Pacifiers - Floral Park,NY

I agree you should not try this at the same time as you're moving. That will be hard on her, and by extension, you.

However, when things have calmed down, just cut the tip off. It's the easiest way, and is not traumatic for the child. My daughter was a binky addict (to the point that we had an entire drawer of them in the kitchen, no joke). She used them so much her palate was being deformed. We HAD to get her off the binky immediately because of that, and so on the advice of some Mamapedia moms, I went ahead and cut the tip off of each binky. She stood at the binky drawer putting each one in her mouth, sucking on it, and discarding it. Finally she looked at me and said, "They're all BROKEN!" She wandered off and never asked for one again. I was totally shocked that it was that easy. I've heard from other moms that they had this same experience, so it wasn't just me.

Good luck!

I'd say dont do it until she gets used to the new house, wait a month or two.

Easy? That all depends on your child!

I had always limited their usage to sleeping time only so that helped...and then I cut the tips off. My daughter still often wanted to hold it in her mouth to go to sleep, but there was no sucking so it wasn't causing any potential damage to her teeth.

I let her have it for quite a while after disabling them, but at some point just had to take them away. She was older...just before her third birthday. It was three rough nights and naps became a thing of the past.

Definitely don't yank the paci yet! Give her some time to adjust to the new house, for sure. We got lucky with yanking the binky from our son...he developed a rash around his mouth from it and didn't like the medicine I was putting on it, so he willingly ditched it. I do think cold turkey is the way to go....they're too young to understand "weaning" or only getting it for bedtime. You'll just spend most of your days fighting over when she can have it. With the cold turkey method, you'll have a few rough days but then she'll forget about it.

Good luck!
Lynsey

when i took it from my son, i just did it cold turkey. i just explained that he was getting too old he didn't need it anymore. we had a couple sleepless nights but after it was like he didn't ever even have it. when my mom was watching him one day about a month later she gave him one even tho she knew he didn't have one anymore i had to do it all over again. so make sure you stress to everyone that will be around you child that there is absolutely no more pacifiers!!!! good luck whichever way you do it. i personally think that doing it slowly just confuses them. my sister did the fairy way, and it worked great for her daughter. I have also heard of ppl tieing them to a bunch of balloons and letting them go up to heaven for all the babies up there.? but i agree you should wait a little while after she adjusts!

You have the perfect opportunity. You're moving. Don't bring it with you. And don't give in. If you do, you are only teaching your child that if they protest (cry, scream, throw tantrums) enough they get what they want. After a couple days she will forget all about it. After all, she is just a baby. Her memory is very short, even about pacifiers.

my daughter is 2 1/2 and she uses her pacifier for sleeping only. We moved to Switzerland from CT when she was 15 months and decided that it would be too much to take that away when she was dealing with such a big transition. She still needs her pacifier to sleep and I also need her to sleep :) The rule is the pacifiers have to stay in her bed. If she needs them during the day she can go and lay in her bed. She still uses them to comfort her if she's having a bad day but we put limits on the location. It works really well. I am not trying to force her to give them up yet. I figure she will stop using them when she's ready. Besides, I'm pretty sure there aren't any kids in college who still need their pacifiers to sleep :) Good luck!

We did not cut the tip, instead I cut the nipple from the tip to the base with the opening hitting the top of the mouth and the tongue. It doesn't look so obvious at first, but when they try to suck it pinches the tongue. Mine informed me that passy was broke and I told them to throw it in the trash. I let them throw it away so that they realized it was broke and they threw it away themselves. I cut every pacifier we owned that way. The best time to do it is first thing in the morning. I actually cut every pacifier except the one they were sleeping with the night before after I had put them to bed. The next morning I would sneak in and cut the one they had slept with. Even if you don't normally offer a pacifier to her, do it that morning. You want to make sure she knows first thing in the morning so that she has time to adjust to the idea. You also want her to try to take a nap without. This will make bedtime without a little easier if she has had all day to realize that her pacifier is broke.

I would wait a couple weeks or months until she has adjusted to your new home before breaking her of the pacifier no matter what method you choose.

I think I'd wait until you get settled in your new place....moving can be scary for a baby. When you feel she is settled, just make it dissapear....I think she is too young to understand she can only have it at bed time and nap time and that is just prolonging the misery. I did it at 18 months with both my kids...when they asked for it I told them we lost it, it was all gone....they both asked for it for three days, naptime and bedtime were a little rough, but after three days they both completely forgot about it. Good Luck!!

As all these responses seem to prove, it seems to be different with every child, and at every age. I too was confused by the 'fairy' idea since I was sure my 15-m.o. would not get it. But I had read you should wean the binkie by 6 months (!) and when I asked my pediatrician at the year visit she said, yeah, it's a good idea, and it's a lot easier when they're younger rather than older. She suggested not giving it to her one time, then do the next, and then not again, inconsistently, and wean her off. That seemed like torture to me, and we did not do that, but that's what she had recommended.
With my daughter I only gave it to her during awake hours when she was very cranky, and to sleep. That went on till 15 months, at which time it was only to sleep. I just left it in the crib and she had to find it. She always did--until one Monday night. She fussed and cried for a while and eventually went to sleep. When I checked in on her I saw the binkie was just where I had left it. So I decided it was time.
It's hard to say how well it might have worked since she also got sick with a cold at that time and had trouble sleeping anyway, but it only really took a few days. Cold turkey worked for us. She was about 16 months old.
Sorry to say, I think you have to just know what might work for your child and hope for the best! But remember, one way or the other it will work out. After all, none of us still uses one, right?!
Cheers
S.

She is only 18 months old! A baby. Let her keep her pacifier right now,
especially since you are moving. As time goes on you can limit it to
naps and bedtime. Once you are settled and she is a bit older you can
tell her to leave it in the car if you are going out. What I am saying is
gradually decrease the time she has it. Being an old fashioned kind of
girl, I say she is a baby and if she enjoys it, not a big deal.

Our son had just turned 3 when we took it away. Is there a reason to get rid of it now? The dentist told us at his first visit (in April of last year - he turned 3 in January) that if we took the pacifier away now, his teeth would move back into proper position. They did! Anyway, since it was close to Easter, we told him the Easter bunny needed the binkies for the baby bunnies. He cried and said no, but we insisted and said we were sure the Easter Bunny would give him something special if he did. The first night was awful - he cried all night - and I mean ALL night. In the morning, he was fine. The Easter Bunny brought him a present that morning - three days before Easter. That day - naptime was a nightmare and that was it! He stopped asking. Perhaps you could use Santa and his elves and give her a special gift? I think it's early to give it up and I'd worry she'd start sucking her thumb or fingers - a much worse habit to break. That's why we waited until he was 3. I figured at that point, he'd be done with needing to suck on something and I was right. No fingers or thumbs! Woo-hoo. Also, after you take the binkie, change up the nap/bedtime routines as the binkie was probably part of your routine.

I say it is good idea to get rid of it now. We waited too long with my son. He was 3 and now he has an open bite because of it. We went cold turkey. We kept putting it off and it was so easy. We lost it at the park so I decided then and there it was time. He of course was upset but he didn't miss any sleep and stopped asking for it after two days. I can still tell he misses it when he is tired because he sucks on his fingers. I regret waiting so long to take it away. I think doing it at 18 months is a much better time but of course every child is different. As someone suggested, maybe you can lose them with the move. Good luck!

Good, moving, don't bring paci's with you. She'll get over it. I wouldn't have her get settled into the house for a few weeks and then give her something else to get used to (being without the paci). She is too young to understand cutting back on its use to only certain times. Don't "work on it" over a period of month, just get rid of it,

I wouldn't do it when you are moving. Then I would move it to 'in the crib' only. Before you lift her out after nap time and only when you have put her in for nap/bed, she gets it. Then, decide on something she would like, and talk about that she gets it when she is 2 - a switch with the pacifiers. Kids know when you are serious - and they know where the chinks are in the armor. So be clear and consistent.

I know a mom who drank coffee every morning from the same mug. When it was time for her daughter to give up her bottle, the mom said, "When you are x, you get mommy's mug - the bottle is all gone." Boy was that something to look forward to and to prepare for. She drank water/milk out of it, obviously - not coffee. But it was something very special she never had before but knew was her beloved mommy's.