Comments on: Ideas for Quitting the Binky — And Preparing for Withdrawal http://attachmentmama.com/2010/01/ideas-for-quitting-the-binky-and-preparing-for-withdrawal/ Austin AP mama shares insights and information on breastfeeding, co-sleeping, empathetic parenting and self care Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Monica Cravotta http://attachmentmama.com/2010/01/ideas-for-quitting-the-binky-and-preparing-for-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6277 Monica Cravotta Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:41:49 +0000 http://attachmentmama.com/?p=399#comment-6277 Hilary - Goes to show how tired I am tonight -- just wrote you an email with thoughts on weaning the breast, not the binky which you're dealing with. It's up to you, but I think you can safely (on the dental front) let a child keep a binky until they are 2 1/2 or 3. When they're a bit older they're in a better position to talk through "graduating" from binky. Our last strategy of cutting off a bit of the end little by little ultimately resulted in her not liking it and choosing not to have it herself. Hilary -
Goes to show how tired I am tonight — just wrote you an email with thoughts on weaning the breast, not the binky which you’re dealing with. It’s up to you, but I think you can safely (on the dental front) let a child keep a binky until they are 2 1/2 or 3. When they’re a bit older they’re in a better position to talk through “graduating” from binky.

Our last strategy of cutting off a bit of the end little by little ultimately resulted in her not liking it and choosing not to have it herself.

]]> By: Bella http://attachmentmama.com/2010/01/ideas-for-quitting-the-binky-and-preparing-for-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Bella Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:59:37 +0000 http://attachmentmama.com/?p=399#comment-152 I was having major problems with my son's binky use; well actually it was more along the lines of a binky addiction!! My friend absolutely raved about the cut method, and all of the psychology behind it. She found it on www.bye-bye-binky.com , which is great that it was also free. We went with it and OMGosh... worked so beautifully for my son with NO tantrums, not even one! Thank you God. Five days later he did not want anything to do with his binky. What a relief it was to all of us to finally be done with those darn binkies. Highly recommended! I am also interested in others experiences.... Bella I was having major problems with my son’s binky use; well actually it was more along the lines of a binky addiction!! My friend absolutely raved about the cut method, and all of the psychology behind it. She found it on http://www.bye-bye-binky.com , which is great that it was also free. We went with it and OMGosh… worked so beautifully for my son with NO tantrums, not even one! Thank you God. Five days later he did not want anything to do with his binky. What a relief it was to all of us to finally be done with those darn binkies. Highly recommended! I am also interested in others experiences…. Bella

]]> By: Mom http://attachmentmama.com/2010/01/ideas-for-quitting-the-binky-and-preparing-for-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Mom Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:30:47 +0000 http://attachmentmama.com/?p=399#comment-79 So glad to see that Sadie is sleeping without Binky now! So glad to see that Sadie is sleeping without Binky now!

]]> By: Monica Cravotta http://attachmentmama.com/2010/01/ideas-for-quitting-the-binky-and-preparing-for-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Monica Cravotta Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:47:15 +0000 http://attachmentmama.com/?p=399#comment-77 Yea!! That is a great story Zelinda! I wish we had started earlier for Sadie. The addiction just set in so deep into her pores. Waiting until 3 1/4 was a bit too long. But everything happens when it happens I guess. Like Naveen, her first two nights without were hard, and then she had about a week of sleep disturbances that she couldn't attribute back to binky thankfully, and now she's going down easy without it. Whew! Yea!! That is a great story Zelinda! I wish we had started earlier for Sadie. The addiction just set in so deep into her pores. Waiting until 3 1/4 was a bit too long. But everything happens when it happens I guess. Like Naveen, her first two nights without were hard, and then she had about a week of sleep disturbances that she couldn’t attribute back to binky thankfully, and now she’s going down easy without it. Whew!

]]> By: Zelinda http://attachmentmama.com/2010/01/ideas-for-quitting-the-binky-and-preparing-for-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Zelinda Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:40:54 +0000 http://attachmentmama.com/?p=399#comment-76 We had to find a creative way to get rid of our 18 month old's binky at the end of December because he was getting ready to start Montessori school on Jan 4th and they don't allow binkies. Naveen used his only while sleeping. We went on a shopping trip at our local consignment shop and found a toy Naveen really liked (it was a tent). We told him that he had to give the binky to the store owner to pay for the tent. We were so surprised when he handed it over without hesitation. The store owner secretly put it in a bag for us, we paid for our items, and left. That night Naveen quietly wailed "Bikkkkkyyyy, bikkkkkyyyy" at bedtime. It sounded like he was mourning the binky. I felt so sad. But he forgot about it within a couple of days and hasn't used it since. :) We had to find a creative way to get rid of our 18 month old’s binky at the end of December because he was getting ready to start Montessori school on Jan 4th and they don’t allow binkies. Naveen used his only while sleeping.

We went on a shopping trip at our local consignment shop and found a toy Naveen really liked (it was a tent). We told him that he had to give the binky to the store owner to pay for the tent. We were so surprised when he handed it over without hesitation. The store owner secretly put it in a bag for us, we paid for our items, and left.

That night Naveen quietly wailed “Bikkkkkyyyy, bikkkkkyyyy” at bedtime. It sounded like he was mourning the binky. I felt so sad. But he forgot about it within a couple of days and hasn’t used it since. :)

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