Bye Bye Binkie!
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Bye Bye Binkie!
Whether you call it a ‘bubbie,’ ‘nawny,’ ‘ binky’ or ‘the peacemaker,’ parting with the pacifier can be sweet sorrow for all involved. To help ease the pain just a bit, these amazing Mamapedia mamas offered their solution for getting rid of the paci once and for all.
3Lilonesmama from Tucson answers:
We did the binkie fairy. She collected up all her binkies and put them in a gift bag and hung them on our tree outside so the binkie fairy could come and take them to give to new babies. She was over 3! The fairy left her a doll the next morning in the bag and took all the binkies. She cried for it at night for 3 days, but she was fine after that.
Good luck☺
Brittani B. from Dallas answers:
We cut off the tips, then put them back where they were so when she found them and showed us, we told her they were broken. She was over 2, fully potty trained, and an early talker. I have no clue why she held on for as long as she did.
She would have full conversations with it in her mouth, like those smokers who can talk with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth and it never falls — that’s how she was. When they were all broken, she threw them away and they were gone for good.
Natalie P. answers from San Jose on April 26, 2012
For all 3 of my kids (2 boys, 1 girl), we got rid of it a few months before their third birthday. We told them they were big kids now, and it was time to throw them away. They threw the pacifiers in the trash, and we made a big deal out of it.
To be honest, it was harder on me with all three of them than it was on them. Each of them fussed for a few minutes the first night, and that was pretty much it. I think it helped that they were involved in the process.
Amanda G. from Houston answers:
Cold turkey, you have a garbage can right?
Shannon R. from Azusa answers:
The fairy came. My daughter took all her “babas” into bed with her for the last time, and the next a.m. they were gone but some goodies and presents were at the foot of her bed. The helped because on the first real night without the baba, there were some tangible things to point to, to remind her where they went and isn’t the new stuff so much better anyway???
Grammarocks from Buena Park answers:
Lost it the same night we had stopped bottles — cold turkey. He missed it more than the bottles, but was done with both : )
Becky V. from Sterling Heights answers:
We had my daughter build a bear and put her pacifiers in there. We talked if up for about a week in a half, then went in and did She thought it was great! That day we made sure to wear her out so she was super tired. She asked for it once and that was it.
Fanged Bunny from Kew Gardens answers:
Our son never took to having one. My SIL tells me that in Denmark, there is a paci tree in the playground. At around 2/3 years old, the kids hang their pacifiers in the tree and graduate to being big kids. It’s a big deal, and the whole family celebrates.
S. H. from Kailua answers:
My son was a Binky kid. All the time.
One day we told him that Santa needs it for the other children. Then together with him, we gathered up all his Binkies and put it in a bag to “mail” to Santa.
It took him about 2 days to adjust. He didn’t argue or tantrum or cry about it. But he told us he was sad and missed his Binkies. But he also had a Lovey that he sleeps with, so that was comforting for him.
He still slept fine, although it took him longer. But we were patient. He was doing the best, he could.
He was about 2.5 years-old then.
Have a method you used to get rid of the pacifier once and for all? Please comment below.
