BFing and pacifiers with newborns

Re: BFing and pacifiers with newborns

• itkatydid@gmail.com member

  March 2010

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  and my nipples thank me! We started at two weeks but it took a while to find one he liked. Only Mam 0+ months. Don't buy a lot of one kind.

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• dionnemd10 member

  March 2010

  we use one and have from hospital stay.   he sucked his finger in utero and had a blister so to save him from more i insisted on a pacifier.   we only use it at nap time and for falling asleep at night.   typically once he is out i take it away.   hasn't affected latch ever

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• bekahsch23

  March 2010

  I was nervous about nipple confusion so I didn't start until 2 wks when my son was really good about bf. i use the avent ones but I think each baby is different. I would get two different kinds to try at first. The paci is really a life savor- esp in the car. He hasnt had any trouble with nipple confusion. 

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• calliem0213

  March 2010

  we started at one week and he loves it and has had no latching problems ever. We use the Nuk ones and love them.
  

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• SaranJonathan member

  March 2010

  We used them starting in the hospital. She never took to the soothies though. She likes NB MAMs the best!

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• katie.i.do

  March 2010

  we started using one pretty early- around 3-4 days old. like a pp, she sucked her hands in the womb and came out with blisters. she is an extremely strong breastfeeder so i wasn't that worried about nipple confusion...she still prefers the breast over binky anyway.
  

  

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• grapeape73 member

  March 2010

  From day 1.  She never had a problem with nipple confusion.
  

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• craziheazo

  March 2010

  The NICU started them with DD to see if she was ready to start nursing and she's been an addict since. Unfortunately, I have to special order the pacifiers (GumDrop) online

  
  
  

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• MrsRebecca member

  March 2010

  I've used them since about 2 days old.  He has never had a problem with nipple confusion. He liked the Soothie NB when he was first born, but now he is more into the Tommee Tippee ones. He'll take a Soothie if I can't find/haven't cleaned the Tommee ones though.
  

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• JoannaR1381 member

  March 2010

  I was told to wait a month and I am counting down the days! DS like to use my nipples as a comfort and they are killing me!  One more week to go (although Im sure if I started him today it wouldn't make a diff)

  
  
  
  

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• dib

  March 2010

  Yep, we do. I think we started using it at 1 to 1.5 weeks?
  

  

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• Amy&Andy

  March 2010

  I started when he was 5 days old. Best decision I ever made.
  

  

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• NaHoku

  March 2010

  DS started using a pacifier the first night he was home with us.  We offered one to DD in the hospital and she wanted nothing to do with it and still doesn't.

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