Getting rid of Binkie
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Ok my little one is two and in a big girl bed. So we started limiting binkie use, only when she goes to bed. So how did you get rid of binkie totally?? and at what age? She really likes binkie when she sleeps and even wakes looking for it(this is why I want to get rid of it), which then makes me get up to find it. I dont know if its time or if she is to young, she does ok thru the day only asks for it when she is getting tired and ready for nap or when she gets upset that she cant do something. I dont want to push it if its no big deal.
My son had a binkie. He
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My son had a binkie. He only used it at nap/bed time and in the car. We took it away around 20 months. I stilled rocked him to sleep at that time. We took it away on a Saturday at nap time and he cried for about 15-20 minutes for it and then went to sleep and then at bed time he cried about 10-15 minutes and by Sunday night he didnt even want it. I just told him that he was a big boy now and binkies were for babies and we had to send all him binkies to the babies. It really wasnt that bad. He went to daycare so daycare said he did fine that Monday and didnt even ask for it. Good luck!
Kristina-
Mom of Brayden 5 and Bailey 1 yr old
I have the same problem
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I have the same problem only with "baba". My daughter is 17 months, and a fews ago I was able to stop putting anything in the bottle, but have not been able to completely get rid of it. I thought if I quit putting water in it she wouldn't want it anymore but that has not been the case. Now that she can talk, she says baba when I'm laying her down. I have not really tried very hard to put her down with out it, but I know I probably should.
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My Mom
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My Mom had told me about my brother's problem about getting rid of his "paci." She simply cut a small portion of the nipple and told my brother that a rabbit had bit it. He threw it and wanted nothing else to do with it. So funny.
Binkie
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That sounds just like my daughter was at 18 months she only needed it when she went to bed but had just moved her to a big girl bed and she really wanted to be a big girl but she still very much wanted that binkie. My husban just thought we should throw it away but I thought she might cry way too much for that she tends to be dramatic so I took her to build a bear and we placed in her teddy bear. The first night she struggled a little bit but then after that no big deal we found that if we stuck to it then she would get over it but if when she started crying we gave in she would win and we would have been buying another binkie. Good luck
Broken Binkies
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We slowly weaned both of our sons from the binkie. They had several of them and I slowly cut a small slit in top of one at a time. When the boys would suck it didn't work right for them. When they would bring them to me, I would say, "Uh oh, it's broken. We have to throw it away." Then I would have them put it in the trash. If they refused, then I would wait til they were ready to toss the broken one themselves. Finally, the last one broke and they threw it away no problem. Then I pointed out that we had no more binkies that worked. They fussed a little but I rubbed their back the first night, then sat on the edge of the bed the next, then the floor by the bed, and then by the door. By that time they had learned to soothe themselves to sleep. It seemed to give them time to adjust. Now my youngest slept the first night with the last broken binkie and got up the next day and threw it away angrily. Saying, "Dumb binkie, no work." I died laughing. He never asked for one again. It may work or not for you, but thought I would share. Good Luck
Ok, so I know I'm probably a
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Ok, so I know I'm probably a horrible mom for letting daughter keep her paci for SOOOOO long, but she just turned 4 a few weeks ago, and we took it away...FINALLY!!! The plan had been to take it away when she was 3, but we were never really consistant with that. Finally a month or so before her 4th birthday I told her after she turned 4, no more pacis. The "paci fairy" actually came to our house and took all the pacis. We put them under her pillow and the paci fairy came while she was sleeping and left her a prize instead. This worked really well until they were all finally gone. She was fine the whole day without it. About 5 min. before bed she must have finally realized they were gone and got upset. It's been about a week and a half and she doesn't even ask for it anymore. She goes to bed without a problem. I should have taken it away long ago!
As far as the bottle. Both my girls were about 18 months when I finally took that away. My son just turned one and I plan to take it away in the next month or so. I'm not really sure how to go about it though. Since my girls were a little older they kind of understood they would no longer have a "ba-ba" but since he's only 1 I'm not sure he'll really understand. He takes one before naps and bedtime. I just FINALLY got him sleeping through the night (2 nights in a row!!! yay!) so I'm afraid to take it away now! If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!! :)
Thanks for all the great
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Thanks for all the great ideas. I think we will try all them till one works. Maybe its me that doest want her to give it up yet. lol . I cant do it yet, we have a few family issues that she will need the binkie when she goes to her aunts house while I tend to my dad and my aunt. These are great ideas , broke binkie , binkie fairy, and love the build a bear idea, these should be in a book, "the binkie book". Maybe it would be easier to wait till she understands more.???? Thanks again