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Getting rid of the pacifier
Anyone got any tips on how to do this. We are planning on taking it away this weekend. Abby is getting more and more dependent on it. I forgot to leave it with her at daycare the other day and she did fine for them going to sleep. Unfortunatly she found it in the car and popped it right in her mouth.
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Re: Getting rid of the pacifier
We took it away when she turned two because she was dependent on it to fall asleep. One night we just didn't give it to her, and when she asked, we just said it was all gone. She asked for a it a few more times but we kept saying it was all gone. It took her a little while longer to fall asleep, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, I was DREADING it! I was determined not to cave because I think that would have been harder in the long run.
Also, that evening, we took her to pick out a new stuffed animal that she could sleep with, so it softened the blow a little. GL!
OMG. Eve and I had an epic binky battle tonight that involved her screaming/screeching at the top of her lungs so loud I was pretty sure my neighbors were going to call the cops.
Eve WAS only using the binky in bed for quite awhile. She would, on her own, without any reminders, take the binky out and leave it on her dresser when she got out of bed in the morning. Then in late september, I drove to Ithaca and back in one day with the girls on my own, so for my sanity, I let her have it for that whole car trip. Since then, she's wanted it more and more and we let it slide.. and DH always gives it to her in the car, since its easier than listening to her whine.. Tonight she told me she wanted to lay on the couch and refused to play with her toys.. but she was only doing it so I would give her her binky. I didn't.. and the screeching ensued. I held strong.. and all binkys are now banished her her room. i have no idea how I'm going to get her to give it up for bedtime, which we decided we are doing when she turns 3.
m/c 1/2/08 and 3/12/08
Eve Amelia- Born 2/24/09. 6lb 9.9oz
Natalie Ruth - Born 6/13/11 7lb 6.6oz
jnk: how much of the tip did you cut off? This is what I was thinking about doing.
Melissa: The drives to and from Michigan for the holidays I think were our down fall. We let her have it for the whole ride. It didn't help that I used it to get her in her seat when my shoulder was hurt and I couldn't fight her. Abby was good about putting her binky on the dresser too and now she tries to sneak downstairs with it in the mornings. She refused to give it up tonight after daycare. She literally held it in one hand while eating dinner. When I took it from her, she screamed. We did cave and give it back. I will be getting rid of all spare binkies tomorrow so I can't cave.
https://www.bye-bye-binky.com/
This is the instructions. I think it says to start the first day by just poking a hole in it so that it compresses instead of is a bubble. And then the next day just cut a tiny tiny tip. Then the next day a bit more.
The binkies we used for dd already were not air tight. I think nuk maybe. So the poking a hole did nothing. And then I tried to cut just the tip, but I suck and cut like a 1/4 of the binky off. I never cut more because she immediately was like "Oh Broken mama". We let her sleep with her handful of "broken" binkys and offered them in the car and whenever she asked. She stopped asking. I think it took like 2 or 3 days tops, only the first day she had a fit.
I tried the byebye binky and he was too smart, he asked me to fix it. Well, I cam fix just about anything so saying I couldn't didn't work.
I just took it. I did it at nap one day, he asked and I said he was a big boy and it was gone. He was fine. He did ask for it for about a week but never cried for it, it eventually just got forgotten about.
Good luck!
We did the exact same thing. About two months before she turned two I took it out if her crib and when she asked I said it went bye bye. It was much easier than I expected!
Good luck.
Claire was really dependent on it - all the time. I just went cold turkey one day and expected her to freak out but she didn't. She asked where it was a few times and I just told her it was gone. We had, surprisingly, little tears.
Good luck!
This was a great question and really helpful ideas. Greyson only gets his pacifier at night and during naps at home. He doesn't ask for it at all until bed time.
I am ready to get away from it and think I will try something at his birthday.
Tori was only allowed to have hers in her bed, but she was use it as a stall tactic by throwing it out of her crib so we would have to go back in & give it to her. At first we just added multiples to her crib, but slowly starting taking them out. One night, while she was down to just one in her crib she started the throwing it out process. I went in twice & told her I wasn't coming in again to give it to her. She threw it out and cried herself to sleep (for about 10 minutes) then ended up sleeping with out it. I never gave her another one & told her she was a big girl now.
She asked for it for 2 days & then it was over. Not much crying at all & honestly it was SO much easier than I thought it was going to be! GL!
We're struggling with this right now too. T is super attached, problem is it's affecting her teeth big time. Her one front tooth on the top and the one next to it have only come down halfway and stopped. We took her to the dentist in August and they said most likely it was from the paci and to get rid of it and hopefully it would come down. We're down to just naps and bedtime but we need to cut those too asap.
Some other ideas we've been given were the "paci fairy"... put them under their pillow and they'll be left a treat. Also putting them in the "mail' to send them to babies that need them.