Binky's

If the binky is old enough that it is chewed and has holes in it, then it is dangerous for that child to use. I babysit and one of the boys I wathc is 2 1/2 and he has a binky too. The mom and dad let him have it all day~ he talks with it in his mouth. When he comes here, he walks in the house and give it to me. I tell him that he is too old for a binky as binkys are for babies and he is not a baby. I do let him have it for nap, but that is all. They also let their daughter have one. when she turned 3, I told her that I lost it and she never asked for it again here. If your granddaughters is all chewed, take scissors and cut off the part she sucks/ chews on. Do this so she can't see you doing it, then tell her that it broke. Maybe that will get her off.

You should talk to your son and tell him how dangerous this is. If she is chewing holes in them she could end up choking herself, especially in her sleep. It is also bad for her teeth, she can develop an overbite from this at her age. Her parents need to put their foot down with issues like this. They need to throw all the binky's away and let her watch them do it so she knows that there is no more or even have her throw them away.

i am guessing you are talking about a soother and well my daughter was 3 when she got rid of hers. we moved into a new house and while we were at the old house, we told her we would not be taking it with us as she was a big girl and didnt need it any more. she ended up throwing it away herself!

Honestly hun I would suggest talking to your son and explain your concerns. Then the decision would have to be theirs weither or not they take her soother away or not. I was really lucky because at 1 1/2 my daughter threw her soother away on her own and didn't want it anymore! Good Luck Hun

YOU dont get her off the binky it is not your place to do so, the child is two and a half more than young enough to still require the comfort of either a teddy dummy or a binky, if it was a teddy she took to bed or cuddled all day for comfort would you view it in the same way?? i suspect not. leave her be allow her to have the comfort she can gain from her binky it is a well proven fact that children who can find an object to comfort themselves with are often a lot more secure and less clingy, why would you WANT to remove her form of comfort from her personally i think its cruel!! And they WILL give it up when they are ready by daughter had a dummy for comfort she is 5 and doesnt still have it she happily gave it up herself when she was ready its usually a lot easier on both mother and child to allow that transition at the childs pace rather than forcing it when they are not ready! So no i guess in answer to your question no i dont agree with you.

Honestly you can not get her off of them, the parents need to do this and make this decision. Sorry.

I am with you on that, I think she is too old for one too. As for when she comes with one that is ruined, throw it in the trash. She will cry but she will survive and get over it. Maybe you can put on a big show of her getting rid of it on her own. Good luck, I have a granddaughter that loves her ninny too, but she just turned a year old.

I have a 3 year old nephew that still uses one. Which is strange because me or my sister never used a binky. I am not sure what my sister had tried to get him to stop using his binky but he always wants it when he sleeps espically. He always chews holes in his binkys also.

well.. I think from the way you say.. "the girls mother" instead of my sons wife, or my daughter in law.. that you are not too keen on her in the first place.. that may be an assumption, you can correct me if your wrong.. I do agree she is too old to have one.. but i dont think as her grandmother you are the one to decide or dictate how the child is raised or what they do with her.. I have had a problem of my mother in law butting into how we raise our kids.. i take the babies to bed with me as long as they were nursing.. we all get more sleep that way, and we all know moms need sleep to function. I'm going offtopic a little, but we had to literally remove her from most aspects of our lives because she was butting in. so now we refrain from telling her things and keep her at a distance so we can live our lives normally without her.. unwarrented and wanted "help".. I hope that's not the case with you!! You should keep my story in mind, i'm not dictating or anything.. please dont be mad at my opinion, I just dont want the same thing to happen to you or you family that happened to us.. I had to tell her that she had her turn raising her children and now it was my turn and i'd do it how i felt was right.. *shrug*

My sons never had much trouble getting off of theirs. They stopped using them when they could put other things in their mouths. But I was watching Nanny 911 once and I liked the way that she got the children to throw away their binkies. She had a bag tied up in a tree and she told the children to hand over their binkies, and said she was going to put them there for the tiny babies. And it worked.

Yes two and a half is way too old to have a binky. Only one of my girls got attached to that little gadget. I finally just told her point blank that she was too old for it. I gave her a week and did a count down...each day encouraging her to use it less and less. On the final day...I tossed it. She was ok with it...knew it was coming.

I too have never really give my kids one either. I figured after seeing my neice at 5 with one still her mouth & how it ended up messing up her palate + front teeth no way! Plus one less thing to break them of *LOL* I've heard of people sending the binky's in the mail to the new babies who didn't have binky's and making a big deal out of it... you know putting the box in the mail ect. I've also heard of people cutting off the ends of them so they have nothing to suck on. Or the traditional standby of cold turkey.

I know my daughter who is almost 10 months only uses the binky for nap time or when she's about to go to sleep. Most of the time it falls out of her mouth and she doesn't even know it. If she wants it she'll wake up put it back in her mouth and fall asleep but most of the time she won't. We don't encourage her to use one, unless we are in public and she's wailing and I can't leave where I am. I think that it is old in my eyes to still be on one. It also can't be good for her teeth either, or atleast I would think. I plan to take my daughter off ASAP. It's just a matter of weening her off of it... Which she is doing a good job of on her own. I would be VERY concerned about her having one with chewed holes in it. I guess if they are going to allow her to continue to use it atleast get a new one so there is no choking hazzard when a piece comes off of it. (Please don't take this in the wrong manner, I'm just stating to have a new one rather than one with holes for the choking reason) They stress this big time on the packages of bottle nipples as well as binkys and such. If anything starts to fall apart or come off it needs to be thrown away and replaced. We even had a case here locally that one of the pacifier companies silicone part easily came off and a parent luckily caught it before it became a tragic situation. I know my mother suggested that when it comes time to get rid of the binky to cut it back. They won't like it and won't be so tempted to use it. That was her method with her 4 kids. I'm not sure if this is any better than having a holey binky but it worked for her. Goodluck to you & your grand daughter!

If she is old enough to bite holes into it, its time for her to let it go. Not only can she than choke on the pieces if they are big enough, but it is no longer soothing her its creating a habit. My son's grandparents, took him off the pacifier(accidentally) but when he came home, he no longer needed it, when he stayed with them, he threw it away and they assumed he lost it, when he would cry thats when we assumed he needed it, to shush him up for our own good,but after a few days he was completely over it. Use your judgment if you think she is too big, she is

neither one of my boys cared much about one. can't really give u any good info on what to do. i had a time getting mine off the bottle tho. they can sure get attached to things to be litlle fellows. good luck!