Both of my kids were pacifier kids. Alyssa, not so much as an infant, but a lot when she was older. In fact, we had an issue with her trying to swipe Ryan’s pacifiers once we broke her of them (during the summer before her third birthday). Now Ryan is going on three, and I am proud to say we broke him of them as well.
With Alyssa, it was relatively easy to de-nummy her. We would take it and remind her that she was a big girl. We’d get a frown or similar mean little look, but that would be it. With Ryan, there was no reasoning with him. We started working on him about it back around Christmas. We got it to the point where he would only have it at bedtime and nap times, and as soon as he would fall asleep we would sneak in and take it. But he would want it when he was not feeling good, when we were out, etc.
So how did we finally break Ryan of the nummy, and in turn de-pacifier our house forever? Well, we started by throwing out all of the chewed pacifiers as soon as we found them, and we took all of the extras and dumped them, too. Then Ryan flushed a pacifier. Yes, he flushed it. He came out of the bathroom and told us, “Oh no. Nummy gone!” and took us back and showed us the toilet. We said, “Oh well, no more nummy!” and went on with whatever it was we were doing.
And then Ryan flushed the very last pacifier. And that was that! 
However, there is a downside to a lack of pacifiers. He now resorts to sucking and slopping all over his shirt-sleeves, to the point where we need to change his tops. And short-sleeved shirts don’t work either, because then he’ll use the collars!
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My name is Jenn, and I'm 27 years old. I'm happily married to my best friend and soulmate, Daniel. Together we have a six year old daughter named 
Name: Alyssa
Name: Ryan
