Tell me about getting rid of the pacifier

mamarazzi

I think it's time.  DS1 is really attached to his and wants his "MiMi" all the time.  We've tried limiting it to just bed, but he freaks out and asks for it all day.  I think we're just going to have to get rid of it altogether because I'm tired of fighting the "only in your bed" battle and dealing with meltdowns over it.  I'd rather go through a few rough days and be done with it.  Plus, he's nearly 27 months -- it's time.  We would have done it sooner, but didn't want to take it away and then bring home a new baby who was using one.

So, how did you do it?  Cold turkey?  "Paci Fairy" or the like?  How long did it take for DC to be okay without it?

TIA.

katie277s

We cut it down to only bed time shortly after he turned 2.  He was actually pretty good about it.  After he turned 3, we told him that he couldn't have his pacifier until he started using the potty.  He was so  uninterested in using the potty that he agreed to give up the paci, which was not what we expected.  We thought it was a good tool to get him potty trained.  Once he was potty trained, it had been about 3 months since he had a paci that we just got rid of all of them and he hasn't really asked about them. 

Rebekah1021

We are getting rid of DD's on Easter. I am going to have her put her "dittys" in her Easter basket and then then Easter Bunny is going to take them and give them to babies and leave her books and candy.

I am going to throw them away and not even keep one.

mommyaug06

We did it cold turkey but we did it very young. Right after her 1st bday. I have a friend who is having a horrible time taking it from her 27 month old.

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dggirl24

we did it cold turkey a month ago. my dd did well. I think it was harder for me-lol. she just used it for naps and bedtime. She is a little over 2.hth!

HisBetterHalf

My DD is 2.5 and she still uses it at nap and bedtime.  Its her only comfort object, she isn't attached to anything else at all.  I feel bad taking it from her because its like her "lovey".  I don't have a problem with it though and she's awesome about leaving it in her bed after she wakes up.  I think at 3, after her sister is here for a few months, we may try to take it away and see how it goes.

mlm1128

Cold turkey, but fortunately I was not around to suffer through it.  DH cut up one of her binkies and told her the dog ate it and he had no more.  I was on a business trip.  He felt I would cave and give her one if I had been home.  SHe's also much more attached to me, and would have begged for it.  With him, she took it for what it was and it was very easy.  She told anyone who would lidten that the dog ate her binky.

When I got home 2 days later, we had one rough night.  SHe did try to get it back.

DandR

my girls loved their "lala".  We did get them down to naps and bedtime after a year, and then after they turned 2 we went cold turkey.

Could you "coordinate" the timing of no more mimi with Easter?  Hide it in an egg and never find it?  Easter bunny must have given it to another kid??  I dont' know?? 

We just had our DD's throw it in the trash and then it was to "ucky" to get out of the trash, so we were done.  They would ask, we would say "oh its in the trash...ewww, gross!" and they got over it in 3 days or so.