"Releasing the Binky"

I know this is kind of late but with my daughter I found that out of sight, out of mind! If she did not see one she did not want it. I did not have this problem with my oldest either because he never used it.

I'd start by limiting it to in her bed. If she really needs it during the day, then she'll have to sit in bed while she sucks on it.

When we were ready for my son to give them up, I simply told him that as he got older, there were really tiny "babies" that needed pacifiers. I asked if he wanted to give his pacifier to a little baby that really needed it. I just planted the idea and asked if he wanted to donate his pacifier. One day he simply handed it to me and said he didn't need it any more.

I confess, I hid a couple in safe places just in case. Imagine my smiles when I stumbled across them some time later.

You've got a lot of great advice, I love the elmo and clipping the nipples idea, there is also one I haven't seen on here yet is a 'pacifier fairy' where you explain to your daughter that there is a fairy that comes around to all the big girls and takes their pacifiers away and leaves them a big girl toy. I think that good too. There are lots of great ways to do it, what I think will work the best is having her acknowledge that she is a big girl and doesn't need it anymore. Let her feel specaial by picking out a new toy or helping other babies out. Good luck!!

I did the same thing with both of my girls when they were around 18 months. I snipped the tip off then left it on the floor for them to find. When they did, they put it in their mouth and noticed something was wrong and I said "oh what happened, is is broken?? We better throw it away" then I let her go over to the trash and throw it away and that was it! It sounds too simple but that's what worked for us. Now a friend of mine did the same thing but when her daughter started crying, she went right out to the store and bought her a new one! Kind of defeated the purpose. Of course they might cry but they'll get over it. My mom also said when I was around 2 she took me to the store and let me pick out a barbie that I wanted and when we got to the cash register, she said it cost 1 pacifier so I handed the lady the pacifier and that was it. Be strong and good luck!

My neice had a hard time trying to break their son (16 months) from his pacifer, I had kept him for a weekend and the first night I snip the top from his pacifer and he put it in his mouth and tried sucking it the look of surprise came across his face, he tried with a few more attemps and finally became agervated and threw it in the trash, that was the last of the pacifer.

now I know this does not work for everyone .

On Nanny 911 she did where they took it out and hung it in a tree and said it was for the pacifer bird that she would come and take it in the middle of the night . you may want to try something like this also. make sure to have a special toy to replace it,or maybe a special trip to the toy store for a special surprize for being such a big girl. you may have a few hard days but you will get through it .
soon all will be forgotten.

i just read a great article on this so here are the ideas other mom's tried that they listed, you can gradually cut the ends off so there is less suction and try to wean her that way(i find this odd but hey) or you can try to establish a time when binky is ok and a time when it is not like she can only have it at bed cuase she is a big girl, or you can come up with an inventive way to rid your house of the things and include her in it, does she have a favorite show, one mom told her little one that elmo had a new baby and sesame street didn't have binkies so they sent them all there to help elmo, another tied them all to a bunch of baloons and released them, another took all but one and threw them out and took the final one and to a build a bear workshop and put it in a teddy bear to replace teh comfort of a binkie with a bear. My best advice is whatever you do do it now it will only cause more problems later, our doctor told us to put socks onteh hands of our 5 year old when she sleeps cause she still sucks her thumb and her teeth coming in are a mess because of it. good luck.

I would not be too concerned. My daughter just turned 3 and about 2 months before her 3rd birthday we took that pacifer from her for good. She was at an age that she could understand what was going on.
This isa security for them and it is something they are not willing to give up so quickly.
Try limiting her use to only naptime and bedtime. That way you can work with her more on her speech during the day. Not only that, butonce that pacifer is gone, she will be spurting out words like no other.
My daughter went from bare minimal speech to never ending talking.
Good luck!

Hello J.. I just took my childs pacifier away and hide it in a drawer. When he looked for it, I searched everywhere with him. I told him it was lost. I replaced it with a stuffed animal of his choice. It worked for me. Good luck!! I hope this might be helpful to you.

I have not yet had to break my son from his pacifier (he is only 6 mos) but my friend told that when she broke her sons off them she started clipping off the top of the pacifier and then every day would clip a little more off until all the plastic nipple part was gone. This worked well her. Hope it helps.

Mine is 18m and I don't think she is personally ready to part with hers. Every kid is diffrent. But we started only giving it to her at nap, bedtime and car rides. This has worked for us. You could try this give it a feel. Yours may not be ready either. You could also use the binky as a "reward".
A friend told me when hers was like 26m they told her Elmo needed binkys for all the new babies at Sesame St because they didn't sell them there. She wrapped them uo took them to the Post Office let her daughter hand them to the clerk with a note that said "throw these out when we leave please" She never asked for one again. We are going to Sesame place this summer so we 'may' try this LOL
Good Luck
(this is NOT an easy one)

I've never had this problem Jessica,my kids were thumb suckers but I do remember Marie Osmonds saying once that she would cut the nipple on the pacifier and she'd keep cutting it slowly over time till there was nothing left to suck. Not sure how that would work tho. Or maybe you can put something yucky tasting on the nipple?

S.

Hi J.! We took all our binkys to Santa claus to give to all the new babies for christmas. The easter bunny will be coming as well as St. Patrick. It worked for us. Also my hubby hid the binkys from me so I wouldn't cave and give them back, told me I'm too much of a softie when our son cries for his bink. We only had about an hour of whining, no real crying, and just kept reminding him that Santa had them for the new babies. Good luck!

J.,
Did any of these ideas work? My daughter is going to be 2 next month and I have been trying to prepare her for the "Paci fairy" but I don't think she understands. I only give it to her at nap and bed time but she will ask for her "paci" all day! Let me know what worked for you!
Thanks!

I clipped the end of my daughters a little bit every couple of days and in about 2 weeks she could not suck it anymore.

I also just read about a mom who's daughter loved Elmo and she told her that Elmo could not buy passies on sesame street so they gathered up all her passies and mailed them to Elmo. They actually took them to the post office with a note to throw the box away once they left. I thought that was really cute.

Good luck! =)