Pacifiers- what does everyone think - Page 2

[CAKJNH]

DD1 HATED pacifiers. DDs2 & 3 were addicted the first year, lol. But they each grew out of them together (DD2 is autistic and was a comfort. We didn't even try to take it away until she was almost 3 1/2, when all the tests etc, were done). DD3 decided to give hers up at the same time as DD2. All binkies went in the trash, until my nephew moved in. Then they ALL needed them again (our girls needed something when Mommy was runnin like a chicken with her head cut off dealing w/2 more kids in the house - who had almost NEVER met me before!). But again, when the time came, they all outgrew them together. :

DS however, only takes one for a few minutes here and there, mostly in the car. And almost NEVER from me. He also rarely takes a bottle from me. I hated even introducing the bottle, but I'm having surgery next week so DH needs to be able to feed him while I'm incapacitated.

I'm all for anything that helps and isn't harmful, lol. (Though I still think about that Bendadryl for bedtime when I finally get the baby to sleep and DD2 is still up lol. Can't do it, but the thought pops in every now and then hahaha)

[bmcneal]

When DS was born, I was completely against using a binky, as it can affect nursing success, and I was/am bound and determined for nursing to be successful this time. HOWEVER. DS's latch wasn't the best at first, and he is a comfort nurser, wanting to nurse all.the.time. and finally, with nipples cracked and bleeding, I decided it would be alright for him to have a binky sometimes. I was really upset at first, because I was worried that he would get horrible nipple confusion and nursing would be sabotaged (I know I spelled it wrong), but it doesn't seem to have affected him much. And it was a *lifesaver* on our 10 hour trip last weekend. He still doesn't get it much, usually only if he's nursed to his fill, has comfort nursed for a *really* long time, my nipples are really sore because at that point he's just chewing on them, and he still wakes up when I try and break the latch. That way Im *kind of* sure he's full.

[dsaucone]

We used them in the beginning. They seemed to work well when we first got home from the hospital and I was busy doing something and the baby was hungry, or when the baby wanted to nurse all day long and my boobs just couldn't take it. By 6 weeks neither one of my kids really cared for them much.

[hollyvangogh]

Well, DD was finally starting to take a binky for a while. Then she decided she much prefers DH or I's pinky. *sigh*

BF is going well so I don't see a problem letting her use a soother, especially if it helps keep us sane.

[i0lanthe]

ds2 will take it in the car which is good b/c he really hates the car; but ds1 is HEARTBROKEN that he does not get to have one (hi! you're turning 6 next month!), absolutely heartbroken. He had one for a long, long time and never wanted to stop AFAICT (at the end he was chewing holes in them awfully fast. Yesterday I dug out the chewy tube that his OT gave us when he was still doing OT. for kids with oral fixation to chew on. he rejected it. he never really liked it.) So I need to rethink this b/c ds1 has already swiped it once. **sigh**. Pacifiers as a controlled substance...

[Swandira]

I sooooo wish my baby would take a binky in the car. He prefers to scream and scream instead. I hand the pacifier to his almost-3-year-old sister (her carseat is next to his), hoping she'll keep offering it to him, but she ignores him and sucks the pacifier herself, even though she hadn't had them since she was 6 months old.

[rebecca03]

Originally Posted by dsaucone

We used them in the beginning. They seemed to work well when we first got home from the hospital and I was busy doing something and the baby was hungry, or when the baby wanted to nurse all day long and my boobs just couldn't take it. By 6 weeks neither one of my kids really cared for them much.

This. Jennifer doesn't care for them anymore, but for awhile she liked them.

[Mommy2anangel]

Although DD is 2 months, I'm still on the fence about this. I've tried giving it to her a few times and she may have sucked on it for a little while. She does love sucking on her hand, and of course the boob, so some of the time, I know she is just comfort feeding. I may try again to see if she'll take it or not though.

[phatchristy]

A pacifier is a tool, just like everything else. Definitely though research has shown that it reduces breastfeeding duration, but I definitely think in certain situations it works.

Kiddo #1 used one slightly (used it in the car/eating out)...not regularly though, and after a couple months or so I tried and she wouldn't take it. #2#3 didn't use at all. With this one, haven't even tried one, don't have one in the house.

[Swandira]

It looks like Odin is done using the paci. He wouldn't take it even going to sleep with his dad last night. Oh, well! He still likes being swaddled, fortunately.