POLL do you use a pacifier?

hisbabybear · September 2009

a simple question.
[Poll]

cobi166 · September 2009

I had my little boy...he went to the nursery for the first time...he came back with a paci...not even 6 hours old and he's a great breastfeeder as well. He loves his paci and I do too!

jolis_petits_bijoux · September 2009

Yes, and I wish he would take it more! (He sucks it to sleep at night, but spits it out by day)

Also, over the past few weeks he's really been enjoying his thumb. And I'm encouraging it. Because thumbs can't get lost!

I guess I'm lazy. Wink

beckytr · September 2009

no, but i want to. i haven't had luck getting him to take one but i am not giving up yet.

babyjoy09 · September 2009

Majority rules! LOL Stick out tongue

katypresson · September 2009

Look at that...96.3% of us are "lazy" moms!

sunnyday016 · September 2009

I would have given her one if she had been willing to take it.

lzybeanie · September 2009

I voted no, but that's b/c my child will NOT take one!! Trust me, I've tried every paci out there (okay technically just the MAM, Nuk and Soothies) and she wants nothing to do with them. In the first couple of weeks I was cursing her personal decision to shun the paci, but luckily she really doesn't seem to need it much now. I'm sure there will be a time where I'll be wishing she would, though! (like when she's 18 and cursing me out for not letting her have the car....I'll definitely want to be shoving something into her mouth then!).

KSimone619 · September 2009

You need an "other!" We try to but she won't take it!

aniceucchik · September 2009

we have to force this kid to take one sometimes, but after a few seconds he likes it...DH warms up the nip beforehand...crazy.

NDwife07 · September 2009

Yes, and I often wish I didn't. But she loves it and it's a daddy-saver, too.

cbwm · September 2009

Absofreakinglutely.

DS hasn't been without a pacifier since he was 2 days old, and he's breastfed like champ from the get go.

He's a high maintenance kid and is able to soothe himself really well with one.

He'll probably be going to kindergarden with one. LOL

aelyngstad · September 2009

DD doesn't like it. She never has and that's fine with me. I'm not going to push it. My mother thinks this is the worst thing ever and that I must force her to take it.

jillchrispy · September 2009

No, but only because he never really took to it.

Kelly4476 · September 2009

Oh yes!! And FWIW my aunt is a internationally board certified lactation consultant who helped me with BF since the first latch and she says that if you need to use a paci or a pumped bottle for your sanity, there is nothing wrong with that. My DD had a paci at 8 hours old and we are still BF with no problem...... it soothes her and me, so I guess I am lazy too Wink

MamiJam · September 2009

cobi166:
I had my little boy...he went to the nursery for the first time...he came back with a paci...not even 6 hours old and he's a great breastfeeder as well. He loves his paci and I do too!

Same! And he's a thumb sucker too lol...

wifeypooh · September 2009

She used to take one. After a month and a half she stopped. Now she just spits it out.

meg1974 · September 2009

I don't, but only b/c she won't take it. I have tried a couple times b/c she cries like she's hungry when she only wants to suck on something. She's a great breast feeder, so I'm not really worried about nipple confusion.

kabarbanel · September 2009

Yep, I'm pretty damn lazy.

BigIsland07 · September 2009

Yes, yes, and yes. The nurses described DS as "very oral." haha. He loves it and so do we. He soothes himself to sleep with it and it helps keep him happy when he's awake.

LOVE IT.

Soon2BMrsN · September 2009

I wish... DS took one for a couple of weeks when he was brand-new but now he'll have no part of it.

water-fairy · September 2009

RJ doesn't take it... but we are working on it and he has started to keep it in his mouth for a short period of time.

**Gretchen** · September 2009

Dude. She came out with a blister on her hand from sucking on it so much in utero. The kid likes to suck and gets po'd when she's sucking on my nipple and getting milk when she doesn't want it.

I guess I could be less 'lazy' and do something so that she doesn't get any milk out and just sucks on my nipple, because that seems like the 'right' thing to do Confused

cupcake_queen · September 2009

No because DD simply refuses it. I tried and tried.

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