Comments on: Binkie bunkem

By: Fawnahareo’s Place

Fawnahareo’s Place — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:44:29 +0000

[...] February: Jade uses a soother. [...]

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:04:38 +0000

hello, I too am a mom of a child who LOVES the souce! He will be turning 3 next month and I can hardly handle the idea of taking it away. We are trying to keep it to only bed, and in the car, but even that is hard sometimes. He is SO attached to it. Our daycare provider is taking it away for naps and he didn’t cry with her, but he’s been a mess for 2 weeks. When my husband or I pick him up after work, he is a mess for 2 hours.He needs me to hold him, he cries for his souce. It’s terrible.

Please keep up this blog – I like this idea of the souce fairy… so I hope it works for you and that you can give me some strength to try it with my boy!

Thanks,

Erin

By: Adventures In Babywearing

Adventures In Babywearing — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:03:48 +0000

Oh, it’s so hard, I know. I hope all gets easier!

Steph

By: Kristi Lundgren

Kristi Lundgren — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:05:31 +0000

Oh man! I worry about this too. My boys (16 month old twins) are seriously addicted and will probably need a Binkie Anonymous class. And I may end up needing therapy too! Ha! I’m afraid there will be many tears.
I told myself I’d try to get rid of them this year……we’ll see……

By: Asheya

Asheya — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:10:43 +0000

I never had a soother that I can remember, but I sucked my thumb until I was waaaaaaay too old to be sucking my thumb. My grandma was concerned I needed braces on my top teeth, but I have a normal overbite and never had braces or any kind of orthodontic adjustments at all. My teeth are totally fine. A case study of one, which is not exactly scientifically rigorous, but just thought I’d throw my two cents in.

In case Jade starts sucking her thumb when her soothers are gone.

By: Tine

Tine — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:18:35 +0000

I feel your (& Jade’s, of course !!) pain, too – I was sucking my thumb as a child, & I remember it as very comforting, so when I don’t feel good now, I wish I could just go back to sucking my thumb to feel better …

Hope little Jade gets adjusted to NO soother soon, though – good luck, & best wishes !!

♥ ♥ ♥

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:28:02 +0000

Well this may have all been resolved by now, but anyway…
From my Mommy side:

I would be open to not putting the last soother in the net if Jade resisted – confirming that she understood fully the meaning of the action.

We transitioned our youngest away from ‘binkie’ when she was two. First to night time only, then gone after doing all we could to make sure she understood. She did. When a neighbor asked her about it she said clearly, “binkies are for babies.” (Causing one of our early parental happy dances.)

If she wakes at 5am (or later) couldn’t you start the day then? – using distraction from her ‘need’.

On my pro side – can you find real (good) research that soothers mangle teeth? An old OT told me last year that the original research that spawned that thought (urban legend?) was thin. (Like what has recently happened with the vaccine issue published in Lancet.)

Waiting to find out what happened next.

By: Captain Momma

Captain Momma — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:49:26 +0000

I have hard core finger suckers, tell me what to do!!!!

Good luck, it would be breaking my heart as well to have to watch that

Hugs,

KElli

By: Marian

Marian — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:34:41 +0000

Oops. Obviously, I meant make a paper tree…and my grammar was horrible, but you get the idea.

By: Marian

Marian — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:33:09 +0000

At the office, we used to suggest stickers for a week to ten days in a row. When those stickers were earned they could be traded for a bigger gift. It meant the kids had to earn the toys. You can use a tree and put bird or leaf stickers, or perhaps Dora stickers at the moment!
Good luck!