Passy

Have her "sell it." Has she been asking for something rescently? Or is a shiny quarter awesome? My nephew sold his for a half dollar he found on the kitchen table and never looked back. My son on the other hand had a pacifier until he start to bite on them. He understood that if he bit them they were thrown away and we didn't buy any to replace it. He was around 2, 2 1/2 when the last one was tossed and his teeth are fine and he never fussed about not having one.

My daughter never took a pacifier but my sister children did. With both of them, she cut the tip of the nipple off and gave it back to them. In turn, it was broke so they didn't want it. You may try it and see if it will be that easy for your daughter. Hope it helps!

I think the best way to do anything with your child that they have out grown but are close to is INVOLVE them. Tell her how it's time for us to send off your passy's to the passy fairy so she can give them to all the babies that need them. Have fun - make it magical - Have HER gather all her passy's up and put them in a bag. Take them out to a tree or scrub together and hang them on it. Still explaining what you are doing. In return the Passy Fairy will leave her a toy. I did this with my daughter and after that moment NOT ONCE has she asked for her Binki and that night she went to sleep with her toy that night and went RIGHT to sleep. We hung them and than went out for the day. When we returned the Passy Fairy had the new toy hanging on the tree. Hope I was some type of help for you.

My kids gave up the passy early. My oldest kept a bottle until she was 2. I see you have already mentioned giving the passy to a new baby. We did that with the bottle. I hope it works for you.

Don't stress about the passy. I had a friend just get rid of hers by giving it to Santa for Christmas and she got toys in return. We are going to give ours to Cupid for Valentine's Day and then Cupid will leave a present. My freind said the first day was terrible then the second day was ok, but the night was hard and after only two days she didn't ask for it anymore. Our pediatrician said it wouldn't affect the teeth until 3 years old so you probably have a little room there. Hope this help and if you find what works post a not on here.

We went through the same thing with both of our children, and we tried everything - saying we lost them, cutting them, etc. Nothing worked! Our children did not call it a passy, they called them a "bai" - have no idea why but they did. So I told them that the "bai" fairy was coming to get their "bais" to take them to new babies and we put all of teh pacifiers in a bag and hung it on the treet outside and then the next morning the "bai" fairy had taken them and in return left them both a present. It was amazing they only asked once for them and when we reminded them about the fairy and the new babies who needed them they were totally fine. In fact this is also how we got rid of sippy cups! The fairy came for those too. I highly recommend this idea!!!!! Good luck. And honestly don't worry I have yet to see a 30 year old walk into a meeting with a pacifier, they all get over it in time.

A.~
I know exactly what you mean. My daughter turned 2 in October, and she still loves her passy! She wants it all the time. Daycare has told me that she doesn't ask for it much with them, but as soon as I pick her up, it's the first "want" out of her mouth. What I did recently was slit a tiny hole in the end of her passy, so when she sucks it, it goes flat. I know that sounds crazy, but she doesn't like it too much and she'll put it down (or throw it down depending on her mood!). She'll still suck on it at night, but at least she's not wanting it all the time as before. I hope this helps! Good luck!

Hey there~
Of course everyone has different opinions on this one, but I say dont feel guilty for giving it to her.. young babies and even toddlers have a need to suck. They are very orally programmed at this age, and I say honor it and worry about teeth later! My mom tells the story of her daughter (me) giving up the bottle at 12 months (ha!).. I know from watching other family members that when theor children "gave it up" it really means that the bottle or the paci "disappeared". To this day I struggle with on again off again smoking, over-eating.. I think that I very simply didnt get enough time to go through this very very normal develpmental phase.
All the big girl stuff will just naturally come with time. i wouldnt feel pressured to make that happen sooner that she feels comfortable with.
Just my .02 cents! Good luck with whatever you decide~
A. - mom to Dominic and Julian

i always suggest weaning the passy at about 8 months and them having a blanket or animal to comfort them instead. that's what worked with both of my children. i'm sure waiting until almost 2 is a lot harder to take away. i know my neighbors daughter was still taking a bottle at night at 3, and the other day she had her give my new baby all her bottles and it worked. good luck. also, my daughter is 2yrs and 4 months and last month she potty trained herself (even with having a new baby brother) i brought the potty chair down a few months before and she would go sometimes, then all by herself she started waking up, taking her diaper off and putting panties on and boom, she was trained. i would just let her do it on her own if she will. boys on the other hand are a lot harder. good luck.

Hey,
I saw an episode of Supernanny a couple of months ago. She told this little girl that there was a PassyFairy kinda like the tooth fairy. She took her outside to a tree in the yard and helped her tie all her passies on with pretty ribbons and bows. Then she told her that the passyfairy would come get them at night and take them to all the new babies that were born. Then, she told her to get up in the morning and go out to the tree and she would find a special gift. Anyway, I hope this helps. It worked for Supernanny.

Don't worry A., this is just one more step in your daugther's life. I have a 27 months daughter and she has been whitout her passy almost 3 weeks, some times is very hard because she cry asking for it, but she is doing better now. In the first two weeks she asked for it when she was tired (in her bed and in the car)and we were telling her tha we didin't know where was, sometime we looked for it and at least she got sleep. I believe that the point is been constant and never give to her again...
good luck!!

My nephew had this problem. To break it, we snipped the tips off all his pacifiers and allowed him to still have them. When he sucked on them they collapsed and he did not enjoy it as much. It did not take long before he no longer wanted them. I hope that helps. I have to figure out how to get my three year old to stop sucking her thumb, I wish it was a passy instead!

try nuk glow in the dark passy dont worry about teeth she'll get permanent teeth later. try soothing songs strok head back rocking let her know she's alright too many changes at one time for her mom back to work no passy potty training to many adjustments at one time don't stress she feels your tension relax it will all work out in time no hurry one step at a time research suckling in breast-feed babies, leleachy league look up facts american medical association, american dental associaation look for documented facts not opinouns. passy gives a sense of security that's why she freaks when she loses it at night some take passy's some don't but nature way is all babies require suckling some more than others she'll give it up when she's ready don't worry you'll both be fine hang in there and don't beat up her mommy , mommy's just concerned not at fault