Any One Try The Bye By Binky Method For Taking Away Soothers

[elle73]

I was just wondering if anyone has used this method where you poke holes in the soother and after a couple of days cut the tip of the soother off. I'm getting ready to ween my son off his soother and really don't want to deal with him screaming all day .

[elle73]

Here is a link to the bye bye binky article

http://www.bye-bye-binky.com/download/Bye-Bye-Binky.pdf

[cheerfuldom]

I tried it with my older but we had much more success just weaning to naps only and then taking that away cold turkey.

[Zoe]

With my daughter, we just took it away. She cried once about it then never mentioned it again.

My son was a little more attached to it. We tried to snip the tip off, but he still wanted it in his mouth. It didn't matter to him that he couldn't ****. So eventually we just took it away cold turkey. Again, he didn't complain more than a few times.

[Meyou]

I weaned my daughter and dck's to naptime/bedtime. Then I stopped offering it so they only had it when they asked. They all forgot to ask within a month or two.

[Cat Herder]

In 1990 my ped told me to poke a small hole in the base of the binky once an infant was well established on the bottle or breast. He said do not buy any more and the infant will gradually no longer want it.

This was an OLD method that he had been recommending since the early 70's.

It lasted this long because it worked.

No binkies in daycare.

Only exception Preemies with feeding/****ing delay/issues.

That is a HOME only item.

[jen2651]

we just went down to naptime only then after a month of that, we just quit cold turkey...he did ask a few times, but there weren't really the fits I imagined. SAme with his last bottle before bed, it was more for me and my cuddle time than him needing it. I just told him I gave all the bottles to my friend.

I think we are more worried than the kids are when it actually has to happen. But, whatever you do, DONT give in! And the binky for nap and bed only was really good for that month...boy was excited to take a nap!

[gkids09]

I don't have my own kids, but I was one of those kids who ALWAYS wanted the pacifier. My parents cut the tip off (not just poked a hole in it), and still talk about when I put it back in my mouth and said "It bwoke."

They kept ONE that they didn't cut the tip off, but said they never had to give it back. Said I kept saying "It bwoke," and then finally just threw them all away. ha!

[youretooloud]

A lady on MDC took her son and all of his Binkies to Build a Bear, and they made a bear and put all the binkies inside the bear. It only works with an older child though.. not an infant.

[Symphony]

My youngest has been biting and chewing on his binkies and most of them are broke now. I think we have maybe 2 that are still fine? He tells me they are broke and then he'll look for one that is less broke. If he can't find one, he'll take the broke one without complaint.

[Lucy]

No binkies in daycare.

Only exception Preemies with feeding/****ing delay/issues.

That is a HOME only item.

Some infants NEED that ****ing action even if they are NOT a preemie. I don't advocate letting it be a crutch, and would probably start weening it away by 8 or 9 months, but I completely disagree with flat out not allowing it for any but preemies.

[spud912]

We did it cold turkey and our dd asked for it maybe once? It probably didn't help her seeing her baby sister still using one, but luckfully we used different pacifiers for the baby.

I've heard that older children respond well to no pacifier if you have them throw it away themselves. I was going to do that but was hesitant because I wouldn't mind keeping them as back-ups for the baby.

[Lucy]

We did it cold turkey and our dd asked for it maybe once? It probably didn't help her seeing her baby sister still using one, but luckfully we used different pacifiers for the baby.

I've heard that older children respond well to no pacifier if you have them throw it away themselves. I was going to do that but was hesitant because I wouldn't mind keeping them as back-ups for the baby.

My sister-in-law did that. They reluctantly allowed their daughter to use one until she was 3 yrs old. They told her ahead of time that on her 3rd birthday she'd have to throw them all away. They took them to a cliff (don't worry - it was safe) and had her toss them over. Yes, it was littering. They realized there was probably a better way to go about it, but it made their daughter understand that the binkies were GONE for good! She watched them tumble down the embankment. She never asked for one again.

[Abigail]

My sister-in-law did that. They reluctantly allowed their daughter to use one until she was 3 yrs old. They told her ahead of time that on her 3rd birthday she'd have to throw them all away. They took them to a cliff (don't worry - it was safe) and had her toss them over. Yes, it was littering. They realized there was probably a better way to go about it, but it made their daughter understand that the binkies were GONE for good! She watched them tumble down the embankment. She never asked for one again.

I guess if you tie it to a balloon and watch it go is littering too, so whatever works. My sister said she brought her 2yo to Toys R Us and "exchanged" them for a toy......pre-paid for the toy and had her boy turn in his binkies to the cashier..............sadly she didn't follow through and gave him some of his little brother's at home. He has them in his mouth all day long and it drives me nuts! She can't even take it out of his mouth to take a picture and who wants to see 100 pictures of the cutie with paci's in every one of them?! UGH

[Lucy]

She can't even take it out of his mouth to take a picture and who wants to see 100 pictures of the cutie with paci's in every one of them?! UGH

I know!!! Drives me nuts too. I have a FB friend with a pretty little daughter, but EVERY pictures she posts of the 2 1/2 yr old has a stupid binky in her mouth. Jeez! 24 hours a day? Really?