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Topic: dummies
Posted By: caraMel
Subject: dummies
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 3:32pm
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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.... ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 4:17pm
There is nothing wrong in giving your baby a dummy from day 1. Hannah has been using one since about 5 days and has had no trouble with breastfeeding (still going at 5 months). I would have thought they would be less likely to take it if you waited til 6 weeks. If I have another one, I will be taking a dummy to the hospital with me....!  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 4:32pm
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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 ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 4:35pm
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Kind-of off the topic but not really...
I don't plan to give our bubs a dummy, but did see the coolest little invention for them in the weekend - a friend's 6-month-old has her dummy attached to a big chunky light but light-weight plastic chain, which has on the end a... you guessed it... big, chunky but light-weight clip that clips onto the baby's clothing. So if she drops the dummy, unless she's sitting, it doesn't even reach the ground, and mum's not spending all day bending down to find said dummy and wipe the lint off it! Clever, I thought. Wish I could tell you where they got it from, but I doubt they'd be hard to find. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 4:49pm
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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!! ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 4:57pm
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Xanda took a dummy from two weeks but now refuses it, he is too used to breast because I never really gave him the dummy. Sometimes he takes it but usually just spits it back at me and shoves his hands in his mouth instead. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 7:08pm
| 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. |
Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 7:42pm
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we were never going to give Kobe one but they did from day two in the NICU to encourage sucking (without asking us i might add). He could never figure out how to keep it in so we would have to hold it sometimes but that was probably because of his cleft. I have also heard the new research that they are good for the sids thing and will also be taking one to the hospital with us this time. Oh and you get get the clip things from farmers I know, ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 8:31pm
| 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 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 8:45pm
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we had the cutest dummy holder for paris - a little soft flower that clipped to her clothes and to the dummie - was very cute.
mike gave paris one at 2 weeks old and she had a lot of probs - but then i think she just had a lot of probs anyway. as long as you get one that baby is likely to suck in the same way they would at the breast then i think there is probably less chance of having baby get confused with sucking patterns. You could always wait to see if you actually needed it - some kids just don't need em. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 12:00am
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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!
------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 10:59am
| You'll find that a lot. People will swear black and clue that they are right. Jsut go with the flow and find out what's right for you. Taine had dummy, bottle and breast from day one and is perfectly happy with all three. |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 11:30am
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 9:58pm
I am the same as most of you said my son will never have one and so did hubby he was the first to give in I was ssaying with this one that I don't want to use one, but hubby has put his foot down and said we are and I must say I do have to agree with him apart for the 2am rush rounds trying to find lost dummy. Oh yeah planning to take one to the hospital as well. I also have herd the research and that is why hubby is so keen on the dummy (or thumb)------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 10:04pm
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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. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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