Dummies

[workin'mumof2]

With dummies i was always saying to myself im never going to use it but one night when bubs was so unsettled i was happy to find a gift in my house a dummy which he took and went to sleep. so my question to you is do you use dummies?


poll coming

[mumma bear]

I did with DD but only for the first 4 months. In the end i found it more of a problem than a benefit as she would wake everytime it fell out of her mouth. With DS i didn't use one at all. With bub 3 i am not planning on using one.

[punkbaby]

They were godsend with 2 and 3...first bubs didnt take one she was just a textbook baby and too damn happy LOL

DD still has hers at night but its out of site and tucked under her pillow at night i dont have a problem with that though :)

They are lifesavers!!! Best invention yet

[Missy75]

I did with DD (she was addicted) but with DS I decided not to just because I didn't want to have to get up during the night to put it back in his mouth. I still have to get up for other reasons though.

[Ange&Seth]

I said while I was pregnant 'My baby will NEVER have a dummy' :o Just another of those broad sweeping statements first time mums make.

Someone gave us a newborn pack of Avent dummies and I threw them in the hospital bag just in case - I was glad I did too cos he was less than 24hrs old before I'd shoved that dummy in his mouth! I got in trouble from the horrible mid wife for it too :mad:

Anyway, Seth refused to take it after about 4-6 weeks and he hasn't had one since.

[Freya]

I didnt want to giv ds one then someone bought it as a pressie too lol one day he would not settle so i gave it to him... He loves it he really is a comfort sucker but i try not to giv it unless its necessary.

[Hollywood]

DS has never been interested in them, so we don't use them.

[tru]

DS wouldn't take one, and we tried about 5 different types. I'm glad he didn't take it now as my neighbour still gets up thru the night to pop back the dummy for her 14 month old.

[kimbo]

I too had always said ' We won't be giving our baby a dummy' (I really had no basis on this decision) however DS ended up in Special Care for his first 2 days and they just gave him one and we just stayed with it.

He is 9 months now and still has it when going to bed.

[Nowhere]

kenzee has one also, i too thought i wouldnt give her oneshe didnt the first few weeks as she couldnt, but then at about 4 weeks old she took on and im so glad as it is the only thing she has in her mouth, seen as she doesnt eat or drink, but at least she wil suck on something i think they are great

[blessedmummy]

i did for both girls, they both threw theres out when they didnt want them anymore which was great!! :thumbsup:

[Laksa]

With dummies i was always saying to myself im never going to use it but one night when bubs was so unsettled i was happy to find a gift in my house a dummy which he took and went to sleep.
snap! this is exactly the same as us.
i sometimes worry he will get 'addicted' but he usually only has it when going to sleep and then drops it out and doesnt cry for it so thats a relief!

[mum2bubba]

Skye has a dummy when she goes to sleep, Hayley DID have one but she "lost" it a few months ago (I actually kept it and hid it in the cupboard and yesterday she found it but I took it again)

[Mamaduke]

My boys never wanted to have a dummy...and it wasn't through my lack of trying!:o
Seems like those gift packs of dummies prove to be real lifesavers with a lot of us. :yes:

[Shanaynay]

I didn't use a dummy on either of my babies. I don't like them.
DD2 found her thumb eventually though and sucked that for a few months instead.

[Ange&Seth]

I always see people saying that they 'try' to get their bubs to take dummies and I never understand why? I gave Seth one initially cos I couldn't get him to attach to the boob and the midwife was taking her good sweet time getting there - then proceeded to have a go at me for giving it to him when she DID arrive.

[Mamaduke]

I always see people saying that they 'try' to get their bubs to take dummies and I never understand why?
I tried for the same reason you did, it wasn't a fashion statement or anything, I was just trying to settle them. I hope that answers your question.

[juzzy]

i dont like dummies and was adamant throughout my pregnancy that DD wouldnt have one. She is now almost six months old and hasnt had one.

My mother did try to give her one when she was about 3 months old but she flatly refused to take it. Good girl. lol

[Beany]

He was never really keen on them but could be persuaded to take them in the first few weeks. He had a hard time getting a decent suction going, though.

At around 8 weeks, he found his thumbs and outright refused the dummy from then on. A few weeks after that, he forgot all about his thumb, still refused the dummy, and just sent me nuts.

I did persevere because he still had the comfort sucking reflex. When the thumb and the dummy were rejected, all that was left was my poor, thoroughly abused boobs. Not much fun at all :no:

[lotti]

Ugh dummies, hate em. I will wake up for anything, but who wants to be woken up in the night because someone dropped a dummy?

First dd, wouldn't take it (has manky toy pig)
Second dd, addict, almost 3 and I can't get her off of it.
Third, I didn't bother. :(

[our little treasures]

To me they are a god send!! My 3 have been comfort suckers and would happily sit on the boob all day and night. The dummy gives mummy a much deserved break:thumbsup:

[no1pearl]

5m3w DD wouldn't take it (we tried a few types), she occsionally plays with 1 and pops it in and out her mouth, but when it's time for soothing, she sucks some fingers, fabic of our bedding/her clothing, or the inevadible (spell check!) magic boobie.
we co-sleep, and feed to sleep normally (which i am occasionally getting her used to drifting off to sleep on her own, but the entire circumstance has to be perfect! )

[Ange&Seth]

I tried for the same reason you did, it wasn't a fashion statement or anything, I was just trying to settle them. I hope that answers your question.

Ah ok, :o feel more than a little bit stupid now. Just another one of those things I haven't completely thought through before asking a stupid question :rolleyes:

Dummy = soother = settled baby........... I'll go crawl back under my rock now

[tally]

Personally I think they're a godsend in the early months.. I only use them for sleep, have never had to settle a baby through the night because they lost one. Never had an weaning issues either. One was a thumbsucker from birth, the dummy stopped that...not to mention a dummy is much easier to take away than a thumb... each to their own tho...

[Oscar's mum]

I don't like dummies at all and neither of my kids ever had one.

[ziggie]

I'm another mum who hated them while pg... But I popped one into his mouth out of desperation one day, and he loved it. He's happy, so I'm happy!
We went through a stage where I had to get up and pop it back nto his mouth during the night, but he can find it himself now so there's no problem.

I do draw the line at him using it all the time though. I don't like the thought of him walking around with a dummy permanently shoved in his mouth. He only uses it as a soother for bedtime.

And I have a high rotation of them too. Nothing worse than seeing a kid sucking on a dirty grimey dummy :barf: .

[Mummy2Noah]

My DS has a dummy for during the day but we dont give it to him during the night when he is out to bed at 9:30 there is no dummy until he wakes up at around 7am hehe!!! He had a dummy at night for the first 6 weeks and it drove us mad falling out all the time now we dont have that problem its gold!!!:D

[Static_Cat]

yes unfortunely my ds has a dummy. my MIL was here when he was 3 wks old and said it will be good for him to settle in between feeds etc. Mind u he didnt seem unsettled to me. but this is our 1st and wanted to do the best. And MIL has 6 kids so she should know something. So i allowed it even thou im not fond of them. And now DS is now 20 mths he thinks he cant sleep without it so i need ideas to get him off it. he only has it when he has a sleep. Wont give it to him any other time. He doesnt want other to sleep. He wakes thru the night if its fallen out of his mouth and cant find it. So thats y he doesnt sleep all the way thru the night. so any ideas would be grately appricated. thanx :hugs:

[spring]

I never used one:no:

[pookiesossige]

There were many times when I wished they would take a dummy, but they always refused it :rolleyes:

I especially wished Ronan would take a dummy during his first 3 months- he had a heart condition and reflux, screeeeeaamed all night and day for 12 weeks... very depressing and upsetting, if he had found comfort in a dummy I would have been like this: :smiliedance:

Kinda glad neither child is dependant on one now, though :)