Lucas is very attached to his Binky. I only let him use it for naps and bed-time, but he does tend to find it sometimes. Well, he refuses to take any other kind besides the new born kind (in the picture above). I want to get him off of it. I think he is getting too old, and especially too old for that particular kind. I tried cutting par of the nipple off, and he still keeps crying. he is not really old enough to understand that it is "broken". We have 2 Binky's, so I cut the one, and then I hid the second one. It has been 2 days without it, and it has been horrible. He just cries and cries. When I put him down for naps and bed, it is at least 45 minutes to one hour one crying. And I know some of you deal with that all the time, and I feel for you. But I am not used to that. On a normal day, Lucas falls asleep (with the held of his Binky) in about 5-10 minutes. Lucas has now started a new scream, and he does that the whole time, it sounds so incredible painful. His throat has got to be hurting him. And it is hard on Matt and I, we feel like awful parents. But I don't want my kid being that 4 year old in the store with a Binky. And I have heard, the longer you let them use it, the harder it is to break the habit. I also feel really bad for our neighbors, I am sure they can hear him. Last night: The first 4 hours of 'sleep' he woke up about 3-4 times. After about 11:00 he stopped and slept the rest of the night. But I know my upstairs neighbors have little kids, and I am sure they are in bed. Anyway, I need help. Does anyone have any advice as to how to get Lucas off the Binky? And how to help him adjust so he doesn't have to cry himself to sleep every time? Thank you everyone!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Advice Please
Posted by Andreason at 7:19 PM
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Gosh Brooke, I've never had to deal with a binky baby until Olivia and she's only 3 mos so I have no idea what to tell you. My kids are thumb suckers, as I'm sure you know, and I haven't a clue how to break them of that either! I don't have the 4 year old kid with a binkie but I have a 4 year old kid with a thumb in his mouth! Ha! In my opinion, which I don't think you'll like, letting him cry himself to sleep is the most effective way. It will take a few days, but he'll eventually learn that you're not giving in and his crying isn't doing him any good. That's how we get our kids to sleep through the night. Sorry, I'm not more help. Good luck.
I wish I could help!! But I'll let you know if I hear of any good ideas.
I used to work for a pediatric dentist and we would tell parents that came in asking us this question to poke a tiny.. tiny pin hole in the very tip of the binky the reason they like it is because of the air bubble suction that it holds in the mouth, this is easier for them to understand because it suddenly isn't as satisfying as they remember and they "Give it up on their own." The binky its self will feel normal just not the act of sucking. ( we also told people to cut off little bits at a time as well ) I hope that will help if your even still battelling it.
-Karadie
Blake had this same issue. We had to let him cry it out. It took about a week. It was hard but it was nice when it was over with. Good luck with that. Nova
is he doing better yet??
Hey you! With Joey although he mostly pretty much gave it up on his own. A lot of it was because we didn't give it to him for 2 weeks and he just didn't care for it any more. But he really only had it occasionally before. Whatever you do I am sure is great. Your a great Mommy!
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