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I was always a firm no on dummies until my first born got sepsis at 3 weeks and was really poorly in hospital. I couldn't settle him and the nurse suggested a dummy. He needed it. He used it for a week or so once home as he still needed a bit of comfort then never wanted it again so never used it after that. I am now less judgey about dummies! My second baby is 8 months old and he occasionally has it to help him get to sleep during the day as he's a terrible napper and it really does help but doesn't have it any other time. When he does have it we leave it in and he usually spits it out once he's asleep. Negatives are that they can get overly dependent on it, it can be hard to get rid of when you don't want them to have it anymore and it stunts speech development when they still have them when they are learning to speak. Ie 2, 3 and 4 year olds who have them in whilst playing can't talk to their friends/adults or will try to talk with it in.
@Jo Thanks Jo, that's helpful xx
My little boy is super so I’ve never needed one. I can 100% see why some people prefer them but for me it’s just been nothing I’ve wanted to give him x
@Gee🧸 rubbish wording don’t you think? “ my little boy is super so he’s never needed one” so other babies who do have one, aren’t? She asked about pros and cons not for you to say that your baby is super and you never wanted to give one😂well done to you, it doesn’t make you any better than the parents who use dummies.
Personally I tried not to give one but I’m an anxious parent and having a newborn I was 10x worse, midwife told me they reduced the risk of SIDS and also my little girl was in hospital for a week with jaundice so we couldn’t hold her or anything, she became tube fed so when crying ect the nurse suggested we give her a dummy to try comfort her. The pros do outweigh the cons due to sleep and comfort ect but my girl is 1 and we’ve limited it to nap time and bedtime and I’m dreading taking it off her x
@Ebony Thanks ebony. I think ill introduce once. I have a toddler too so anything for extra help works for me xx
Yes untill they get teeth in my option and also as long as you don’t always give it to them so you can still pick up on any cues for feeding etc! X
Pros- easy to settle baby with a dummy Reduces the risk of SIDS Cons- they can become reliant on it for sleep and they spit it out at night time and can wake up because of it. We used a dummy from the day our son was born and took it off him around 9 months. It’s optional when you want to use it and if you want to take it out of their mouth when they’re asleep, I think it all depends on the baby and your own preferences x