dummies

does anybody know the answer to this?
i have been told 2 different things and as it is another couple of weeks before i see my midwife i thought i'd ask the experts.
if you want to give your baby a dummy, can you give it to them right from the beginning?
i have been told that yes, it is good to do it then as they get used to both dummy and breast and they are less likely to reject it.
but then i was told by someone else, no you must wait about 6 weeks so that they dont confuse the dummy with the breast and stop breastfeeding.
we didn't decide to give ella one until she was a couple of months old so i have no idea but i'd like to use one for this baby too....

james took one from 2 weeks old and i have been told there is reshech done that says it can prevent sids but dont take that as gosspil

Hmmm...I've never heard that said about dummies only bottles so I have no idea. I think that like with most things it just depends on your baby. Just do whatever you want & tell everyone else to shove off LOL!!

both my girls had dummies from really early on, especially emma (my second) she kept waking for the comfort sucking feeds as opposed to feeding for the milk. i found it really helped her. she settled so well. and i wasnt depriving her of milk ( if anything i was an obsessive feeder anyway, making sure she was well fed!) i honestly never had any problems with her breast feeding and having dummy either. BUT all babies are different.

i liked caitlyns dummy at times it was my best friend...weaning her off it was fun-i told her the dummy fairy had taken it -she said the dummy fairy was stupid lol

thanks for the replies everyone. i was really confused because both people were SO adamant that they were right. those dummy clips are such a lifesaver, i was so anal about sterilising ella's everytime she dropped it so it saved me a lot of time when we got one!

I was adamant Jack was not going 2 hav a dummy but after wanting comfort feeds every 45 mins i gave him1 and it was the best thing ever, its also gud for he reflux. He had it from about 1 week but he had feeding probs well b4 that so i dnt think it makes any difference. They do help prevent sids the sucking keeps their airways open

He Deborah hows things going for you. HAve you considered getting g glow in the dark dummy - makes it heaps easier to find - we also used to have a spare one we kept on Paris's dressing table so if we really couldn't find her dummy there was a spare right there.