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How to get rid of the binkie?

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It is the devil and we have been trying to get rid of it for 2 days but all DS does is scream and cry for hours. We have tried cutting the tip off, throwing it away, and going cold turkey. I need help!!
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Re: How to get rid of the binkie?

  • MBMcC421MBMcC421
    Cold turkey.  It might be a week's worth of tears, but it will be worth it in the end.  All you need to remember is not to give in, no matter how bad it gets.  Once you do, and the binkie is received, you have to start all over again.  Good luck!
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  • magdusiamagdusia member

    Maybe he's not ready?  i think once they understand more (when they are 2) you can actually talk to them about it. 

    different things work for different kids, but this is what worked for my son...When my son was 1 we limited the binkie to only the crib.  We wished the binkie night night every morning.  he adjusted to that very well.  At 2 i told him that the pacie fairy is coming to get it and he didn't get it, and just out of the blue asked, "the mailman is going to take it?" and i just went with it.  "yes, he has to give it to baby down the block" and he was ok with that.  He asked for it a few times but never gave me a really hard time.  I though it would be terrible! I think it helped that he was 2 years and 3 months old so he just got it.

    The only thing that sucks is that he gave up his naps also :(  so if your LO is napping, he may not nap anymore (again, everyoen is different).

    good luck

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  • Stephanie2167Stephanie2167 member

    Keep at it cold turkey. If you keep giving it back to him when he whines for it, he'll just keep doing that.

    Throw them away so you can't give him one when your tired of listening to him cry.


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  • Eko14Eko14 member
    This is the major issue in my life right now. MS will be 3 on Sunday and we were doing really well, he only had his "nummies" at bedtime and in the car on the way home (I used to finish work at 9pm and pick him up from Nana's for the 45 min commute home). Then he got sick so we let him have it all day and now he wants it all day again. This is totally my fault. At least when we at out and about he leaves it in his carseat but I'd prefer if he didn't have it at all anymore. Ahhh I wish I had a magic wand to make him stop wanting it!
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  • jday1229jday1229
    DS only used it at bedtimes. Last week the "paci fairy" came and took the pacifiers to babies who need them. She left him a new toy firetruck (that I picked up at a consignment sale). He cried the first night and I comforted him and he's asked for it at bedtime ever since but I just tell him he doesn't have a paci anymore and he's been fine with that. 
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  • Stacy112699Stacy112699 member

    We did a take on what PP said. We told her on Sunday that Tinkerbell was coming on Friday to take all the binkys for the fairy babies. Well we where in the store and she wanted a princess doll, so I told her I would talk to Tinkerbell and if she gave up her binky, she could get it. So I "called" Tinkerbell and she agreed. So DD gave me her binky and she got doll. 

     When we got home she cried for her binky and we told her tinkerbell took it and we had to "call" her several times to make sure she couldn't bring it back and then she was fine.  

    She asked for about two days where her binky was and I told her Tinkerbell took them and then she was fine. It has been almost two months now.

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