We decided that at 18 months the binky would go. We are a little slow, but she is now a binky free girl. Thanks to Google and lots of friends and family, we decided that the best way for the binky to go would be for the binky just to break. We figured that would be something that she could understand. So we chopped the rubber part off both binkies. (Truth be told we chopped the first one and were going to try it out, but Anna ended up dislocating her elbow that night and we just didn't have the heart to chop the other, so she had two more nights with the binky. We were really glad we had a back up binky that wasn't chopped.)
Then when it was nap time or bed time and she would ask for binky we could just hand her the broken ones and say, "sorry it broke." She had lots of fun playing with them. They work so much better with her animals when the rubber part isn't in the way. She did really well. She would just go to sleep (after much talking now that she doesn't have a plug in she can just gab away until she wants to go to sleep). For a while when we handed her her binky she would say, "binky, broken...so sorry." Too cute!!! We really didn't mind her falling asleep holding the silly things, just as long as she wasn't sucking on them. She doesn't even care to hold them now. After several nights of them being shoved into the corners of the crib they are officially gone.
Our next big step is switching to a toddler bed before number two shows up. We have time and I'm not ready to give up afternoon naps. But for now, big step number one is complete. We have a binky free child. YEAH!!!!
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good for Anna! we did it that way for Rachel too. Rachel's response was a little different. She would tell us to "geta different one" She knew there were several more hiding somewhere. It took a week of convincing her they were all gone or broken. Good luck with the toddler bed. Some kids get out of bed a dozen times a night and some just keep on sleeping. I would suggest holding off as long as possible. The older she is the more she will understand that she is getting a new bed because she is a big girl.
That is what we did for Noah and it worked well. The next too wouldn't take a binki, and Claire was 2 1/2when I said "big girls don't use binki's" and so she quit cold turkey. :) Good Luck with the big girl bed. If she is not a climber put a baby gate across the door, that way she can see out but not get out. This worked for Noah, but when we got to the younger kids, the older ones would show them how to get out. Sticker Charts and rewards work well too. :)
Ahh the binky-we have been there. Abigail chewed through hers, so that is how we got rid of it, and we just waited for Ella to do the same with hers. It took Ella till 22 months to "chew" through hers. And yes, the big girl bed. We still are dealing with issues with Ella who is 2 1/2. I wish you luck!! Getting rid of the pacifier should give you confidence to get her into a toddler bed:)
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