How often does LO use a paci?

MrsV092207 · October 2009

DD loves her paci, and her ped. is very anti-paci. He says if she is sucking a paci she will just swallow air and it will give her gas. She does have gas issues but we started giving her the paci BECAUSE of the gas issues - I was concerned she was breathing in too much air by crying and the paci was the only thing that could calm her down.

Anyway I try to only give her the paci at night (which is her fussiest time) but she sleeps with it in so it's basically in her mouth for 10 hours straight (minus the two or so times she wakes up to eat). But sometimes she seems to need it during the day too. I feel like the paci is in her mouth at least half the day, but I also feel like she is still very young and I don't need to start the weaning process yet.

nofreespeeches · October 2009

if it helps keep you sane, and your daughter happy, then i say use it! my dd takes it maybe for 15 minutes a day, but she's just not real big on the paci.

mavilabride · October 2009

I wouldn't worry about it now.

DD only takes the paci in her carseat when she's tired and in the house when she's really, really tired. Once she falls asleep, she spits it out.

mommyinwaiting · October 2009

The paci soothes my DS so he has it in his mouth a lot. My DS had gas issues but is now taking probiotics and he is a different baby now. You should look into that.

Now my problem with the paci is that I have to replace it in his mouth throughout the night. I wish he would just sleep through it falling out but he doesn't.

MrsWanee · October 2009

just to get him to sleep for naps.

Adam'sGirl · October 2009

Mine doesn't take one. But if he needed it, I would give it to him.

penguingrrl · October 2009

My daughter takes it once in a blue moon, basically when my aunt insists it will help. Once in a while she'll take it to help her fall asleep in the car. She prefers to use me as her pacifier.

beckytr · October 2009

I give one to ds a few times a day when he is cranky but it usually falls out when he falls asleep

BitterOldHag · October 2009

S = maybe 45 mins - an hour out of the day, usually before naps.

J = about 30 mins total

mandolynn81 · October 2009

DD spends alot of the day with her binky in her mouth. She loves to comfort suck and we introduced the binky because she was using me as a pacifier. She spits it out when she doesn't want it. Doc says it is fine. She is happy, we are happy - it's fine

grinsandgiggles · October 2009

Probably half of the day. If he's busy having fun it's out of his mouth, but if he's just relaxing or playing with his activity gym, then it's in his mouth all the time. He goes to bed with it and naps with it, but once it falls out he's fine to be without it.

FWIW...I have never had an issue with gas. Never.

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