Re: advice needed on pacifier weaning

DD was about 2 when we started weaning her from her binkys. I hadn't wanted her to suck either binkys or her thumb but she had other plans. I figured it woudl be easier to lose a binky than a thumb. She had a big binky habit. I remember seeing her sitting in the middle of the floor with one in her mouth and one in each and a look of pure bliss on her face.

At about two we decide to start limited the binky use. We told her that binkys were for night night and they had to stay in her room. We kept a baby gate on her door since her room was on the second floor. When we would get her up in the morning she would meet us at the door. We would say what did you forget and she would throw her binky down and reach up to us. If one happened to get out in the house and she found it we would ask her if she needed to go night night. She would usually throw it down or take it to her room. She gradually lost them or they wore out. When her last one broke she threw it out herself. We had a few rough nights but she hasn't looked back. She had spent several nights at her grandparents and hadn't used it so we knew that it wasn't a complete dependence.

Oh also at 6 she talks a mile a minute. She has a large vocabulary and can be understood most of the time. She does lisp her s a little but then so did I. Also she was tongue tied as a baby and had to have her tongue clipped so that mey be part of it.
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