How to Get Rid of Pacifer?

My son will be 3 in May and I'm going through the same issue.

A few days ago, I just explained to him that the pacifier is only for sleeping. If he takes it, I ask "I see you want to nap now. Would you like a story or a song?" and 9 times out of 10, he gives it back to me (the 10th time, he goes to nap, which is also fine!)

Twice already he forgot about it so completely that he went to bed without it. I deeply hope that in a couple of weeks, all pacifiers are history in this house.

Good luck!

When my daughter was 2 1/2 we left her paci's on the cookie plate for Santa so that he could deliver them to all the new babies. With Easter around the corner she could leave them in her Easter basket for the Easter Bunny to deliver. I had a friend tie ribbon to the end of each one and let her daughter hang them on the tree branches and bushes for the paci fairy to pick up and deliver to babies. If you think she is ready there are lots of fun ways to handle it. However, she may not be ready. Lots of kids regress into old habits when under stress (new baby). If you think this maybe the cause then try waiting for her 3rd birthday. Good luck with it all and have fun giving those paci's away :)

We did the "pacifier fairy". It is the same concept as the tooth fairy. We told the story of the pacifier fairy.... The pacifier fairy takes the pacifiers of big kids when they are done with them and gives them to children who need them... we embellished quite a bit. :-) Then we told her that when she was ready we would leave the pacifiers on the table and the pacifier fairy would bring her a treat. We didn't push or really ask her after we told her about the fairy but every once in a while I would tell her something special such as, "did you know that the pacifier fairy wears a pink dress?" and left it at that. About a week later she said she was ready to be a big girl and we put the pacifiers on the table before she went to bed and in the morning there was a new soccer ball on the table (She loved soccer!). She never asked for the pacifiers again because she thought the pacifier fairy had waved her magical wand and turned her into a big girl. She would go around telling people about the fairy and reenacting it like a scene from Cinderella. It is so hard to go through this! Just stick to it and eventually you will be pacifier free!

I'm not being mean...but have you considered if she still needs the sucking action then she will find something to suck? Like fingers, blanket corners, pillowcases, toys, etc...anything can become a suckable item if they need that sucking action. Some things can't be taken away either, maybe she needs a little more time, just try to encourage her to not use it so often, you got lots of gradual ways below. I worry that cold turkey will encourage her to find an alternative. My daughter still occasionally sucks her fingers when she is exceptionally stressed out or very very tired. Oh,she's an adult now too.

for both of my children Santa took their Binki's and traded them for toys. Santa left a nice letter explaining that he was old enough for big boy toys and Santa collects them for baby reindeer. Both of our children were glues to the binkis and always had them hanging out of their mouth it drove me crazy seeing that I work for an Orthodontist. We had only one night of crying from the first and I explained that Santa was way to busy to come back and the baby reindeer needed them and there are no stores in the North Pole for Santa to buy them. The second we had one evening of maybe a 1/2 hour of screaming. Lol Being a Christain we don't really put alot of emphasis on Santa anyway so if they got mad at him. Oh well! LOL

I wish I knew because my daughter just turned 2 and she wants the pacifier at night and every night

I would start with having it just for bed, then eventually just taking it away. We took our dd's away on a weekend and she was fine by the time we had to go to work on Monday.

We went cold turkey with my son when he was 2 yrs old. He only used it for naps and bedtime though. It might be harder if you let her use it throughout the day.
We had a couple of rought nights of our son waking up and crying and such, but we let him work through it for the most part. After 2 nights, he was fine.
Good luck!

I had my son help me put them (we had at least 10) in a plastic bag because the all the babies needed them. He did not like it but we did it cold turkey. when he asked we just told him that the babies had them now, not big boys.

My son used the pacifer till he was 2 , but only at bed and nap time ..Had a special he put it between times..aaaaaaThen my mother came along and threw it away and the was the end of that

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Not sure if this will work for you because the baby doesn't take a paci but my sister did this with my niece. My sister told my niece that the paci fairy was going to come before her 3rd birthday to take all the paci away because big girls don't need them. The fairy needs to pass the paci's to the new babies that come to the world (her new son uses a paci too). So she gave her a few weeks about talking about the fairy and one day they put all paci in a bowl and the fairy came in the middle of the night left a gift and took all the paci's. You have to explain what a big girl she is a babies only need paci. Good luck

couple of ideas...

wrap it up for the paci fairy to give to other children who need it and put it in a place where she will find it and replace with a present.

or try only giving it to her at night to start and see if she get's rid of it herself

Hi , I've had the same problem with 3 years old , but just 2 months before Christmas we told her that Santa will love to have her pacifier and in return he will bring a big present for her , She was very happy about it and as soon as she saw Santa on Christmas night she gave it to him , she ask for it in the following 3 days but not crying just a little sad, when she realized there will be no more pacifier she hold on to one of her favorite teddies, we were very surprised on how easy it turn to be . My sister in law did something similar but in a Toy shop , she arranged with the shop lady for a present for my little niece in advance , after she came with my niece and they were very nice and agreed to hang the pacifier of the ceiling so she can see it every time she came by the shop :-)

Hope this can help you and best of luck , Regards

I have a now 3 year old pacifier free and I seriously didn't think I was going to be able to get rid of it.. but it works..

What we did is we did it in steps.. first (around 1½) we made the rule that she was not allowed to run around with it in her mouth.. if she wanted it then she had to sit down in a certain place and if she got up she would have to give it up. Then we went to taking it away during the day and only had it at nap time and night time.. after she got used to that we took it away at nap time (this was the most difficult part as she would get really upset when taking her nap) then she was like that a few months and then we did the pacifier fairy thing. She collected them all together (she was upset about it but we continued to do it) and she very angrily put them in a basket and we put it outside for the pacifier fairy to come.. As soon as they were in the basket she was ok.. We prepared her for about 1-2 weeks before told her that the pacifier fairy was coming. made sure she understood what that meant.. that she gives all of her pacifiers to the pacifier fairy and she leaves a special prize for being such a big girl.. and just made sure she understood that they were gone from that moment on.
After it's gone, make sure they are completely gone.. throw them out and out of the house.. She may ask or get upset for the first couple of days (although I was SO surprised that we didnt get any of that) but after awhile she will understand that they are gone..
Good luck I'm sure it will go better than you think.

updated:
Just wanted to add, that I agree with Daisymamma.. if she is not ready I wouldnt force it too much with a new baby around. She may need that extra comfort.. but if you feel it's starting to affect her speech or her teeth then by all means take it away.

We did it without too much trouble but she still whined and complained for a couple days. First I cut the paci. Just snipped the top and told her that is what happens when girls get to be so big. She could use it if she wanted but chose quickly to let it go because it didn't feel. good. So she had trouble sleepng for a couple days (due to whining about how her paci was not good and she wanted a new one) then chose to give it up. She was also 2 1/2.

I went cold turkey with my son when he was 17 months old, no weening, just no pacifier. When he would look for it or ask, I would distract him by throwing a ball or acting silly with him. It took about two weeks and he was done. If I was in the store and I saw another kid with him I would walk the other direction, we avoided pacifiers and it worked. He had some whiney moments but we ignore him or again try to distract him. The cold turkey method works best for everything in our house, we did the same things with the bottle. Good luck

Take it to the store and trade it for something special. Or you can go cold
turkey. You can always put a hole in the nipple. Good luck.

The fairy came on my son's 2-1/2 birthday and gave him a stuffed toy to sleep with. He had trouble falling asleep for the next couple of months though (had to re-learn how to soothe himself).
My daughter is now 1-1/2 and sleep so good with it, but I think we'll try putting holes in first - I wonder if it's easier for them if it's their decision to stop (plus she's still in a crib and might be easier for her to fall asleep without it?).
good luck. It's was one of the hardest things to go through for my son (and me).

At 2 1/2 I would just throw them all away! That way you won't be tempted to give it back to her. It may take a couple days of her asking for it, but she'll be fine. COLD TURKEY is the best way to go when they child gets this old.......

I am going though the very same thing!!!! I think I will just lose it, Because when we have lost it in past she is ok..... until BED. But you know I had a friend tell me she got her daughter to see that it was not doing anything for her and came up with that they would take it to the dump. The little girl had to through it a way, so she knew she was NOT going to get another..

Good Luck Let me Know R. F

You could try the snip off the tip method, or the binky fairy.
Make elaborate graduation event, where the pacifiers get put into a large envelope or small box.. Seal it up (with a story) that they're being sent to the fairy who needs to deliver them to other newborns who need them (more than big boys/girls)... The fairy will then take the package from the porch.. and in return, leave a special surprise (toy) GOOD LUCK!
(AND Of course there are some who have it placed inside a build-a-bear and the child will then just get to hug the bear for comfort)