Comments on: Help! Pacifier addiction in need of intervention?

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:52:53 +0000

Amber, I’d love to hear more about the method. Without giving away the $30 trade secrets, what did you guys do?

By: SPAMMER Amber

SPAMMER Amber — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:56:43 +0000

I also used [LINK REMOVED BECAUSE I'M A SPAMMER] (followed it step by step). They said it would take 4 days, but after only 2 days my son wanted nothing to do with his pacifier. Awesome stuff, worked perfectly, also highly recomended.

By: Charlly

Charlly — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:40:09 +0000

My little one is 2.5yrs old…. she never wanted a pacifier, she turned 2 and she got a hold of it and that is all she wants now. That’s myfault for leaving it around when she did not want it before. How will that affect her if I just take it away? What to do? What not to do?

By: Bella

Bella — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:34:11 +0000

Very cool. Funny thing, my son was fussing the other day. I pulled out an old binky thinking it might sooth him. No dice, he wanted nothing to do with it! The association the brain makes really does work.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:26:24 +0000

Bella, I took a look at that pdf from bye bye binky and it looks interesting. I may be motivated to try the steps soon on my two year old and I’ll report back.

By: Bella

Bella — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:31:22 +0000

My friend emailed me a link to a site that has a publication on losing the binky (it is free, makes money by advertisements). I have not tried it yet because my son is only 6 months old. She absolutly raved about the method. I think I will try try it out when he is around 1. It is http://www.bye-bye-binky.com for anyone who is interrested. If you do, let me know your thoughts….Bella

By: amy

amy — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:52:40 +0000

My daughter is now ten, and I still cringe when I think back to the time we decided to nix the binkie. It was 2 and a half months of crying hell – for all of us!

By: TommiGirl

TommiGirl — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:41:14 +0000

I have 3 girls, 13, 11 and 7 — the 7 year old was addicted to pacifiers — I used to joke that I would give her a cigarette if she would trade it for her paci! We put off weaning her until she was 5 – yikes! You do not want to wait that long, believe me… When she was 5, we did the paci fairy deal — I typed a letter and secretly put it on her bed one night — as she was getting ready for bed, she saw the note and asked me to read it — I’ve pasted the letter below — it worked so easily it was unbelievable — telling a fairy story or a story wth some sort of magical charater will be very helpful — if you aim at your child’s developmental stage, it will work like magic. I could not believe how easy it was and was kicking myself for not having done it sooner — I know it would have worked when she was much younger… The letter talks about “mmomy and dadday” but obviously can be edited to fit any family structure… Good luck!

“Dear Georgia Catalina – what a beautiful name!!!

We are the Pacifier Fairies – we are your Paci’s mommy and daddy! We love how you named her “Paci” and we know she has been very happy to be your pacifier. But you know how you have a mommy and a daddy, well, she has a mommy and a daddy, too – we are her mommy and daddy! We love and miss Paci very much and even though Paci has loved her time with you, she loves and misses us very much, and knows it is her time to travel home with us to Pacifier Land. We are writing to you now because we know you are finally ready to say good bye – last night you proved to us what a brave girl you are.

Also, when little children like you do not stop using their pacifiers by the time they are 5, we, the Pacifier Fairies, come to collect the pacifiers because the little pacis miss their mommy and daddy and because we miss our little pacis – 5 years is just long enough for us to be apart.

So…. at the next full moon (ask your mommy or daddy when that will be), if you leave Paci on your window sill, we the Pacifier Fairies will come to get Paci and finally bring her home. Just like the Tooth Fairy, we the Pacifier Fairies will leave you a special, wonderful present when you let Paci go back home with us. We and Paci will be so proud of you!!! Paci is very sorry and will be sad that she has to say goodbye to you, but she is really looking forward to being back in Pacifier Land with her mommy and daddy just like you get to be with your mommy and daddy every day. Now your job is to make a wish for what you want your special, wonderful present to be and at the next full moon, you will be so happy!!!!

Love,
The Pacifier Fairies

By: DramaMama

DramaMama — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:33:09 +0000

For us, we were doing the potty training, big boy bed at nap and ‘nutchie’ detox all at the same time! I was so angry that he kept finding it and teasing me by hiding. I’d hear this sucking sound from under his bed, the corner of the bathroom, etc. Finally we sat down and had a huge talk about being a big boy. He is 2.5 yo and ‘gets it’. So I cut the nutch right in front of him. He tried it. Didn’t like it. Asked why I did it. I told him that we were going to give it to the babies at the hospital, which is where he came from. He thought about that. He asked for it at nap, but spit it out when he realized it was cut. Other people say to use a razor and gradually do it but I didn’t have time for that! Anyway, it took 3 days of some crying at nap, but I let him pick an extra stuffed animal or blanket. We prayed together that the babies at the hospital would like the nutchies we gave them and that they would grow to be big kids like him. Overall, seeing how well it went, I wish I did it sooner! I have since given him a few extra privileges for being a big boy, like helping me dump ingredients in when I cook or handing the money to the cashier or whatever. I tell him it’s b/c he’s a big boy. I also remind him that big boys don’t push, they use words, etc and use it as discipline too…sorry for the long comment, I just feel strongly about this. It worked for us and they are only suggestions…looking forward to reading updates on your progress!

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:07:26 +0000

So, he stopped using it at school, but kept it at home for the time being. The kicker is that he’s a cranky mess at school and has started BITING kids again. Awesome.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:54:17 +0000

My kid brother was about 3 he was still sucking a pacifier. My family to a camping trip and the binky just disappeared…forever. He survivied and I have no recollection of major trauma. Fast forward about 16 years to when he’s helping my mom clean out the attic…the binky resurfaced from the bottom of my mom’s craft bag as a dry-rotted mess.

The binky incident was just a few years after my parents “forgot” to bring my bicycle training. All was well until I had to stop.

So maybe a camping trip is in order for you guys.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:01:25 +0000

I think you should give him some time (a month) to adjust to the big boy bed before putting another stress on his sleeping. Of course he can CIO and get over it at night, but with the nap, there’s not really CIO unless you think you can just leave him there until bedtime