - posted on 05/25/2012
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is your daughter getting all of her energy out during the day? by taking the binky away it's a drastic change for a child, it's a great thing that it's taken away for good.. I got my daughter off hers right around 18 months and for a couple nights I just had to lay with her and cuddle but for the most part it was a piece of cake.. she's turning 3 in july and now if she doesn't get all of her energy out during the day then she won't sleep well at night.. if she takes a nap too late in the day she also won't sleep well.. and sometimes if she doesn't take a nap at all she won't sleep because she's overly tired and fights her sleep. so just take all of these things into consideration and hopefully it helps you.
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