Binkies anyone?

SoxFan777

Hi, all...

So I ditched the bottle at 14 months, and my son is already potty trained at 24 months (go freakin me)... BUT I can't seem to get him to ditch the nighttime binky...

Does anyone else have a DS/DD who still uses one?  How did other people get rid of them?  He's such a good sleeper I'm terrified of messing with it...

belladonna11307

DD is 27 months and still uses hers for naps and night time.  Here's the funny thing though, she doesn't use one at daycare at all.  I have a feeling that I could probably take it from her and be all right.  I'm not rushing it at the moment because so far she's done everything in her own time and pretty much on a good time line.  So I don't have any advice for you, just a "yep, still using one here"

stally11

Lurker... DS is 2 1/2. Still using one here. Stopped the bottle at 1 year. Started to wing off the pacifier then he showed a lot of interest in PT. Decided PT was more important than the pacifier. PT is going great. I'll worry about the pacifier later he only uses it for naps and bed.

kimmyberly26

We just recently ditched ours. DD kept biting through them and I told her I wasn't going to buy anymore. I was more of a wreck after that last one than she was.

grlmom16

The paci bird (fairy, whatever) came and got DD's. She used hers mainly for naps and nightime too, but also when she was upset, and even sometimes she would go to her bed (only place they were allowed) to suck on it a while. It was almost like the older she got the more 'addicted' she became and figured I needed to nip it in the bud. I won't lie, the first couple weeks were horrible at night, and naps have been pretty much non-existant since we took them. She actually only mentioned it one or two times but the times she would have had them was the times of the major meltdowns, so it had to be related. It's been about 5 weeks now and has gotten a lot better. I wanted to give in so many times but never did, b/c I knew I was only delaying the inevitable. That being said if I had another child I would use it again, that thing was a lifesaver about a million and one times, lol. Good luck!

erbear

Mine still gets hers at night (she's two and a half). We just moved her to a bed, she's potty trained. I don't see a compelling reason to take it from her now. Her speech is fine, her teeth are fine, and she's happy. 

Snow1010

Starting around 15 months we only allowed the binky for bedtime and naps.  Then when DD was around 20 months old she got obsessed with the binky again and wanted all the time.

When she turned 2, I was done with that damn thing!   DD understands really well when something is "broken" so we went with that approach.   I cut the ends of off all her binkies. When she got home from daycare and asked for her binky, I told her it was broken and handed her one.  She asked for another, I gave her another broken one.

It freaking worked!  For a couple days she asked for it and we told her the same thing.   Eventually she stopped asking.  She didn't even have issues napping or at bedtime.  We also replaced that "comfort item" with a new stuffed animal.

RayRay007

My mom babysat and couldn't find one when DD was.. around 22? months and she went to sleep fine and slept through the night without it and that was the end of that. Cold turkey seems to work well for my kid. 

SharonB222

Still using one here at 24m for sleep. Our plan is to stop cold turkey this weekend with a stuffed animal substitute, but I may wimp out.

SeptMommyX2

DS will be 2 in less than 2 weeks. He ditched his bottles on his own at around 14 months and has been using the potty consistently during the day for the past 3 months.  He announces that he needs to go (even if in a pull-up or at the store), and will go on his own when we're at home.  We held off on taking the paci away since he is doing so well with the potty and we didn't want him to regress in that department. He only uses it for naps and to fall asleep at night, so we are in no hurry to get rid of it. I'm almost 38 weeks pregnant with our second and I know that once he sees her paci, he won't want to give his up. It's a "pick your battles" type of deal at this point.

KariB509

My DS turned 2 in May and still uses a pacifier at night and for naps. I know he wouldn't be able to go to sleep without it and it's be miserable for everyone. I'm really just sorta waiting until he's ready to give it up because I don't feel like its worth the fight when he just uses it to fall asleep.