Break the pacifier?

Question

What is the best way to break my child from the pacifier.( i want to throw them out) I've stopped giving it to her during the day. She definately cries alot more. But she cant sleep with out it and if she wakes up in the middle of the night and can't find it she'll start screaming. I feel bad about that because she shares a room with her 8 yr old sister. Any helpful advice.

Answer 1

It's a comfort item, and with time she will get used to not having it. If she is old enough to go through the night without it, find another item for her to feel comforted with when she wakes up, maybe go to the store and have her pick out a new toy or blanket or something that she can take to bed with her. Good luck!

Answer 2

Tell her that she needs to give them to the Pacifier Fairy - what you need to do it get her to go around and get all of her pacifiers and give them to you, then you need to put them in a grocery sack and hang it in a tree outside or something. Tell her that when she wakes up, the fairy will have taken the pacifiers and will leave her a prize. You can throw away the pacifiers after your daughter is asleep, and put like a stuffed animal or something that she would like in the bag.

Hope this helps!

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Put something bad tasting on all of them and see if she wants them and also buy her a teething ring

Answer 4

You got some good ideas already.  You will need to eventually go cold turkey.  You will endure many days of crying - but what's days of crying compared to the end result?  My daughter gave hers up after a trip to the dentist, who told me that her bottom teeth are a bit crooked because of it.  I told this to my daughter that the dentist said to get rid of it.  Yeah, she cried a few nights for it, but then that was it.

Answer 5

Here's an idea that I heard about. Get the pacifier and cut a tiny piece off about every day or every other day. In time, hopefully, the child will throw it away on their own. Don't replace it.

Answer 6

Well i am a mother of a three year old and when she was younger i can really relate to your aggravation. It takes some laying your foot down. You have to just throw them away and let it be. Yes your child will cry but eventually it will subside. I would just pat my child to sleep when she woke up for the Binky in the middle of the night and she knew Mommy was NT playing when it came to saying no. You must be strong!

Answer 7

Hello, as heart breaking as it is i had the same problem exactly.I pulled the crib in the living room for a couple nights, turned off the lights and let her cry it out, then i would check on her then turn the light back out and walked away. about a half an hour later i walked in and ahe was sleeping. Do this for a few days itll work belive me, just make sure you check on her so shes ok. But she will learn to fall asleep on her own stay strong its best for her and her teeth ,your doing a great job.

Answer 8

If you have any younger nieces or nephews (or you can just tell her that you're sending them to some babies who need them)

Tell her that she's a big girl now and that it's time for her to send her pacifiers to some babies (maybe her cousins or choose some needy kids somewhere else) who need them more than she does. Set a date on the calendar and have a count down. Make it a big deal, and tell her how excited these other babies (who can't afford to buy their own pacifiers so they are looking forward to getting hers) are. On the day of the "breaking," make it a ceremony. In the morning, wash the pacifiers and put them in a baggie and put them in an envelope. Even have your daughter make the "new" owners a card. Then as a pacifier-free girl, we got our daughters a "graduate" gift. Our oldest chose a stuffed animal. The middle was a bit tougher (but she had her older sister to help her out), and she just kept her blankie closer. After a few weeks she chose her graduation present, which happened to be some make up. Our next challenge will be coming soon. We found the easiest method by far was to hype it up and make sure they knew that there were some babies that didnt get pacifiers and they were helping these other babies. It seemed to make it much more real for them. Good luck!!!!

Answer 9

I went thru the same thing and asked the same yahoo question someone mentioned to cut a lil piece off each day and say the "ni-ni" (thats what we called it) fairycame and is taking it to other babies.  This worked like a charm.  After the first cut she didnt want it and never cried for it.

Answer 10

You just have to get rid of them and stick it out.  I told my daughter there was a little baby girl who didn't have any pacifiers, so we got a box and put them in taped it up and actually had her take it to the post office so we could mail it to her.  ( I told the postal worker what I was doing and she went along with it ).  My daughter decorated the box with markers and stickers.  That night was the worst night of my life.... but it got easier.  Maybe you could have the 8 year old sleep in another room for a week this would be perfect since school is out and she wont be losing sleep for school.  Good luck. I know exactly what you are going through.  Reward your child with a date.  Take her out to eat and then have her choose a cheap toy.

Answer 11

Let her go to sleep with it.But about ten minutes after shes really asleep take it out gently.Then when she wakes up in the middle of the night then just give her a wash cloth to chew on and see if that works.As well as the daytime too.I hope i helped!!!

Answer 12

I know this sounds silly but it has worked for several friends and myself as a child.  If she has a favorite binky that gets worn out or you don't mind breaking it into 2 pieces, show her and tell her when she asks that it's broken.  Continue to do this for a couple of days and see if she stops asking for it.