While there is a novelty in the idea of a pacifiers that is labeled mute button [ Amazon ] there is a great deal of truth. My child has had his binky since his first day at home… we call it a Binky mainly because of the book Binky [ Amazon ], which we’ve ready almost daily to Marc as well.
There has been some rumors since 2005 that having a binky may even help fights SIDS (I’m not sure but we went with it because of that and a few other reasons). When you Google Pacifiers and SIDS you get a bunch of results [#1 – Dr. Greene].
We’ve used a ton of brands First Years [We loved the Soothie], Avent [Which Marc still uses], MAM, Born Free [which make a great teether with gum massager], a RaZbaby [ Amazon ], and event a thermometer binky.
With all those binky we now enter into accessories like Skip Hop Pacifier Pocket and of course a BooginHead Pacifier clip [ Amazon ], which he sleeps with because he was throwing his plethora of binkys out of his crib at night and crying until we came in to get them or him.
But its time is soon coming to an end again… we had pretty much gotten it to car trips, naps and bedtime… We will begin that again in a few weeks – when did you start working on taking your baby off the baby crack?
We got rid of Abby's pacifier easily. Oh wait, after two tough battles and parental give-in, it was easy! It genuinely took three tough tries.
We did “one last trip” with the pacifier and when we got home we took threw them out. Then when she begged for it, we could truly say that they were gone. She fussed for a few days, but got over it pretty quickly. She had not been using them at nap time, only at bed, and even then she would wake up without it.
Good luck with this one.
Oh how I dreaded getting rid of my Thaylin's binky, but at almost 2 1/2, we decided it had to go. We had started weaning him down by only giving it at home, then just at nap & bed time. About a week before Easter, we started talking about all the wonderful things the Easter Bunny would bring, but he had to leave “something” for the Easter Bunny too. So on Easter Eve (?) we gathered them all up and put them in a basket for the Bunny. On Easter morning, he came downstairs and found a large, overflowing basked of toys and candy in return for his binkies. The first couple of days he would ask for one, but we reminded him that he gave them to the Easter Bunny. In less than a week he had stopped asking for it and had kicked the binky crack for good. We made it HIS decision and he got lots of Big Boy stuff in return for giving up the binky. Good Luck and stay strong!!
At around 2 & 1/2 – that's what I'm going to do with Rayna – she's still completely attached to her binky. With my first two, I took a suggestion from Supernanny (although, it was really my idea – she wasn't around yet when Ethan was little, so she must have stolen my idea! LOL), and we have the Binky Fairy visit the house. So you can't do it until your child is old enough to understand the concept of that. But we start talking about how pretty soon, the Binky Fairy is going to come to take all the binkies to the new little babies who need them. Then one day, when we decide it's time, we make an event of gathering up all the binkies in the house, put them in a box, and leave them on the front steps outside the house for the Binky Fairy. Then, in the morning, there is a present left in the box's place by the fairy. It worked like a charm with my first two – I'm hoping Rayna goes for it too. I may allow it to stay in her crib for awhile more – not sure yet.
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