Hi. I could use some help. My LO likes to recreational nurse and soothe/comfort himself on my breast. Obviously this is not a good thing (hard to break, tendency to get more milk than needed, etc) but he won't take a pacifier. We've tried the Nuk and Avent brands. Any suggestions on other brands that he might accept?
My DS is the same...he's almost 3 weeks. We tried the soothie from the hospital and the gumdrop, which is similiar to the soothie but more molded for the face. He'll take it sometimes, but a lot of the time is disinterested in it. We just keep trying it so he'll get more used to it.
I don't know if you can get them in the US, but we use one called Natursutten. It's the really old-school looking brown, natural rubber soother. It's designed to touch their nose like a breast does so that it doesn't interfere with breastfeeding.
At the hospital they gave DD a MAM so that is what we've been using and she likes them. We've also used the Avent ones. DD doesn't seem to be too picky and isn't dependent on them either, just more to soothe.
Re: What brand of pacifier?
My son only took the Playtex ortho-pro (latex) at first.
He just now started taking the mam and advent pacis (both silicone). He never took the gumdrop that the hospital provided.
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My LO loves her Gumdrop! They're neat cause the nipple is hollowed out and it's all one piece. No plastic just the rubber.
https://www.gumdroppacifier.com/MAM! Used them for my oldest 2 as well!
Keep trying!
We tried Soothies, Gumdrop, Avent and Nuk before finding MAM pacifiers, which she loves. Thank God.
At the hospital they gave DD a MAM so that is what we've been using and she likes them. We've also used the Avent ones. DD doesn't seem to be too picky and isn't dependent on them either, just more to soothe.
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I second the Gumdrop pacifiers!