So, here's the thing....Preston loves his binky. and i love that he loves his binky. It has been so nice to have something that can soothe him, or put him back to sleep when he wakes in the night. the beloved binky has come to my rescue time and time again. Now, even though i praise the bink, i do not want a child that is addicted to his binky until he is 4 (slightly exaggerated, but still)...Our goal has been a year...and then we will do away with it. Now i am beginning to realize that they year mark is biting us in the behind, we are about 2 months away. And so, here i am asking for advice as to how i should wean my child from his little friend....I try to only give it to him in his crib and carseat right now, even though sometimes, on certain rough days, i fail at that and surrender to him and let him have it. **And while i say our goal is a year, it really is, but if i happen to make it a few weeks or possibly even months after the year mark...i hope not to be found hypocritical...i will try.** When we went to the dentist a few weeks ago, i asked him what his suggestions were, and he said for sure gone by 2 years...preferably a little sooner or else it begins to screw with their teeth...and we don't want that.
So friends, i am open to any suggestions, so that when august 6th is standing infront of me, i will have a plan in place, or already have begun it, and maybe, just maybe conquered it.
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good luck! I'm with you, I love that vi loves her bink. we too try to just let her have it in her crib but church is a time when I don't care, she's so loud, and just talks all sacrament long so in goes the binkie. Her Dr said that he'll talk to me about weaning from bottle (don't think she'll have a problem there) and binkie at the one year visit. I kind of got worried about that. i was thinking 18 months-2, but i guess the sooner the better. Just not looking forward to her looking for it in her crib all night before she falls asleep! if you get any good advice send it my way! can't believe it's coming so soon!
Oh Meag...I feel for you! We just weaned or I should say went cold turkey. We only let her have it in bed and at church at like 12 months which was great until we flew to my parents and I gave it to her on the plane so she wasn't super noisy and when we came home she was obsessed! She would cry at the side of her bed begging for her pass until I had enough and I took them all and she hasn't had one since. That was at 15 months. She has done really really well though! Much better than I thought!! Good luck! Love ya!!
One of my friends told me she cut the end of it off and then her son didnt like it anymore. So then he wasn't without it he just didnt like it. I havent tried it personally, but it worked for her and her cousin.
So I was pretty strict with only letting grace have hers during naps...and then a couple months before she turned 2 we cut her binky. She was old enough to understand what was going on. I said, "uh-oh! You're bink is broken..." and that was the end of the binky. She didn't ask for it at all, because she understood that it was broken. I think I'll probably do the same thing w/Lucy...
So seriously make a no more for sure date because I kept saying that Parker wouldn't have his very much longer and I am ashamed to say that he still has it. He is such a good sleeper with it (11 hrs a night and 3 hr naps) that I have just had a hard time taking it from him. But we are going to have him go to the store and pick out a stuffed something (knowing him, a stuffed horse), and then he will "pay" for the stuffed animal with his binkies. The idea is that the new thing will become the soothing item for him. Wish us luck. And good luck to you!!
I plan on Cash having a binki during the night and during naps as long as he likes it...or until he's two. :) I have friends who let their kids have their binkis in their beds and they LOVE when they get to play in their crib because they get to suck on their binki. if they need to get something done they stick them in there and let them suck away. haha I'm thinking it's a great idea! However, cash has never been a huge binki lover and rarely sleeps with it in his mouth (it's usually in his hand) so this play may not work for me.
I've also heard from friends it's way easier to just go cold turkey. It may be a few days of misery but then it's done. good luck!
this is paige, by the way. didn't realize I was logged in under my mom!
Hey meag! good luck with this! We got rid of Wyatt's binky like the day he turned 2. However, he ONLY had his binky for naps and at night since he was about 8 months. So he didn't get it ever besides then. We tried to cut the tip of it but that just upset him more and he got hysterical. So we just decided to cold turkey it. I think that's the best way. It sucks majorly because for a few days they cry FOREVER (Wyatt cried for 1 1/2 hours at his nap the first day!) But it gets shorter and shorter every day...by day 3 he was just fine without it. It sucks to hear them cry but if you know they aren't hungry or poopy, you know they're only crying for it so it's not like they NEED anything else. I started with Chamberlain at like 10 months only giving it to him for naps and at bedtime. Good luck!
Brady will be 2 in july, and he still uses his binki while he sleeps, in the car, and at church. I hate that he still has it, but at the same time i love how good he is :) So I read all these comments left for you, because I need tips too! good luck, Im sure when I do take it away, I will go cold turkey.
love, Rebekah
you know, don't even worry about it....once they start eating real people food you will be surprised how that binky goes by the wayside all on it's own. I think we fuss too much about little things and forget that we are here to enjoy the moments....so just enjoy!
I vote "Becky Lewis for President!" Amen to Becky!
Well I havent had to deal with this issue as a parent..boys never liked them. So not much help. but I know of friends who had this dilema and they all have said that one day it just "disappeared". Cold turkey. Don't know how it goes over but, have heard to go all or nothing. I think all of the above have given good advice. You will know how to handle it when the time comes. Start getting him in love with a blanket or stuffed animal. Good luck little lady.
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