Things You'll Need:
- Paring knife
- Small plastic bug
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Step 1
Go cold turkey. Discard or hide the pacifiers once you decide to break the habit. Do not give in to your child's pleas and give the pacifier back. Be tough and stick it out for a few days.
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Step 2
Use the gross-out method to get your child to give up the pacifier on her own (follow the steps below).
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Step 3
Encourage your child to give up the pacifier on her own. Gather all of the pacifiers in your house so that she will not find a good pacifier and revert to the habit.
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Step 4
Talk to your child about giving up the pacifier. Tell her that the pacifier is getting gross because it is old. Talk about bugs and how they like dirty things.
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Step 5
Make a small slit in the bottom of the pacifier nipple. Make the slit small enough to not be noticeable, but big enough to put something inside. Slip a plastic ant or other small plastic critter in the slit.
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Step 6
Show your child the pacifier containing the bug. Act surprised and grossed out about the bug being in the pacifier. Encourage her to throw the pacifier away or take it out to a flower garden where the bug will be more comfortable.
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Step 7
Do not allow your child to put the pacifier in her mouth once the gross-out method has been employed; encourage her to throw it away.
