Dummies
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@Amanda Thank you! Have you found a particular dummy to be better in terms of him not dropping it? Or would you say it’s just a case of them getting used to it and learning to keep it in? X
We started giving our boy a dummy at 4 weeks as we were struggling to settle him for naps in the day. It has been a god send as it feels like he's finally in the routine of feed, wake for a bit and then sleep because we can settle him with the dummy. Like Amanda, he doesn't need it at night as he cluster feeds then falls asleep on the boob and can be put in his next to me. We use the MAM newborn dummy but don't find it falls out only because he succles it to sleep then keeps it in whilst asleep or if in a really deep sleep, he doesn't notice if it falls out. Only time he is upset when it comes out is when he's waking up and his own arms keep knocking it out. I just know that he's usually ready to get up at that point or I try and rock him back to sleep. All trial and error isn't it 🙈
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong but I gave mine a dummy from week one and she loves it 😅. Gives us some peace. Usually she falls asleep with it and may wake a few times wanting it put back in but then settles. She does have periods of chilling without the dummy too. I tend to give it to her when she's crying and I know I've done everything else.
Our 7 week old loves the dummy but cannot keep it in his own mouth, we have to hold it for him or it falls out, he has no problem sucking his bottle though and they are both mam products 🤔 xx
My baby is only 5 weeks and she’s had one now for a week or so. I always take out her dummy before she is fully asleep as then she doesn’t wake up without it and cry wondering where it has gone! She doesn’t actually have it everytime that I put her to sleep, majority of the time she doesn’t, but I just make sure to do that whenever she does. Luckily for me, right now she doesn’t even want her dummy that much just when she’s extra fussy and wanting cuddles she likes to suckle too 🥰 I think if you are not just giving it to baby constantly, there a lot less likely to get really dependent on it. If they’re really distressed, try and get them down to a whiny stage rather than outright screaming by yourself before offering the dummy. They connect the dummy to soothing which is a good thing of course but can sometimes lead to it being the only thing to be able to soothe, which is of course not good so try to calm her a bit yourself first and she won’t rely purely on it xx
Mine has struggled to keep a dummy in due to a very severe tongue tie, so we don't really bother unless he's just not settling at all. We don't use it at night because he drops it too much and it causes more problems than it solves
@Robyn we’re exactly the same!
@Sam oh good, glad it's not just us 😅
I think I only had an issue with the dummy being dropped in the night with my eldest when she was around 1 so we clipped the dummy to her.
I've been giving my 6 week old and dummy since about 1 week in, only very occasionally and only at times of distress, also using it in car journeys. He hasn't grown attached to it as he much rather prefer the breast 😅 i don't use it for sleep as he normally falls asleep on the breast and we co sleep