Binky for 2.5 yr Old?

[littlemommy]

I'm also not a fan. I have an 11 month old DCB who comes with the plug in his mouth every day. He doesn't even **** on it, just chews on it. When he crawls around, it drags on the floor because mom clips it to his shirt.

When she picks him up, she freaks out and it's the first thing she asks about. I've told her he doesn't use it here. She says "yeah, he doesn't use it at home much either," but as soon as she gets here she sticks it in his mouth. She'll also freak out if there is fuzz or a hair on it. Sorry, if it's dragging from him when he's crawling around I"m not going to clean it every second.

It now gets put in the bag as soon as mom walks out.

[MamaJ]

What does binky teeth look like?

in the case of my DCG...her front teeth are pushed out, and her bottom teeth are pushed in towards her tongue.

it makes it hard for her to bite anything (she has to bite with the side of her teeth, and to chew properly.

[SandeeAR]

I have taken all my babies off of the binky between 12-18 months. I weaned them before the parents did. I also have them out of the crib/pak-n-play and into a toddler bed before the parents.

[cheerfuldom]

My daycare kids are off it by 2 years old. The only issue I ever had was one child that was so addicted to it that she was spending a good part of each day crying, digging through any diaper bag she could find, asking for it ALL day....you get the idea. She was 2 and this is the reason why I started the 2 year old rule. I had her off it completely for weeks and then mom and dad gave it back at home and that ramped up the craziness here. I told them they had to take away the binky at home or find another daycare that would let her have it all day because I wouldn't (plus she previously was fine without it!). They took it away and she was totally fine within a few days. One of the few times that I really was firm about what a parent was doing at home because it was really alarming how addicted this child was. Same parents that dragged the bottle out forever, had numerous lovey items for her in addition to the binky, they just handed her something all the time instead of actually meeting her needs.

[cheerfuldom]

oh and my second daughter just turned 2 and we are taking her binky away over the 3 day weekend coming up. She only has it for naps and bedtime. There's going to be crying though for sure and hopefully the 3 days is enough so she's not waking up all the daycare kids come day 4.

[MamaJ]

for those trying to get rid of the paci for older kids...try the binky fairy! worked fabulous when I had my son get rid of his.

we wrapped all the leftover binkies up as a present for another little boy and put it on the front porch at night for the binky fairy to take. the fairy then left a new big boy present on the porch for him to find in the morning as a surprise. he only asked me to call the binky fairy a couple of times...haha.

or you can tie them to balloons and let them go...

just an easier way to do it besides just taking it away without them understanding why and thinking you are just mean, mean mommy.

[MommyMuffin]

I tried something similar to the fairy and she screamed and cried. "The fairy took my nukky." Just last night she cried for an hour because she couldnt have her nuk. Then last night I was up with our 7 week old and our DD was screaming in the middle of the night for her nuk. My husband caved in and gave it to her.

I dont mean to thread hyjack but it is so difficult. I dont want her to just cry for hours but no amount of coaxing, gifts, sterness is working. I tried cutting the tip too and she just said its broken. Then instead of cryin and screaming the the nuky fairy took it she just hollered on about it being broken.

[shana]

some kids need these comfort items until they are older and is it worth it just because you think u know best about what age is too old...kids who have these things taken away before they are ready have other issues when they are school aged. no one takes paci or diapers to college with them so let them have what they need while they are small!!!

[Cat Herder]

I don't allow pacifers here. (temporary medical/prematurity issues ONLY)

I don't do adult care. Pacifiers are a parental issue....not a child issue.

[KEG123]

So far I've not allowed my kids (2.5) to have binkies at nap time (or at all for that matter). Their mom showed up directly after nap one time and was like "WHAT? They don't have their binkies??" I didn't even know at that point they took binkies at nap time.

[cheerfuldom]

I don't do binky fairy or anything like that, I show my girls that we don't do binkies anymore and throw them in the trash right in front of them. Then they just have a few tough days learning some new coping skills and thats that. 2 years is plenty and at 12 months we wean down to naps and bedtime only. I am not one to do anything gimmicky or lie to the kid. The fairy didn't take them and there is no other baby out there using them....we threw them away because you are a big girl and you aren't getting those anymore. Plus throwing ALL them away forces me and dad to not sneak them back in a moment of desperation

[Zoe]

Plus throwing ALL them away forces me and dad to not sneak them back in a moment of desperation

That was me with my DS. :: I used it when I couldn't take the crying anymore, so I was forced to just throw the darn things away and deal with it. It's tough sometimes but it worked out after a couple of days. He wasn't even ****ing on it anymore, just having it in his mouth.

[Sunshine44]

The parents probably will not get rid of it until a doctor tells them to, and even then, you may see them not care. I've had a few of these cases. In all honesty, I just take it away here. After two days they are fine. I do not let them sleep with it also. If their parents want them to have it, too bad. Find different care.

[Sunshine44]

I don't allow pacifers here. (temporary medical/prematurity issues ONLY)

I don't do adult care. Pacifiers are a parental issue....not a child issue.

EXACTLY, they are a parental issue, not child issue! If the parent would just deal with their child and let them cry a bit all would be fine. This is a pet peeve of mine.

[Sunshine44]

I find it odd that anyone over 9mo old has a pacifier. I also hate the pet names for it such as binky, nukky and such. Sorry, just my opinion. Same for bottles. The day you turn 1, the bottle is gone and by then I've already been weaning you. Kids need to learn early on to be off of these things. The longer you let them have it, the harder it is to wean. Same with sleep training imo. As you can tell, I am not one for coddling.