Four Tips For Getting Rid of the Pacifier

One thing that can be difficult is finally breaking your child of the pacifier ("binky").

Research indicates the pacifier is best removed sooner than later. If not, the child may develop speech problems and teeth problems.
But how exactly does a parent remove the pacifier? Here are four tips for getting rid of the pacifier to consider.

1. Go cold turkey. Just take the pacifier away. Believe it or not, this can work. When my child was young I yanked it. She didn't seem to notice after a while.

2. Cut the tip off the nipple of the pacifier off. The suction action stops and the child loses interest in it. They may carry around their "broken" pacifier for a while, but they will eventually give it up.

3. Tell you child about the Fairy who comes in the night to take the pacifiers from big kids to give them to the new babies. She rewards the big kid with a special gift. Wrap up the pacifier and leave it by the bed. When they wake up the Pacifier Fairy has left them a special gift.

4. Helium balloons. You can tie your baby's pacifier to a helium balloon and tell them you are going to release it into the sky so it can be delivered to the new babies that need a pacifier.

Getting rid of the pacifier is tough, speaking from experience. Almost all parents go through this stage.

Try one of these four tips for getting rid of the pacifier and you're sure to have success story to tell.