For NON-paci users

Athena0809 · September 2011

DS just won't take one, I never liked the idea of a paci to begin with but I did try since he was just days old, for those moments when he would freak out, or when he freaks out in the car. He "eats" his hands but it seems more of out play then to soothe himself. I tried different brands and nothing, he spits it out and makes the funniest faces lol. Is your LOs not using a paci at all? Did you not want to LO to use one or LO just won't take it?

everam01 · September 2011

Our boys don't really use one. If they are overtired and full but still want to suck, I can sometimes rock them with a paci and they'll fall asleep. Noah has started sucking his thumb though and I don't mind it.

je2161 · September 2011

DD has only taken a pacifier maybe 3 or 4 times ever. We have tried giving them to her (after she was about a month old), but she never took to them. She has found her hands, and more recently, her feet, and they seem to soothe her just fine Smile

calm_angel_2003 · September 2011

ds just wont use one or will take it if you have the finger in the middle of the soothie

iris427 · September 2011

Both of my kids just refused them. I'm not anti-paci.

ah&gg08 · September 2011

DD will sometimes take one if she is really sleepy but other than that she would rather just suck on her fingers. Like Iris, I am not anti-paci

jazzyag · September 2011

Both my girls wouldn't take them. A refused rather angrily every time we tried, and K just kept spitting it out. They both refused bottles too.

Raquellyo · September 2011

I side eye my sister in law for using the paci as a plug (her words) so the baby has it in her mouth constantly. I've never been a fan of that. But generally speaking I am not anti paci. I didn't want to use one right away -- much like I didn't want to introduce a bottle right away. DD just didn't like it. She takes it briefly every once in a while but she seems perfectly fine without it, so I'm ok with that.

Sometimes at night when if she falls asleep nursing, I unlatch her and put the pacifier in her mouth and she continues to sleep that way. It pops out in a couple minutes but she's fast asleep by then

MarJo03 · September 2011

It's a very rare occasion if DD takes a pacifier. She just isn't that interested in it. She did start sucking her thumb a few weeks ago, which is a-o-k with me! Dh and I were both thumb suckers.

McAllie5 · September 2011

I'm not anti-paci, and DS took one ok for settling him in the car or in his PnP when he was a couple of months old. He won't take one now, though, and I'm ok with that too. He gnaws on his hands a lot and seems ok with those, and he's only sucked his thumb twice, when it accidentally fell out of his fist.

Jram85 · September 2011

Will had a pacifier when he was in the hospital, but when we took him home we weaned him off of it because he'd freak out every time it fell out of his mouth. I've tried a few times to get him to take it so my boob could have a break, but he mostly just chews on it and gives me this "are you joking?" look.

Kind of like this:

deo · September 2011

ah&gg08:
DD will sometimes take one if she is really sleepy but other than that she would rather just suck on her fingers. Like Iris, I am not anti-paci

This exactly.

heysupnatalie · September 2011

i didnt want him to use one but one night i was desperate so i gave it to him. it worked for all of 5 minutes. he never uses it now, he just isnt into it.

anchalmasako · September 2011

My daughter refuses any kind of paci....and I really did try to get her to take one too!

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