Binky for 2.5 yr Old?

[jojosmommy]

I dont allow them after 18 months and wean dcks off them at the first chance I can. I have an 15 month old who gets one the instant she is with mom/dad but hasnt had one here since she was 9 months. She stopped taking it at nap (throwing it out of crib) so I stopped giving it. Mom and day know she doesnt get it here and they are still always asking if she "needs" it.

My son had one until 18 months mostly at nap/night and he never fussed when we got rid of it. I didn't want him ****ing his thumb so I figured this was a better alternative.

[SandeeAR]

When my now 27 y/o, was past needing to be rid of the passy, I let her do it. She was pushing two at the time. It was when Pound Puppies and Kitties had just come out. She really wanted a Pound Kitty. I took her to Kmart and let her pick one out. She rode in the buggy and carried it the whole time, very happy. I explained to her several times, that when we got home, she had to go get all her passies and throw them in the trash and she could have the kitty.

Well, we get home and of course, she really isn;t ready to throw them out. I said ok, I put the kitty on a shelf in the den where she could see it all night. Each time she ask for it, I told her go get your passy and throw them away. Girls big enough for a Pound Kitty are too big for a passy.

Bedtime comes,still has the passy. Next day, right after breakfast, she went and got 3 of the five I knew were in the house. And told me she was ready to throw them away. I said ok, there's the trash. She went and thru them away. I gave her the Kitty, went and found the other two and threw them out too.

She never looked back.

[SimpleMom]

I would let them have it at naptime---if they request it and when upset if needed. If that's what they do at home. It doesn't bother me. I just don't like to have them run around with it all day as it tends to get lost and/or other kiddos tend to put it in their mouths.