This isn't my addiction, but I need help.
Has anyone had a toddler that would just NOT give up the binky? Little Girl HAS to have it for sleeping time (She is ok the rest of the time.) I am hesitant to take it away cold turkey, she is so attached to it, I don't want to cause psychological harm. (I know, she's already going to have problems just from being the child of a worry wart!) My mom suggested letting them fly away on a balloon. I don't know if she is old enough for the "big girls don't have binkies" talk.
What do I do? Should I even worry about it yet?
I glanced at a parenting magazine at the Midwife office last week and their advice was to ditch the binky cold turkey between 8-12 months. Thanks. That helps a lot! Ha ha! :) Anyway, if you have any advice, feel free to share. And while your at it, feel free to give advice about how to help the girl transition to being a big sister. This next month could be rough for her. She's so used to getting ALL the attention!
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Mason had his binky until he was 2. Only at bedtime. When we were ready to take it away we cut the very tip of it off and he didn't like it anymore. That was that. It was A LOT easier than I thought it would be!! Good luck!! I wouldn't stress to much about it.
I've had lots of friends cut the tips off. Others have found something their kid really likes and told them they were donating the binky to that thing. Like the kid liked babies so they took the binkys to the hospital so that the new babies could use them. Their kid was probably older than yours though. I'd say cut the tip though.
I would approach it just like weaning from the breast. I think some children are just hardwired to suck- and it's a good thing because early in life it guarantees that they'll survive. I don't know how long that need stays in their brain- but I would suspect that one of the reasons it's not uncommon for kids to continue breastfeeding into the toddler and preschool years is part of that need that they need to fill. I wouldn't worry about it until past then. She won't be using a pacifier at 15- it will just go away on its own eventually.
We've just cut the tips off of ours and they decide they just don't like it and it's done with. With my second it took a couple of nights, but then she just didn't want it.
We took the binky away cold turkey and that worked fine. We did replace the binky with a sippy cup. Jacob can still suck on something at night when he needs to. That seems to give him the comfort he needs. (You just have to make sure you have one that won't leak all over the crib.) When you wean her off the binky is completely up to you, but she's still pretty young. I don't think I would really worry about it much right now unless you just really want to.
Can't help with the binky, Whitney never liked them and I'm cutting Bre off cold turkey on her 1st birthday. (that's what my mom did and we all were fine)
As for the big sister transition... I had Whitney help with everything!! She helped hold the bottle to feed Bre, get diapers, hold the wipes before I needed them. Plus she was always right by me when I bathed Breann and dressed her, etc. She handled a new sister AMAZINGLY. We also told her Breann was "her baby" too and she really liked that. I'm sure big sister will do just fine, though I know the stress you go through wondering how they will handle it.
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