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Remember when you outgrew your pacifier and your mom bribed you like heck to get rid of it? Candy, an extra hour of "Sesame Street," chewing gum? What we hope she DIDN'T do was threaten you with the Binky Fairy, an imaginary creature that swoops all your binkies while you're sleeping, like this woman did to her kids. From the site: "For the past couple of months, I've been telling Emma Kelly about the beautiful Binky Fairy and how she will visit in the middle of the night -- the night before Emma Kelly's third birthday -- to take all of her binkies away to Binkyland. And when Emma Kelly wakes up the next day, she will find a special gift the Binky Fairy left behind for her -- whatever Emma Kelly asks for."
Listen, we got the memo that a lot of parents lie to grease the old domestic machinery, but we're still not fully recovered from our childhood belief that a different type of fairy stole our teeth from underneath our pillows. Concocting a lie that someone with pixie dust is snatching our binkies in the dead of night is JUST. TOO. MUCH.
Stop the madness, and give your kids some sugar-free lollipops.
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Tuesday 06 October
By MissZ
My mom couldn't get my brother to let go of the bottle. He was 4 and still refused to let it go. So she smeared some chocolate milk powder in there and added a little water. Then she told him the neighbors dog pooped in it but she would wash it for him if that was OK. He never touched the bottle again. :)
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Wednesday 07 October
By G Mang
Andrea: I guess your kids, if you have any, never believed in Santa Claus, the Easter bunny or the tooth fairy. What a shame. Tell me really, how is this going to destroy the life of a 3 year old in the long run. If it gets the binky out of her mouth then I say do what works. My daughter, who is almost 17 now, loved her binky, and I would have done this if I had thought of it, because I got so much grief from everyone about how she shouldn't still be sucking on it. Perhaps it was a slow news day.
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Wednesday 07 October
By Sandy D.
Hey look - I'm not someone who normally tells lies or takes joy in fibbing to my own child. But the Binky Fairy worked like a charm with my 2-year-old son. He was graduating to a an older class at daycare and they had a strict no-binky rule. So, one week prior to the new class I told him once a day that he was going to round up all his binks in a bag and leave them for the Binky Fairy, who would give them to little babies who needed them, and he'd get a prize. He knew what to expect, and it was completely trauma-free. I support this method - if it works, what's the harm?
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Monday 19 October
By alicia savage
my son is three and still uses a sipiy cup to bed and i can't get him of the cup
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Monday 15 March
By jans
It is important to eventually rid your child of their 'binky' but as a speech specialist I have a unique take on this subject. I believe either the pacifier OR the bottle should remain until 2 years of age. This strengthens the facial muscles and assist in speech development. With my three children I removed the pacifier at 1 and the bottle at 2 years of age. To learn more about speech and language development - Building Better Speech Manual - A guide to speech and language development and intervention available at amazon.com - a great parent resource!
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