Speaking of Pacifiers...

kxp004 · March 2011

If you plan on BFing, but you also plan on possibly using pacifiers, when do you plan on introducing them (Age) and what brand to you plan on using?

cynnnabun · March 2011

Yes, probably right away, and I like Gerber Nuk.

laurmarie7 · March 2011

cynnnabun:
Yes, probably right away, and I like Gerber Nuk.

This. I used Nuks right away in the hospital with DS and we didn't have any nipple confusion at all.

KMac2784 · March 2011

Whatever the baby will take (if I even try a paci).

mommaj530 · March 2011

DD got hers in the hospital. We used the soothie they gave us in the hospital, but it was heavy and kept falling out. We switched to MAM which we used until about 2 weeks ago when the "bappy" fairy came and took them away.

PinkGrapefuit · March 2011

I pumped and fed with Avent bottles so we used Avent pacifiers. He didn't get any pacifier until probably a week old.

tokenhoser · March 2011

We'll see how things go. I've bought a pack of Nuby. I want to skip it for the first few days or a week just to get things going, bfing wise, but if I'm miserable I might use it earlier.

Ideally, I want an easy to find brand. I was going to get some Soothies, but I can't find the damn things, so I won't. If I can't find them now, I don't want to be looking when I've got a baby hooked on 'em.

klv · March 2011

I want to wait a week or 2 until breastfeeding is established. I registered for a few different kinds so we will experiment and see what baby likes best.

ajohnson1709 · March 2011

We bought the Tommee Tippee ones...

pam1005 · March 2011

I will introduce them once my milk comes in and DD has established a good latch. You really can't predict what kind they will take, but I purchased a pack of gumdrops, nuk, and mam pacifiers (my hospital will also give us a soothie or two).

ToBeMrsC6907 · March 2011

Yes, right away so long as LO has no health issues or problems latching.

However, we tried right away with DS and he would never take one, and I nursed him successfully until 18 months. No nipple confusion there- he def knew which one was the real deal and which one was the silicone imposter, LOL.

pandi02a · March 2011

I am planning to use the natural ones that look like this, not sure of brand yet. I will probably wait until I feel that we have a good breastfeeding routine established. I'm a first timer though, so I am just going from what I have read, not from personal experience.

mcginnie86 · March 2011

I've read and heard that a lot of breast fed babies don't even care to have a pacifier. We're hoping this will be the case, but aren't 100% set on not using one. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

azzyberry · March 2011

DS got one when he was in the hospital and I BF'd successfully for 8 months. Never had any issues with latching or anything else. He liked having a paci up until he was about 5 months old and then suddenly decided he didn't want it anymore. He hasn't had one since.

I will have one for this one as well and will probably buy whatever is on sale.

Also, I only let DS have it when we were out. I never gave it to him at home. They can be a lifesaver when you have a screaming child in a public place and nothing else seems to soothe them.

tokenhoser · March 2011

I'm not worried about nipple confusion or latch.

I'm worried about milk supply. And based on the many, many "my milk never came in" posts around here, a little caution is probably a good thing.

Sugarfeets · March 2011

pandi02a:

I am planning to use the natural ones that look like this, not sure of brand yet. I will probably wait until I feel that we have a good breastfeeding routine established. I'm a first timer though, so I am just going from what I have read, not from personal experience.

This. I was thinking maybe six weeks though? But as long as he's a good eater and is gaining all the weight he's supposed to then we shouldn't have a problem giving it to him.And I'm using whichever one he decides he likes.

nikilr · March 2011

DS hated pacifiers. We tried to give one to him right away (the day after he was born the hospital gave him a Gerber one), but DS was just never interested. It did not interfere with BF.

I really really hope this child will take a paci. I bought Avent, Tommee Tippee and Dr. Brown's pacis.

AZ123 · March 2011

We started the paci at day 2 in the hospital when I was turning into the human pacifer. DS was also cluster feeding so the nurses used it at night to spread out the feedings so I could get some sleep (they asked and I consented - they didn't just do this without my knowledge).

We came home and DS gave up the paci and wanted nothing to do with it. We tried and we tried but he wasn't a paci guy. Now, at age 3, I'm happy we didn't use the paci because then you later have to deal with removing it.

with number 2 i'll try to the paci again to see if this LO wants it but we'll get rid of it around 7 months.

desdemona39 · March 2011

I figure once breastfeeding is well established, so a couple of weeks? We'll see how it goes. I would much rather have LO use pacifiers than suck his thumb. I heard that it's much easier to wean from a pacifier.

lpcutipie · March 2011

tokenhoser:
We'll see how things go. I've bought a pack of Nuby. I want to skip it for the first few days or a week just to get things going, bfing wise, but if I'm miserable I might use it earlier.
Ideally, I want an easy to find brand. I was going to get some Soothies, but I can't find the damn things, so I won't. If I can't find them now, I don't want to be looking when I've got a baby hooked on 'em.

I've found soothies at Target recently so may want to try there...

tokenhoser · March 2011

lpcutipie:
tokenhoser:
We'll see how things go. I've bought a pack of Nuby. I want to skip it for the first few days or a week just to get things going, bfing wise, but if I'm miserable I might use it earlier.
Ideally, I want an easy to find brand. I was going to get some Soothies, but I can't find the damn things, so I won't. If I can't find them now, I don't want to be looking when I've got a baby hooked on 'em.
I've found soothies at Target recently so may want to try there...

We might get a Target by 2015 or so...

my options are limited by being in Canada. Thanks, though.

kacelle · March 2011

I'll probably wait at least a month, per recommendations to breastfeeding moms. I know plenty of people give their babies pacifiers prior to this without nipple confusion, and maybe I'll change my mind, but I don't want to introduce any unnecessary difficulties!

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