How do you get a 1 1/2 yr. old off the binky?

Callie - I like your responses to some of the answers you've gotten so far.

If he will sleep without his binky you have reached a major milestone. If he only needs it when "he has his days", let him keep it as a soother. He will take himself off when he is ready.

Have you considered letting him chomp on a toothbrush?

My granddaughter is 2 1/2 yrs and is off the binky. I, her parents, and her dentist, all wish she were still on the binky. She has taken to sucking her thumb and that is even harder to break.

Keep a note pad with you and jot down what is going on when your son has one of 'his days' you may find there's a pattern.

Just take it away. Seriously. The first day or two might be rough, and there may be crying. But I can guarantee that after a VERY short period, he won't even remember the binkie.

My son accidentally dropped in the sandbox one day and immediately put it in his mouth before I could get to it and needless to say he didn't like it and never asked for it again.. But people worry too much about what people think ...

just take them all and throw them in the trash and be done with it already. so what if he breaks down, you cant just give your child whatever they want because they throw a tantrum. just stop giving in and hell get over it in a few days. it has nothing to do with teaching him to throw away his problems, hes 18 months old, he cant logically decide that he shouldnt have one anymore. if you dont just throw them away, hell always have one.

OH MY GOSH, i know wat ur going through... i thought my 18 month old daughter (now 21 months) wasnt gonna go to sleep without her pacifier bcuz since she was born she had to have her binky... she slept with it allll night and wake up at night bcuz she didnt have it, sooooo dis one day she lost it and i couldnt find it i looked for it for like 2 hours (not joking) and im all like oh well ur gonna have to sleep without it.... she took her a while to fall asleep and she did eventually, but yea just dont give it to him at all... if he sleeps with u in bed and he wakes up at night just go like huming shh shh shh shh shh shh's... and pat his back hell probably go back to sleep.... and dont give it to him NO matter wat... now that my daughter doesnt have her binky she sleeps through the whole night and doesnt wake up... its actually a relief not having to wake up to give her her pacifier.... :) hope dis helps

I've heard that putting a dab of hot sauce on it can make him not want it anymore

take it away and throw it away and he'll adjust, the laws of neuroplasticity say that when an urge is not " fed" it eventually goes away.