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jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 332
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 12:16 pm: | 
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Our two year old uses a pacifier only at night. We're ready to discontinue this and have announced that the Easter Bunny will be collecting pacifiers from all the big boys to give to the little babies as a part of his egg hiding and jelly bean delivering rounds.
I'm just not sure of the logistics of this ritual. Do we leave the pacifiers the night before, and suffer THAT night? The good stuff that Easter Bunny has brought seems to come a little too late, by the next morning.
Any advice?
J.B. |
BGS
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Username: Bgs
Post Number: 733
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 12:40 pm: |
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JB- we did something similiar ....I would just have the pacifier gone Easter morning... and the night before as he is going to sleep remind him that the binky will be gone in the morning....and where it is going to etc...you may not have to suffer if you keep talking about it between now and then...make it seem like a very big deal that he is going to be making such a big contribution to a "baby"...if you keep speaking about him being the big boy and keep mentioning the baby that is going to get the binky...may be able to relate....This is just what worked for us...good luck...
BGS |
WendyP
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3221
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 12:47 pm: |
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I have always transitioned my kids away from the pacifier at the same time I transition them to a "big boy bed." As in "big boys don't use pacifiers so if you want to sleep in a big boy bed you can't use the pacifier anymore." To me, that seems like it's more the child's choice to give it up, and get something else really exciting in return--turning it in to a positive rather than making it a negative. It's always been very effective for me. I'm not sure about making the Easter Bunny the bad guy. But that's just me.
My 2 1/2-year-old only uses his pacifier for naps and bedtime--and ocassionally when he's gets really upset about something--but only at home. I'm in no big rush to make him give it up. Your only a little guy once, and if the pacifier helps, then I say let him/them have it a little while longer.
So that's my advice. Good luck. |
kss
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Username: Kss
Post Number: 124
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 2:21 pm: |
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To get our little one to stop using it, we used a similar technique. We told her that our friends baby needed it so when we went to visit them, we were going to give it to him. We then counted down the number of nights until we were going to their house. We took 10 pieces of paper & wrote the numbers 1 to 10 on them & then taped them to her door. After each night, she got to remove one. On the day we were going to our friend's house, all the numbers were gone. I think we had one really rough night after that but basically it was smooth. |
Peter
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Username: Peter
Post Number: 227
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 3:43 pm: |
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In our house, we prepped the girls for the arrival of the Binky Fairy. She takes the binky and gives it to a new baby girl who doesn't have a binky. The donor gets a new, special toy in return. In the girls' cases, one got a set of plastic plates and silverware (plastic ware?) from Ikea. The other got a "special doll baby."
For our younger, I couldn't find the binky one night, so I told her the binky fairy had come,etc. We had a leftover Christmas doll in the closet, and my wife "remembered" that the binky fairy had left a special doll for her.
Now, every so often, our younger asks for a binky and then reminds herself what happened.
If you go with the binky fairy, you can do it whenever you want, maybe even this afternoon. If you pick the toy carefully, thoughts of the binky fade rapidly. |
Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 2783
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 3:49 pm: |
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Not to hijack but any thoughts on thumb sucking? My almost 3 year old is a chronic thumb sucker. Unfortunately I was also a thumb sucker MUCH longer than I should have been. I can't believe I didn't need major orthodontic work.
Any ideas on how/when to break the habit? |
eb1154
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Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 470
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 6:01 pm: |
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We did the same thing as kss. We told our one son that his cousin needed it, he was so happy and proud to have helped his cousin that it never came up again.
He was 12 years old so that may have helped. Just kidding, he was about 2 years old.
Eric |
margotsc
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Username: Margotsc
Post Number: 70
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 7:09 pm: |
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Re: the thumbsucking, I was forced by my mother to give it up at age 7 and I had lingering sleep problems as a result. As in, for years. (The thumb was a big part of my falling asleep.) I think the current advice is to let them give it up on their own and after my exp. I would go that route. But I guess your pediatrician could weigh in .... Interestingly, neither of girls sucked their thumbs or was remotely interested in a binkie so I don't have parenting exp. on this topic. |
\2{Monster}
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2478
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 7:42 pm: |
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just rip it from his quivering lips when you bed him down the next time, tell him that he won't be gettin' it back, and toss it in the garbage, tie it up, and take it outside for pick up.
okay, not really...
I've never had to deal with this particular problem, seeing as how I never gave pacifiers to my kids (they never sucked there thumbs either), if you never start them on the habit...
Don't ya' just hate the word "Binky", hate it, hate it, hate it. |
jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 333
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 9:19 pm: |
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I did begin by referring to it as a pacifier. But the advice is much appreciated. I think it doesn't really matter much what we do. The kid is either going to freak out or not. It's probably more about his personality, given the wide variety of pacifier fade out experiences.
We got some advice about cutting a slit in the rubber part to screw up the suckiness. The child then peacefully abandons the practice. Anyone done that?
J.B.
I was hanging with J.B. jr. and I told him he had a poopy diaper. His response: "YOU"RE a poopy diaper!" With a big grin. Awesome. |
WendyP
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3236
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 9:30 pm: |
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My little one consistantly denies the existance of any poop in the diaper, even in spite of the fact that you can smell him coming a mile away! |
mwoodwalk
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Username: Mwoodwalk
Post Number: 525
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:30 pm: |
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Ditto on the "Binky Fairy" approach (although in our case it was the "pacy fairy"; he was happy to exchange that little devil for a present from us.
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