I tried a dummy with both my babies from when they were tiny. Neither of them were interested. I’m kind of glad because they learnt to self settle and not rely on a dummy for it.
My daughter was given her first pacifier by the hospital staff in the maternity ward. It was the only way to calm her down, and she used one till she was two years of age.
I was determined no to give my first a dummy but he had reflux and just needed to suck all the time. The midwife said I could either give him a dummy or he would use me as one. By the time he was I week old I was so sore from his constant need to suck that we gave him the dummy. My second son we also held off but when it became obvious that he was a finger and thumb sucker we gave him a dummy so that we could wean him off his fingers. Its easier to wean them off a dummy than it is to wean them off their fingers.
With our first child we waited over 6 weeks and we struggled to help them with their colic. With the second we waited only until they were attaching well at the breast and they got a dummy (under 1 week), this has helped us all.
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happymum2018 said
- 08 Apr 2019
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mom81879 said
- 30 Nov 2018
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mom160421 said
- 26 Oct 2017
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mom81879 said
- 15 Apr 2017
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unicorn16 said
- 06 Jan 2017
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mom152736 said
- 31 Dec 2016
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mom118423 said
- 30 Dec 2016
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mom165744 said
- 30 Nov 2016
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