Cora, 17 months, uses a balloon to send her binkie off ... In the video, the child and her mom release the girl’s last pacifier into the sky attached to several brightly colored balloons.

Convincing a toddler to let go of a pacifier can be hard, but one dad found a way to make the sometimes painful process fun and meaningful: balloons. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey ...

5 rules of thumb for pacifier use from The Grandmothers. Updated: ; Jan. 27, 2011, 7:07 p.m. | Published: ; Jan. 27, 2011, 6:07 p.m.

Tie it to a balloon and release it. Let your child pick out a balloon and tape a hand drawn photo to it (maybe a last photo of them sucking the pacifier) so they feel like they are involved in the ...

You can decide to tie the pacifier to a balloon, give it to a teddy bear or another baby, or pack it away in a special box. “After those three bad days, they usually forget about it,” she said.

A toddler gave a symbolic goodbye to her pacifier. The parents of 17-month-old Cora thought it was time for her to ditch the paci. They tied it to some balloons, handed it to Cora, and then ...

Conventional wisdom has long been to clean a pacifier that falls on the floor with soap and water before giving it back. But CBS 2's Dr. Max Gomez said that's not necessarily the best plan.