I need to get rid of Holland's binkie. She is so attached to that thing. It may only get worse if I keep it around. Part of me wants to take it away and the other part of me doesn't. She loves her binkie....she will be so sad. It will be like she is losing her best friend. On the other hand, she may have a major overbite if we don't take it away soon.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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Just start slowly. First don't give it during the day then only at night.
Continue to give it at naptime and bedtime. Then stop giving it at bedtime, then stop at naptime. If you make it a slow separation it won't be so bad.
I saw a Supernanny episode that covered this issue. They told the child that there was a Binky Fairy who came and collected binkies when kids got too old. The girl placed her binky in a bag and hung it from a tree in the backyard. They told her the Binky Fairy would take it away and leave a gift in its place. The next morning when the little girl went out, there was a PRESENT all wrapped up, hanging where the binky had been. It was a Dora doll and the girl was thrilled. She was probably like 3 years old, though. So, I don't know if it would work for little Holland or not. Good luck!!
Oh, one more thing....my little sis used to suck her thumb like crazy, and she seriously developed BUCK teeth! We used to call her Bucky. So sad. I would take it away ASAP and spare Holland the ridicule.
forseeing a lifelong addiction, we weaned miss dub of her paci (at 3 months). cold turkey was our method, which would be a little traumatic for holland.
i've heard good stuff along the lines of a binky fairy. you send it away in a letter somewhere. or you tell her that on a certain holiday or birthday her binky will fly away or break or something. then you build it up for week so she's prepared. (and definitely leave a present in its place.)
or you just snip a little piece off the nipple at a time. eventually it will loose suction and she'll lose interest. or so they say.
Oh Cheechers...I wouldn't worry about it quite yet, she already has her auntie Bam Bam's gap in her two front teeth. It's cute...she'll part with it when it's time.
I finally commented on a BLOG! This is a first for me...it feels good!
I have had great done this know three times. And it is never easy. But I agree with sarah in the case that at this age she should only have it during bedtime and naptime. That is what we allow for our Peyton who is one. I tried the whole Binkie Fairy conscept with Ella, she didnt get it and could care less to get a gift. It was a good thought. But one thing that worked is, we cut the nipple off, when she found it, she said it was broken. Then she threw it away. Then when she asked for it, we said, remember, its broken. That seemed to work. Good luck!
That is a hard one. Noah has never been dependent on anything but I have heard all the tips everyone else gave you. I have also heard to give them something else to comfort her when you are taking the binky away. I don't know if she has a favorite toy or blanket but give her that to comfort her or help her find a blanket that she can depend on instead of her binky, then she can carry that around. Just a thought :)
I think H is so dang cute with that little binky in her mouth. This is a tough one and I am not looking forward to it either since Liam loves his...
My girlfriends have done the nap time and bedtime thing and the binky has to stay in the bedroom at all other times. You could try that...then do the fairy thing?
I don't think I am any help...
I know...
Do you want me to just take it with me to SLC when I leave? ;)
Hi Rach,
We JUST did this for Caleb this week! For the past few months, we just gave him his binky at naps and bedtime. During the day, if he wanted it, I would tell him "It's not time to go to sleep!" Then for about a week, I kept telling him "Pretty soon, we're going to say Bye-bye, binky!" He would cry, "Bye!" It was so sad! (I'm not sure that helped, but all of my boys do better when I give them lots of fair warning!) The last time he had it was for a nap and then when he woke up, I let him say goodbye to his binky. Then I hid all of them. That night, I made sure he was tired but not too tired before tucking him in bed. I kept telling him he was a big boy (he's 27 months). He only cried the first night and that was Monday, the 14th. Now he's totally fine! He still sleeps with his 2 blankets and 2 beanie babies. I know that Holland is younger than Caleb, but I guess I just wanted to let you know that we survived!!!
Charlie is 2 1/2 and still LOVES his paci. It is so bad. His addiction really made me consider taking Jack's away during the baby stage, but it is the fastest way to end the crying, and start the sleeping.
We've tried the "only during sleepy time" idea, and it didn't work for us. I think maybe we'll try the paci fairy this week. I'll let you know how it goes.
Oh good luck. Emery loves her paci too. But I have been trying to keep it only in the bed. Then I have heard a lot of people like the snip off the end a little at a time until there is nothing left. My sister did the Paci (we call it paci in our family) Fairy and her little girl was over it after about 3 days. Again she was over 3.
I heard a cute idea the other day. Their little girl loved babies. Then their neighbor just had a baby and they had their little girl give all her paci's to the baby. Then when she would ask for one they would remind her that the baby has them.
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