My older daughter is 3 years old. We are planning to ged rid of her beloved pacifier "Nuk" via the Nuk Fairy this Friday. How long will it take for her to get over it???
We got rid of it last night (a day early). I had been away all week on a business trip and my husband called me frantically as I was on my home from the airport asking me if we had any extras around. Hers was left at preschool. When I got home, her face was red and blotchy from tears but I just said I thought maybe the "Nuk Fairy" came a day early. I slept in bed with her to get her through her first night without it and she did great. We got her a really special present she had been wanting and she got that this morning. She asked for her Nuk once before school and they said she cried a little at nap time but she has been doing really awesome and we are all so proud of her. We are making a huge deal out of what a big girl she is and how proud everyone is. My in-laws also brought over a really special present. My fingers are crossed that she has another good night. I wish we had done this so long ago...our ten month old will definitely not keep her Nuks for this long. Lesson learned!
The thing is, if she's not ready she won't. She'll start sucking on a blanket, a toy's ear, her thumb, her fingers, what ever is handy, things that can damage her bones and teeth.
When she is ready to be done with it she will put it down and forget about it. Until then when you take it and it's gone she will focus on it totally and life will be...well, you know for a while
It will vary by child.
Just before my son was that age, we got rid of his.
How?
Well, it was during Fall.
We told him that Santa needs it to help the other kids.
With him, we collected all his Binkies all over the house.
Put it in a bag, to "mail" to Santa. And that was it.
It took him 2 days, to adjust.
But he was GOOD about it.
He didn't tantrum, he still slept fine.
He told us he missed it but that was okay.
We comforted him. But not making a big deal of it.
He ALSO had a Lovey that he slept with. So that was good enough for him.
He still did talk about his beloved Binkies for awhile, but it was his way of transitioning. We allowed him to express his thoughts on it.
But he didn't ask for it nor did he put up a fuss.
I was proud of him.
Both my kids were "bubbie" addicts! My son was 3 and my daughter was almost 3.5 when it was time. What worked best for us was taking them to build a bear and they put the bubbie inside the bear that way it is always with them. People said they would rip the bear apart but neither did. Even now if one is having a bad day they will get the animal and hug it a little more then normal! Good luck!
What worked for my son (and he was about that age) is first I prepared him by tellinghim big boys don't need pacifiers and when he was ready he coudl throw it away himself. Then I cut the tip of his pacifier. Of course it just wasn't the same with the tip off, and he decided that he didn't like it so he must be a big boy and he threw it away.
Also for a long time he only had it at night or nap, we didn't carry it with us, he didn't have it in the car. So if you haven't already cut down the use to nap only this may help too!
Allowing him to make the decision and have some control over the decision, is a lot easier than taking it away and having them fuss for it! This worked for me, I hope you find something that works for you!
We picked our daughters 3rd Birthday for "the day!" We kept telling her it was coming, she was going to be a big girl, all of that. We asked her what she would like the NuNu fairy to bring her. She wanted a Strawberry Shortcake baby doll so badly! So the morning of her big day, the fairy lrft the doll. She knew that night the fairy would be back and take all the nunu's or the doll. Bye bye went the nunu! She did ask for it once that next night. We reminded her they were gone, and she went right to sleep. She really never asked for it again. A few weeks after all this, she found one we had missed and brought it to us. Said she found it and big girls didn't need them! I think it helped her to have the doll before giving up the nunu, something to cuddle and replace the nunu. We were sure this was going to be a long difficult process, but thankfully it wasn't! I hope it goes smoothly for you also!
When my daughter turned 3, I started telling her the big girls don't need pacis and then I told her about the pacifier fairy. I told her when she is ready the pacifier fairy will come and leave a gift in place of her pacifiers. I told her to pick a gift and then tell me when she was ready. It took a few weeks of me asking if she was ready. Once she decided, I asked if she was sure because when the pacis are gone they don't come back. She said she was sure. So we did it. It worked great I think partly because she was part of the decision.
I did the binky fairy with my daughter about 5 weeks before her third birthday. Worked great! she asked a few times the first week, but never cried for it, just asked if it could come back. We explained no and that it went to another little baby and she got a toy in it's place. Worked great! I wish I would have done it sooner LOL.. good luck!
My youngest was 3 years old when I had her throw the pacifier away in our trash compactor. She put it in and that was it. When night came she wanted it back and I reminded her that SHE threw it away and that was the end of it. She did fine. Our twin grandsons just did the same thing in their trash and have been fine without it although they miss it and wanted to see the ones I kept here for them and looked with great sorrow at them but that was the end of it. I would try that and then it's not you to blame but they realize they did throw it away. In answer to your question it depends on the child totally how they react and for how long.
Have 'Nuk Fairy' leave a small stuffed animal for her.
My daughter simply took them away at age one and her little guy adjusted just fine in a day or two. But at almost 4 he needs his blanket to sleep. All kids are different.
The littlest one is 13 months old and his Mom wanted to take away the binkies but he found his thumb and she would rather he have the binkie than the thumb.
depends on the child. My son was over it the next day. My daughter took a long long time to get over it.
