how do I wean off a pacifier

[BellaVictoria]

I need ideas on weaning a 3 year old off her pacifier. Thanks

Start with little things like 'We'd better not take this to the playground. I'm not sure it's allowed,' and things along that line.

I've started gently going through this with my 2.6 year old, and now he never uses it when he's out unless he's really tired.

He still has it stuck to his bottom lip all day in the house, though!

My friend wrote a story about the 'dummy fairy' and drew pictures in it, and read it to her DS over a few nights.
It basically said that when you grow up you no longer need dummies, and the dummy fairy has the job of collecting them so she can give them to new babies who do. She leaves a gift as a reward etc etc.
She then told him the dummy fairy was coming that night and they had to collect all his dummies and hang them up in a little bag on the end of his bed. They did this, and she got him a new lego set to put in it, and apparantly here have only been two occasion since when he has asked for it, and every time she just reminded him of the fairy story!

Give a present in return for the pacifier. Be warned my nephew had them hidden around the house so it took my sis a long time to wean him.

bribery

give it up for 7 days and you can choose a present)

on 7th day have a ceremony to throw it/them out then present her with present

I need ideas on weaning a 3 year old off her pacifier

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or did you mean 'thanks to all, any more ideas'

Mumsnetters tend to appreciate good manners

You shouldn't be offended! I was just trying to get more ideas, that's all. I didn't realize I was not being well mannered!!! And as Mumsnetter, I think it's obvious that we are all grateful for all the info received!!

I'm not offended at all

but people tend to get narked at threads asking for advice getting bumped with no acknowledgement of those who have already posted, unless of course its an ongoing argument / discussion, so I was just giving you the heads up

Ds1 gave his up on his own, but have heard of the "Pacifier Fairy" coming to collect all the pacifiers for little boys and girls who need them.

twigket: thanks

Jabberwocky: how old was he/she?

Not sure exactly. I think 2 1/2 or 3 1/2.

We got both ours to put it on the christmas tree for santa to leave them an extra gift,

you could try something along the dummy fairy lines....leave it fir the dummy fairy and get a small treat in place of it.

my dps cousin done the fairy story with her little ones all on their 2nd birthdays

we just did the big girls don't need dummies - she gave it to the dummy fairies for another little baby who needed a dummy more and she got a cuddly stuffed toy dog to take to bed - now she does not even need that. Had a couple of crying moments asking for the dummy - but she really hasn't done badly at all.

we talked about the dummy fairies coming to take her dummy on the weekend so she had a week of preparation until we actually took it.