pacifier

Linnea503 · April 2014

If your LO takes a pacifier, does he/she keep it in by themselves? DS likes it and it soothes him... as long as I am holding it. Otherwise he spits it out. DS1 never took a paci so I'm not sure what's normal.

Eta: He is six weeks and the paci is a Natursutten. He wanted nothing to do with the Dr Brown's.

fourthnlast · April 2014

She only likes it in the car and will keep it in by herself.

smashton14th · April 2014

Good question we are dealing with the same thing. DS gets soothed by it but like you said will not keep it in his mouth by himself. I wonder if he will learn after a few weeks. (2.5 weeks and it is a soothie)

Avion22 · April 2014

He will keep in Nuks, but not soothies.

Teresa1896 · April 2014

It took DD a while to get the hang of it. DS seems to like it but then sometimes gags on it. I hope he takes it (for our daycare provider's sake), but it will be fine if he doesn't!

Abcollins57 · April 2014

DS will take the mam ones but not the nuk kind. He spits those out!

Brigie029 · April 2014

I watched a video, albeit from the 90s, called "The Happiest Baby on the Block" and the author said that you can train your infant to take it. He suggested that once it was securely in their mouths, you should slightly pull it back to force them into sucking harder. I'm a FTM and am still waiting for his Majesty to appear, but thought I might try this...

fourthnlast · April 2014

Abcollins57 said:
DS will take the mam ones but not the nuk kind. He spits those out!

Same here, Nuk and Soothers were a no go, but she loves the Mam.

Laroo0220 · April 2014

Yep my lo also likes the mam and keeps it in.

Kyllarae · April 2014

Eden only takes Avent pacis. She hates any other brand and spits them out immediately.

KatieGummow · April 2014

So glad you asked this. DH and I just were talking (at 3am) about if it would be considered child abuse to tape it to their face

one of mine is addicted to sucking and it soothes him tremendously to have a pacifier. He can keep it in for a couple minutes but then spits it out. It is so frustrating at night.

I read it lowers the risk of SIDS for the babes to take a pacifier when they sleep. Bonus!

edoliesmom · April 2014

My little girl took a soothie at the hospital the day she was born, and the next day we started using Mams. She can keep it in for several minutes (haven't timed it or anything), but it usually falls out shortly after she falls asleep.

JBellacqua84 · April 2014

My baby girl will keep it in until she is in a deep sleep. Then it just falls out.

patunia7321 · April 2014

Nuks here. Soothies don't stay put. We tries soothies first when he was first born and he gripped it like a steering wheel with both tiny hands. It was hilarious. Of the nuks we have 0-2mo & 0-6mo. He seems to have an easier time keeping the smaller 0-2mo ones in.

Linnea503 · April 2014

Thanks ladies, maybe I'll experiment with some other brands. DS1 just loved to nurse for comfort and this LO wants nothing to do with the boob once he's gotten enough milk yet he still needs the comfort of the paci.

Mustardseed2007 · April 2014

We have been using a wubanub. We can position the bear to where she's holding it and that helps

chichi589 · April 2014

We use a soothie with a wubbanub attached to it. It helps stay in his mouth and it's cute too

patunia7321 · April 2014

I just realized that I've become the parent that says everything their kid does is hilarious/adorable. He sucked the soothie Maggie Simpson style and it would eventually pop right out. Again.... It was soooo hilarious/adorable. Someone smack me. X_X

thomas930 · April 2014

Ds has a wubbanub too and the little stuffed animal helps him keep it in his mouth.

fireflygirl12 · April 2014

We aren't using a paci yet, but with DS1 he wouldn't ever keep the soothies in (we started at 1 month), but he really liked the other Avent ones.

snowbound · April 2014

How many of you are BFing or EBFing? I'm worried LO will get confused. Have any of you experienced that yet?

homediva · April 2014

I'm EBF and haven't introduced a pacifier yet. Honestly I haven't seen the need, but might give one down the road. With my son (also EBF) I gave him one around 3 weeks, and after 4 months he wanted nothing to do with it.

thomas930 · April 2014

hbell12 said:

How many of you are BFing or EBFing? I'm worried LO will get confused. Have any of you experienced that yet?

I have BF all three of my kids and never experienced nipple confusion

snowbound · April 2014

thomas930 said:

hbell12 said:

How many of you are BFing or EBFing? I'm worried LO will get confused. Have any of you experienced that yet?

I have BF all three of my kids and never experienced nipple confusion

This is good to know! The comfort sucking/nursing to fall asleep is tearing my nips up so I caved and gave LO a soothie.

fourthnlast · April 2014

hbell12 said:
How many of you are BFing or EBFing? I'm worried LO will get confused. Have any of you experienced that yet?

EBF here. No confusion at all!!

kangstadt · April 2014

hbell12 said:

thomas930 said:

hbell12 said:

How many of you are BFing or EBFing? I'm worried LO will get confused. Have any of you experienced that yet?

I have BF all three of my kids and never experienced nipple confusion

This is good to know! The comfort sucking/nursing to fall asleep is tearing my nips up so I caved and gave LO a soothie.

This exactly, my little boy tries to comfort nurse himself to sleep and will not settle if I put him down. I felt like such a bad mom when I caved and let my SO give him a pacifier the last two nights so I could sleep.

DemoDoll · April 2014

DD2 takes a mam and has since day 1. No nipple confusion or anything. Also hold her against my chest to hold the nuk in and I think it tricks her to think she is nursing. I'm so glad that works because DD1 comfort nursed 24/7.

Linnea503 · April 2014

hbell12 said:
How many of you are BFing or EBFing? I'm worried LO will get confused. Have any of you experienced that yet?

EBF, no confusion for him.

Also, I tried a MAM today and he's keeping it in much better.

Rrrrrachel · April 2014

We were using gum drop which is like a soothie and it would fall out but the mam is much better. They come in newborn size that is a better fit than the regular ones.

Avion22 · April 2014

EBF, no nipple confusion. We introduced the paci on day 2 or 3. He will only take it if he needs to soothe....if he's crying for any other reason he spits it out.

Dixon813 · April 2014

EBF and no nipple confusion. I never thought I would use one (after seeing too many toddlers that won't give them up) but our pedi recommends them from now until 3-4 months to get their non nutritive sucking.

Sunshinelou · April 2014

Wubanubs! We used them with ds1and now lo. The physical therapist in the nicu says she recommends them. It still falls out but lo is getting better at getting but back by hiself. I try not to to give it while he is falling asleep because it seems to wake him when it falls out so he can find it again. I like that Wubanubs are easy to find but the back and forth of it falling out and giving it back is counter productive to soothing him to sleep until his fine motor skills improve enough to find and put it in himself. He uses it most when he is chillin'in his swing.

speechie517 · April 2014

I'm EBF and wanted to hold out for a few more weeks to make sure there is no nipple confusion since we can't latch without a shield right now, but DH has given one to her a few times. I'm going to talk with the lactation consultant to see if it's worth trying because the comfort nursing is killing me too!

navyfiance18 · April 2014

Wubbanubs works every time!

heids4787 · May 2014

I want to hug whoever invented the MAM pacifier! I've been searching for a pacifier my LO will take and finally found a solution. Fingers crossed this helps soothe her at night and prevents unnecessary feeding sessions for her comfort sucking. She just had the fussiest afternoon yet and after finding this among my baby shower items, it's like a switch turned her screaming off. Hallelujah!

seannasmommy16 · May 2014

Avion22 said:
He will keep in Nuks, but not soothies.

Same thing with my son.

macynsnoop · May 2014

I gave my 3 week old one, a soothie & also a mam one. He has no issues with nipple confusion.

railroadRN · May 2014

LO is 2 weeks old and was spitting the paci out too, so I started placing her hand behind it. Since she thinks she has her hand in her mouth, she unknowingly is holding the paci in her own mouth.