So, I have been meaning to post this for quite a while now and keep forgetting. I don?t know HOW I keep forgetting?I have barely anything going on these days?not ?.
A topic of discussion for quite some time now has been just when (oh, when) will Cashy stop needing a pacifier. In all honesty, my Facebook fans weren?t the only ones worried ? I was too! Cash was nearly 2 ? years old, was speaking full sentences, could sing the National Anthem (um?yes, he can), was no longer the baby of the family, and still relied so heavily on his pacifiers. Yes, we were starting to notice his orthodontic consequences for still using a paci, but more than anything we worried about enabling an oral fixation habit, which can lead to food addiction later on in life.
Well, I am happy to report (if you haven?t noticed from recent pacifier-less posts) that the paci habit has officially been broken!
It was so much easier than I thought it would be too! Cash ?bought? a toy he has been wanting for a while (Jake and The Never Land Pirates
, of course) with his entire bag of pacifiers (instead of money). Watch this video to see it go down!
For all you moms and dads wanting to try the same thing and wondering if he missed his pacis: yes, he did ask for pacifiers every so often after we made the ?purchase?. We simply reminded him, ?Cash, don?t you remember you gave your pacifiers to the girl at the store and she gave you your pirate treasure chest?? After a moment of contemplation, he would nod his head and say yes, then go play with his new toy ?.
Now, 4 weeks later, we are 100% pacifier free?even 100% free from him asking for them ?.
Worked like a charm!
Yay for Cash!!!
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WTG – great idea! We were in a similar predicament…our son’s binky was his “lovey” and we hated to take it away when we were in the middle of so many big boy transitions (i.e. Bed, Potty, baby brother) So we let him have it through all of these and 4 months shy of turning 3 the Binky Fairy came and we haven’t looked back since. He didn’t even steal his little brothers when no one was looking 🙂
Way to go Cash!! Great idea mom!
Such a great idea! I have a 2 1/2 year old who likes his Nuks and hasn’t given them up yet. He will let us take them away but feels like he needs one at bedtime and I. The car. I thought for sure we’d have gotten rid of it by now, but he has a 1yo sister who likes them too. That has made it difficult… It’s a great idea to buy a toy with them – maybe this spring we could get them both to give them up at once… Thanks for the idea!