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We had a visit from the binkie fairy. She left some presents in return for the binkie. Couldn’t have another pacifier or the binkie fairy will take the toys away. I mean hey, what’s one more fictional character to give my kid trust issues later in life at this point right?
Our son had a Wabbanub. We make a big deal out of it, told him he was going to become a big boy and one day cut off the pacifier portion. He still sleeps with the animal side every night but no pacifier. Surprising worked like a charm.
Act like it’s a band aid and get it over with. Be strong and let the baby cry.
Cut off the tip so 2yo can’t get suction. Make hole bigger and bigger each day. 2yo loses interest - or starts sucking thumb...
Just went through this. We were dreading it, but happened really smoothly. Will post later.
Our daughter used pacifiers while sleeping at night and on car rides, and occasionally when she was a handful. We thought it would be awful to get her off of them though, cause whenever she'd wake up at night when it fell out of her mouth (or when the one she also held in her hand fell out of it), she'd wake up and toss and turn.
To start getting her ready to stop using them, we got a book called Florrie The Paci Fairy. Basically it's a book where kids give their paci's to the paci fairy and get a surprise in return, and their paci is turned into a star that watches them. We read this for quite a while and would talk about it occasionally, which normalized the idea.
Despite all of this, and knowing it would be awful ... one night, when my wife was rocking our daughter before bed, my wife held the paci in her hand knowing she would ask for it. And she didn't. She put her down, and she was dine, and that was over a month ago.
Part of our bedtime routine now is to look out the window to see her paci star and to say goodnight to it.
So in the end, not sure if the book helped or not. I think it helped ease into it all and normalize the idea of not having one, and now that she doesn't have it, a narrative around it continues with her star.
Maybe it won't be as easy for you, but I'd start grooming them now to be prepared to not have it. Reading a book about it or just talking about it. You can always go cold turkey too, but it'll likely be a rough few days. But they'll get over it.
Also, our daughter had “2” pacifiers. She had more, but for thought she only had 2. We got rid of one and she knew she only had one left, which the paci fairy would soon be taking. That too I think helped with being okay with the loss and she understood what would be happening. And again we talked about all of this quite a bit, how she’d be coming back for the other one.
anyone see a 10 year old with a paci anywhere?...
enjoy your babies being babies, they will let it go when ready.
No but I’ve seen 4+ year olds with a paci and i find it weird
We are doing this now. At the moment he can only have his frog in his bed/crib