bye bye binky
My son had a binky until he was 3 1/2. I was personally mortified by this. I figured people were judging me-who would let their child have one for so long? (I’ve since discovered that not everyone is thinking about me all the time - go figure!)
I read every article about how to help your child give up his binkies. Putting them on helium balloons and sending them to the babies in heaven (too many binkies and not very environmental). Having the child throw them away themselves to show how grown-up they are (too cruel). I opted for taking the binkies to Toys R Us and trading them in for a toy. (I had a left over gift card from Christmas so it wouldn’t cost me anything - Bonus!)
So Zach and I put all his binkies in a bag and hauled them down to the toy store. I had told him that he might want to chose a stuffed animal that he could sleep with, so he wouldn’t miss his binkies so much. Right away Zach found a big, stuffed, blue and white cat. We brought the cat to the cash register, and I told the pimple faced cashier that we wanted to trade these binkies for the cat. (wink, wink)
He didn’t get it at all - he held up the bag full of binkies and was like, “What do ya want me to do with this?”.
Again I repeated that we were trading these binkies for the stuffed cat (wink, wink - I swear he thought I was hitting on him - as if!). I slid the gift card across the counter.
“So do you just want me to throw these away?”
“Yes,” I hissed in a whisper. Luckily Zach wasn’t paying any attention to our transaction. So many bright and shiny things at Toys R Us to distract him.
After all that fretting the transition was painless. Zach slept easily with his blue and white cat. Isn’t that how most things work with parenting- the things you worry about go smoothly. It is the stuff you haven’t even thought about that sideswipe you.
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Don’t you just love the pimply-faced CLUELESS teenagers? I was lucky- my Boy1 didn’t have a pacifier, and Boy2 spit it out one night, never to want it again. Maybe at 14 months or so? It was really weird, but I wasn’t complaining.
Hah! I loved that.. The poor kid at the register probably had no idea what was going on. Good thing you didn’t write it down for him, he might have thought you were holding up the place as well as hitting on him.
Oooh! I like that idea. I am going to file that one away for future use!
This is a great idea! my son is totally attached to his “passie” as he calls it and that drives me crazy at times. I’m not sure I’m ready to have him passie-free yet; it definitely comes in handy during melt-downs but I will remember this for the near future. Nice blog also!
what a cute idea! I’ll have to remember this in case my next baby likes binky’s
I might have to give this a try. My 3 yr old is very attached to her ’suckie’ and I really don’t have the fight in me to get rid of it.
this is a great idea!!!!
My cousin sent me a link to this post b/c I have a son who I am trying to get off his binky, (he calls his “pappie”).
I love your idea and I think I will try that! Thanks!
I know this is an old post, but I love this idea! And I was totally cracking up at the pimple faced kid not getting you at all, LOL!
My friend emailed me a link to a site that has a publication on losing the binky (it is free, makes money by advertisements). A friend of mine shared with me (she absolutly raved about the method). Very cool stuff, worked like a charm, wouldn’t do it any other way. Too much to discribe, but it is http://www.bye-bye-binky.com for anyone who is interrested. If you do, let me know your thoughts….Bella