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Human Pacifier :) (also asked the dec '10 moms)

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For those who've been there and done that :)

We have been bed sharing since day 1 at home (as well as in the hosp when the nurse saw that the only way this baby was going to sleep was in bed with me!).

The past couple of weeks she's been using me as a human pacifier. I do BF but have super low supply so her primary source of nutrition is formula. I am wondering if any of you have experience/suggestions for curbing the human paci trend? Is it even possible if we are bed sharing? If you went through anything like this at this stage, how did you handle it? I don't mind when she sucks or flutter sucks but at times she latches and then tugs and lets go...

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Re: Human Pacifier :) (also asked the dec '10 moms)

  • admico821admico821 member
    I BF until she is drowsy but not asleep then I will unlatch her and put a pacifier in her month (eventually we will work on the pacifier but not worried about it now). I have also tried nursing until she is drowsy unlatching then I put my finger under her chin and gently apply pressure, if she starts routing then I will repeat and this has worked for us too.
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    Which Paci do you use? We've tried Nuk, Heva, and Avent and all "no deal"

     

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  • rosiemommarosiemomma member

    A pacifier is a plastic imitation nipple, you are not a pacifier! You are the most comfortable safe place for you little daughter and she knows that!

    I can tell you that if you want her to increase your supply letting her comfort nurse is the best thing for it.

    My daughter bed-shares and has never liked a pacifiers, I used the 'pantley-pull-off' and it worked fantastic! good luck! 


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  • terri_doula2010terri_doula2010 member

    At that stage I think I just dealt with it (not sure if I'd be so nice again), or DH would spend some time at night snuggling with DS (very safely and aware).

    The human paci to sleep thing is actually why we ended up moving him to a crib in his room around 4 months. It was so hard, and he still ended up in bed with us quite a bit each night, but at least I got periods of time where I could really sleep.

    Granted, once he is asleep sometimes I could unlatch him and he'd stay asleep, but sometimes/often (depending on age), it would just lead to panicky cries. TBH, that has only changed in the past month or two while I've been pregnant and my supply has gone away.

    At her age, it is possible it at least started due to a growth spurt (though a few weeks seems long for a growth spurt), or that it is due to teething pain. My son started having intermittent teething pain at 2 months, though he didn't get his first tooth til he was 5 months.

    I know I'm not much help, but I wanted to at least commiserate. Also, my son would never take a paci either. Have you tried a paci really really similar to your LO's bottles? Maybe that would help?

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  • TheMrs1009TheMrs1009 member
    The only thing that has worked for us is allowing DS to nurse, then while he is still sleeping, I swap in the pacifier.  The trick, however, is I don't really move my breast away.  It's still very close to him so he can smell me and feel me, though he's sucking on a pacifier.
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