when are your kids to old for dummies?

My daughter was 3 1/2 when she finally gave up her pacifier, It did affect the way her teeth grew in. She had a gap where her top and bottom teeth didn't meet. She's 12 now, and they've pretty much straightened out but the dentist is still suggesting braces pretty soon. I think it's cute but I insisted that she take it out to talk and during the last 6 months she had it, the rule was only for bed time. if she wanted it during the day she had to lay down in bed. I lucked out She finally gave it up when we brought home her baby brother - Babies use pacifiers, she was a big girl. My oldest son gave it up at 4 months, my youngest son at 18 months, He chewed them up so i threw them away and didn't replace them. My newest daughter (6 months now) never really took to them, she prefers her thumb which is going to be very hard to break if she stays attached. As far as the blankies go they may keep them for life - my ex-husband still has his as do his sisters.

We always called them binkies. But our daughter had an obsession with them. My husband wasnt much help either. i would get rid of them and he would stop and buy more until one day I almost tore him a part for it. The way i stopped y daughter is this, Throw them away, it did not work at first, she would wait till I wasn't looking and dig it out of the trash, then I got the scissors out and cut the nipples into shreds, then threw them all away with her watching, and told her no more binkies. Did the same thing with the bottle. And yes, sucking a pacifier for too long will have an affect on their teeth, although sucking of the thumbs is worse for their teeth than the binkie.

Lol I have never heard the term "dummies" used for nuks. Lol so I assume that is what you are referring to. You learn something new everyday! Lol. Anyways, I think you should try to get them to give up their dummies slowly. Don't just take it away, but don't allow them to have it as much. Maybe try to give them something else instead; something that won't hurt their teeth. especially the three year old. Don't feel bad though, a lot of people have older children who still like to suck on those. But it could hurt her teeth. I hope my advice helps!

Children use the suckling action to sooth them until around 3, give or take. Though dummies are not good for their teeth and many parents take them away to force their children to cope in new ways. But children have an instictual need to suck. The problem is traditionally a child would still be nursing at this age, getting his comfort from his mother. But too many adults aren't interested in following their child's natural cues. So they stick plastic in their mouthes then force them to stop when the adults decide instead of my the child's natural growth.

it doens tlook silly. theyre still young. what do you expect? theyre children. but if you want to get rid of them, dont make them have some for a while, once in a while is ok, so theyll get use to having less and less.