How can I break my 3 yr. old child from the pacifier?

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Dont punish your child by suddenly taking it away. Think about how you would feel if someone suddenly did something similar to you. That pacifier is something that means A LOT to your child and the situation should be treated with the utmost respect.

Gradually take the pacifier away as you would when you are weaning a baby from a bottle. Little by little. I cant give you specifics because it really depends on when your child is using the pacifier. Children who continue to need a pacifier, especially as a toddler or older child, often have some insecure feelings and use the pacifier to comfort themselves. So, offer extra love and affection and attention during this time.

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take it away cold turkey...they cry it out for a day or two, but then if your strong thur that they get over it.

Take it away. Cold turkey. He or she may cry for a while, but they soon get over it. Or offer a trade-out. But stay away from any candy. have the "Birthday MAn' take it and leave a small gift in its place. Tell your little guy that the birthday man needs Big boy/girl soothers to bring to New babies that are being born around the world.
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It worked for me

Throw them all away and not in your house, take them some where else and toss them. This is the only way. My mom did it for me and I got cranky for 1 day and I found something new to obsess about...

Make them know big kids don't suck on pacifiers and reward them with a big kid reward. Something they will view as big kid...

take it away At Christmas time (if you celebrate christmas, i dont know your religion) tell your child your leaving it for Santa Clause as a "gift"

My parents made a small hole in the end of the pacifier (which caused it to have no suction) so I no longer wanted to use it instead of taking it away cold turkey. The pacifier becomes less interesting to the child rather than it being something that was taken away.

I would first switch the type of pacifier so it will be one less desirable to the child. Then I would start taking it from the child weaning them off of it say the 1st day they can have it only 12 hrs., the 2nd day 11 hrs, the 3rd day 10 hrs...etc until it's stopped. Also think of the negative parts of the child using the pacifier...it can messed up their teeth and make the front teeth protrude out as a adult.(aka buck teeth).

you can do what the books say and teach them how bad it is for their teeth or you can do what i did very recently and just throw it away it'll only whine for a couple of days before they forget My friend poked a pin hole in the end, and the child sucked it, looked at it, and the parent shruuged the shoulders and said-it's finished. Oh well...the child soon forgot about it. You may want to add for the child's sake, 'oh, you must be old enough to not need that anymore. It's finished. Look who'se the big boy-girl now!!! And then have a special dinner to mark the child growing more mature like mummy and daddy'

though the less attention you give to the fact that it is gone, the faster the child will forget.

Have him throw it away in the big dumpster outside. Say bye bye binky (what ever you call the pacifier)! Be real excited about it. Then when he asks for it later, tell him, "you said bye bye to it! Its all gone!" He cant really get upset at you. He threw it away. Good luck give him a lolipop

put the pacifiers in a bag and tell them the pacifier fairy is giving them to a lil baby. take him with you and hang them in a tree.and tell him that he gets a gift for giving them away the next day.i did that and it worked for me

Either:
Wait until he really wants something (for my little bro it was a rocking horse, just to give you an idea). Then tell him/her that only big boys/girls get so and so, and that big boys/girls don't have pacifiers.
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Slowly "lose" his/her pacifiers one by one.

Take the paci and put in a lil box and tie into the tree and tell the lil one that the paci man is going to take it and give it to other lil ones that need it. When he takes it he will leave a lil gift for the lil one, something that the lil one will cling to. Before u no it lil one will forget about the paci and be clingging to the fav. toy!
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Nanny 911 just take it away! When my son was 10 months old I took away the pacifier and bottle!

have them throw it out or give it to an animal when they ask for it tell them rem. you gave it away it worked for both of mine.

I tried cold turkey with my godson, but it wrecked my nerves!! He is only one, but your baby is 3 and can talk so I can imagine the screaming and crying. Well we were blessed to find a daycare that doesn't let toddlers suck their pacifier at school once they leave the infant room, so only time he sucks it is at bedtime. We take it slowly but surely. Don't let the baby have it in the daytime, not even for nap. This will help your child wean off of it and allow you more time at night for yourself when the get their reward, to help them sleep!!
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I did it myself

By three years old, they are able to understand a "good trade" when they see one. Get him/her a new toy that they will really like and let them know that it will be theirs once the "binkie fairy" had gotten all their binkies. Let the child put all the binkies in a bag so they are the ones that got rid of them rather than just waking up one day and they are all gone. At three its time for tough love. Just take it away and tell your child that they are for babies and your not a baby anymore!

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