You’re not alone in feeling weird about the “broken” binky trick, though. It feels a little sneaky, but sometimes desperate times...you know?
I get where you’re coming from, but does anyone else worry about the trust thing with tricks like that? I keep reading about how honesty builds security, even in little things. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but what if they start thinking stuff just randomly “breaks” when they love it too much? My daughter’s only 18 months and I already feel like she remembers every tiny detail—if I tried the “snip the tip” trick, I feel like she’d catch me in the act and it’d backfire.
We tried just talking about it for a while and honestly, that did nothing. She’d ask for her pacifier, we’d say it was time to rest without it, and cue meltdown. But at least I didn’t feel like I was sneaking around. Is it really that bad to just let them have it until they lose interest? Sometimes I feel like we’re rushing these things because everyone says we should.
I’ve heard of people doing the “pacifier fairy” thing—like trading the binky for a stuffed animal or something. Has anyone actually had that work? Or is it just one of those Pinterest ideas that sounds good but never actually works in real life?
Not judging at all if you did the broken binky thing—it just makes me anxious thinking about it. Maybe I’m way too sensitive about this stuff, but I keep second-guessing everything lately. Curious if anyone else felt weird about using little tricks or if I just need to chill out a bit.
