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Dummys ?!?
Hello,
was wondering if i can ask the opinion of you ladies on here? I wasn't planning on using a dummy with my dd, but she is feeding nearly every hour overnight and others have suggested that using a dummy may help me extend the time between feeds if she is sucking for comfort. I'm keen to try it by dh is worried about how hard it will be to wean her off the dummy later, and the effect it could have on her teeth.
So... i was wondering... how may of you use dummys? are you glad you did? how many of you decided not to and why did you decide that? also for those who sis use them how hard was it to wean lo off and when/how did you do this?
Sorry for so many questions
thanks in advance for your help xxxxx;\)
was wondering if i can ask the opinion of you ladies on here? I wasn't planning on using a dummy with my dd, but she is feeding nearly every hour overnight and others have suggested that using a dummy may help me extend the time between feeds if she is sucking for comfort. I'm keen to try it by dh is worried about how hard it will be to wean her off the dummy later, and the effect it could have on her teeth.
So... i was wondering... how may of you use dummys? are you glad you did? how many of you decided not to and why did you decide that? also for those who sis use them how hard was it to wean lo off and when/how did you do this?
Sorry for so many questions
thanks in advance for your help xxxxx;\)
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it may help ur lo settle, u can always try it and if she wont take to it u know that u have tried that option. xxx
We did find it a god send for many reasons but you need to make sure it's not being used as a quick fix. It does work wonders between feeds in the early days.
They do design dummies now to not affect teeth - my lo has the tommee tippee air ones which are flat.
I do wish I'd weaned him off earlier as I swore he wouldn't have one at age one but while he's going through this stage I'm happy to have something that calms him down a bit!
Lisa x
I gave my first daughter a dummy when I started bottle feeding at 2 weeks old.
I took the dummy away in the day when she was 18months old which was easy just didnt offer it to her anymore. Then before her 2nd birthday I explained that dummies are for babies and shes getting bigger now, so I took it away from her at night and she was fine. Had no trouble at all.
I now have a 3 week old baby, I introduced the dummy from day 2. She wasnt too fussed about it and often went days without it. Now she has it mostly at night between feeds when she wants comfort and help to sleep in her crib. Its useful for when she seems hungry too soon, the dummy will calm her and often get her back off to sleep.
I plan to take it away around the same age as I did with her sister.
Good luck
Fiona, Felicity & Ella xXx
I did not really want to give a dummy but I was like you and BF every hour almost, MW told me to try the dummy as she just wanted something to suck and it has helped. Sometimes she wants it and other days she does not. I think Rose was about a week when I gave it to her she is now 16 days old.
K xx