how can i get my 2 year old to give up her binky. i don't want it to ruin her teeth.?
Answers:
we had the same prob with our daughter.
but we let her's go on till 3!!
i think it would have been easier to do it earlier.
so i suggest you try to do it now.
first, start with nap & bedtime only.
then, bedtime only. or if no nap.
then tell her she's a big girl & make a bid deal out of it... let her help you throw them in the trash when she seems ready from the build up.
that's how we did it with ours!
i hope this helps!
Good Luck! and by the way our daughters teeth have completely changed since she gave her's up.
we were worried but they just went back so you have time with your daughter!
just be patient~
Other Answers:
just take it away.There will be a few days of being cranky.I did this for my kids around that age.
What i had to do with my son was just take it away - it won't be easy for either of you but a few days of crying for it will be worth it once its over. I have also seen friends just start taking them away from their kids during the day time and letting them have it at nap time and during the night - and then only at night and so on...
Talk to her about becoming a "big girl" and have some sort of ceremonial "putting away" of it. I work at a daycare center, and we do this when parents request that their kids dont have pacifiers anymore. Taking out a box of baby things, looking at them, and saying, "see, you dont need this anymore!" and finally adding the binky can make her feel like a big girl, and can ease the pain of separation.
Have her throw it in the garbage. My kids know once it goes in it can never come out. It worked really well for my daughter. You may have a couple of days that are not good, but sorry. My daughter asked a couple of times and I reminded her that she threw it away and did not need it any more.
When my first wouldn't give her's up we invented the "binky fairy"... i.e same concept as the tooth fairy only using that darn pacifier. She flipped when she found a prize in her crib the next morning. Sure it was hard, she still asked for it. But she understood that the fairy took them away because she was "a big girl now" and didn't need them any more. She once asked to buy one at the super market and i told her no becuase mommy knew she was big enough to handle life without it.
she will give it up when she is comfortable with giving it up. u can encourage her by taking it away when she doesn't need it (i.e. not sleeping or falling asleep.)
I had the same problem with my daughter. She had hers up until she was 3 years old she would not sleep without it. I took her to the dentist and they said that she was starting to get an over bit. So we went home I told her why whe could no longer have them, and I put them in the trash with her sitting right there. She cried at first and for the first couple of nights but then after that she was just fine. She never said anything about them again. And not when I look bakc at pictures of her and she as that thing in her mouth at such an old age I wish I would have done it sooner. good luck
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