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I have a two year old who seems obsessed with her binky... the more I try to take it away and tell her shes a big girl... the more she wants it... any suggestions... btw, I have a 1 year old who has one but rarely uses it..
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| Posted by Lauren on 01/22/2008 09:21 AM
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| Sa was obsessed with her paci aslo. She just turned 2 Jan. 11 and we took it away about 2 weeks before her b-day. She was only getting it at night and naptime, since about 18 minths. She only cried a while the first night and after that asked a few times but done so good. I couldnt believe how easy it was. We told her we gave it to the moon, like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Thay use a mouse ka tool .No real advice but to let her cry it out. Oh and she didnt have a nap the day we took it away, but it made it easier for her to fall asleep because she was so tired. |
| posted by Natasha on 01/22/2008 10:38 AM
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I never thought I would get the passie away from my 2 1/2 year old. She only used it at night but even then if it fell out of her mouth she would wake up and look for it.
We told her that Santa's reindeer babies needed the passies. We warned her for weeks that she would be giving them to Santa's reindeer babies. On Christmas Eve she paked them all up and we put them in a bowl for Santa next to his cookies and milk. She asked one time only for them back, we just waid they were gone to the reindeer. She has found a few she had hidden around the house and insists that we mail them to the baby reindeer.
This might be something you want to try for Easter with the Easter Bunny and the baby bunnies. Good luck! |
| posted by Deb on 01/22/2008 10:39 AM
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| Cold turkey.Thats the only thing I can tell you. |
| posted by Lexi on 01/22/2008 11:43 AM
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When my son turned 1, he was only allowed his binky when in bed. After a few months, he was only allowed it at night. When he turned 18 months, we took it away completely. The first 3 nights, he cried for about 10-20 minutes, but after that he never asked for them again.
When my second son has a binky, and my oldest (now 2 1/2) has tried to put it in his mouth. We just tell him that it's for baby's only. It's not much of a problem now, because the baby prefers his thumb than a binky. It's alot hard to take away, but at least he'll never lose it!! |
| posted by Sam on 01/22/2008 12:20 PM
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thanks for all the advice... My mother found a book called "bye bye pacifier"- at target for 1.00 and she seems to be easing up to the idea... We've now read it like 15 times... so lets see how tonight goes.... thanks again!
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| posted by Lauren on 01/22/2008 01:09 PM
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Hi Lauren - great name you've got there! ;)
My son is 17 months and uses his binky only at night and in the car. I was planning on de-binking him around his 2nd b-day, but have been reading up on the subject, and unless the binky is interfering with her speech development, there's really no medical need to take it away...maybe just limit it to bedtime? Most children will lose their want for the binky around age 3. Binkies don't hurt future teeth either, which was a concern of mine...as long as it's gone before adult teeth come in (and it will be for sure), no harm done. I'll probably continue to allow my son access to his binky at night a little longer than I planned...we'll see. Hope this helps! :) |
| posted by on 01/23/2008 11:32 AM
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| Hi Lauren. My daughter has really had no interest in a pacifer ever except during playtime with her dolls. She is two years old. I don't have the binky problem I have the bottle problem. She doesn't want to give up her bottle which is weird because she was already drinking out of a sippie cup at 1 and a bit later she was using a straw and now she can drink out of just a regular old cup. Her bottle is her security. Basically she only needs it at nap and bedtime. My view is that if you can limit it to those times they need it just for sercurity then try weening it from there or not because they will eventually loose interest it's just that it's on their time not ours or what society thinks. I'm not worried at all about ther losing the bottle. I might be if she wasn't taking to a cup, etc. No one ever says anything about the 4 or 5 year old child that has a blankie and carrying that all around. People always harp about the baby still on the pacifer and the bottle. For a while try not calling attention to it at all. May be you could check out some books and videos that may have a character with the same problem. good luck. Nicole |
| posted by on 01/23/2008 09:11 PM
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| I have asked this same question a million times. My son will be two next month and after we got back from Christmas vacation we took it away during day time hours except for naps and he gets it at night. The first couple of weeks he cried a lot and I think we are probably just dragging it out, I think we should just take it away all together. He is doing better though about not asking for it all day long but there are still times when he asks just not for as long as those first two weeks. He plays a lot better and seems to focus more on what he is doing, I wish I had done it a long time ago. He is able to pronounce letters and sounds that he couldn't before. He still has fits every once in a while but I think it is because he doesn't know how to deal with frustration because before he would just put the paci in his mouth and forget about it, now he has to deal with it, he is getting better by the day, its been about 3 1/2 weeks. I think we are going to get rid of it after his birthday but I am going to start preparing him now, I just haven't thought of a story yet, I wish I could find a book because we read lots of books and maybe I could find one that prepares for that departure. Hope this helps, My son was obsessed to, I think its harder for those babies, it might just be better to go cold turkey. |
| posted by amy on 01/24/2008 11:10 AM
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