2 year old and her pacifier?
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There really isnt a problem at this stage let her have it, my daugter was 3 when she gave hers up, one day she got up from the couch threw it in the toilet and said "i'm a big girl mommy no more lovey". forcing them to give something up that they are very attached to is very nerve racking for a child, sucking a a pacifer will not ruin her teeth or any of that other stuff you may hear, i am a dentist and there has never been proof that a child who uses a pacifier up to 4 years will have any damage to their teeth, after 4 you may want to take from her and not let her have it, but shes only 2, give it time.
Another thing that helps is focusing her attention on something else, give her something to replace the pacifier, but when shes ready you will know.
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Let her throw it in the garbabge and let her help you take that garbage out to a dumpster or a big garbage where you can't get it back. Just reminder her that she threw it away in the big garbage and you can't get it back from there.
i would go with the answer above if she throws it out herself i,d leave it and when she screamed for it i,d tell her no she threw it out thats where it,ll stay stick to your guns she,ll soon come around to the idea this is what i did at the time i lived on a lake so one morning we gathered up all of the Binky's and i took my son to the end of the pier and i told him that the baby fish could not sleep at night with out a binky and they were sad cause the did not have one so we gave them all to the fish. i am sure you can think of a story of some kind even if it throwing them out the window when you are driving down the street. but the thing is dont even save one you have to get rid of all of them at once and let her see you do it. Don't put them in the trash because she knows that they are there and can easily cry and get them back. i know it is stressful my son really really was attached but it takes between 3-4 days for them to get over it so i say just pick a weekend and go for it. it is not easy but good luck and i hope that i have helped a little
THIS IS WHAT I DID AND I AM A MOTHER OF 4 CHILDREN WHICH THEY ALL HAD A BINKI I TOOK THEM ALL AND CUT A SLIT INTO THEM WHERE WHEN THEY SUCKED ON THEM THEY WENT DOWN THEY WOULD KEEP TRYING BUT IT LOOSES IT'S AIR WHEN SUCKES ON. AFTER A FEW TRYS THEY JUST FORGOT ABOUT THE THING
i had the same problem, i asked my son doctor and he said that i could cut a small amount of the tip off every day until its gone and by then he wouldn't even want it anymore and it really did work, a friend of mine did kind of a secret fairy thing, had a good bye dinner and left it on a plate and the Binky fairy came and got it and left a stuffed animal or a small big girl toy in its place i thought that was great idea too, it also worked like a charm.She will not take it down the isle with her! Let her be a baby, it only lasts for a short time and is not worth the fight. Two of my 5 children took pacifiers (the other two were/are thumb suckers) and I fought with the first to stop, then gave up. The second I just let go. They both stopped on their own before their 4th birthday. Once they were older (around 2), the passy stayed on the pillow. If they wanted it, they had to stay in their room with it and leave it behind when they were done. Be strict on that though. Don't let them keep carrying it around, but don't limit the use. That way they still have control of it but will get tired of being alone with it. It worked for us and a few of our friends! I have a daughter who is 2 1/2 right now. Around her 2nd birthday I got rid of the binky period. I tried the binky fairy ... that didn't go well with my daughter. This girl had like 7 binkies. After talking to my boss (I work in daycare) she suggested I just rip them away and throw them out. The catch was I'd have to listen to a couple nights of screaming.
Lemme tell ya ... I lost sleep over it but by the end of the week she didn't even ask for the binky. She sees binkies at the daycare all the time and she has never touched one since I threw hers out.
Now she can play with baby dolls and some of them have binkies ... she'll just mention that she used to have a binky but she's a big girl now.
You're best bet is to have her cut cold turkey. I tried numerous stories with my daughter to no avail. It sounds like a horrible thing to do but I was so glad she got on without the binky. Like I said ... the first few nights of the screaming may seem endless but she will eventually stop.
She can only scream for so long, lol.
Really though, start by making a rule that she can ONLY have it at bedtime. After a few weeks of that get her a calender and set a date. Make it a big deal of marking down the days (in a positive way!) and on the final day have a No More Nonnie 'party'. Get a small stuffed animal or something similar to sleep with. She might still scream and cry, but she WILL fall asleep. A few stressfull nights will be worth it!
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