pacifiers- good or bad

[happyfeet88]

Hi ladies, when wud one give a pacifier to baby, and what r the pros an cons. I recently given to my lo, after feedin id give it to her it helps my lo fall asleep much quicker. Im not sure if its sucha a gud thing, i giv it to her wen she struggles to fall asleep, but it wud be nice to knw wht other moms thnk. My angel is 8wks

[sorenr]

People always judge us...I had a pregnant lady give my 8yr old crap for not moving out of her way quick enough the other day, I wanted to say "one day your baby will be 8 yrs old and thoughtless too" the fact that I was telling him to move wasnt good enough for her.

Folk will always have opinions on dummies, as a dental nurse my mum hates them, but she's not the one living with a screaming baby...you're on your own too and that makes it twice as hard for you to cope as you get no break, just keep your head high, ignore the looks and remind yourself that you are doing what is best for you and your baby :)

[happyfeet88]

Can she sleep with it? Or should take it out? I finally managed to upload her as my prof pic she was two days old lol

[happyfeet88]

Thank u ladies cause some people frown wen i giv it to her, wen shes tired after a bath she cries like all babies do they cry wen they tired so she loves eatin her hands wen shes distressd (came out chewing her hands) i only giv it to her wen shes fed an cries it really helps me jus dont wana b judged lol

[cnhauk]

We give our daughter one when she's falling asleep. It helps calm her. If it falls out when she's asleep, we just set it aside. Like someone mentioned, it somehow helps reduce the risk I SIDS and really does help calm them. Sucking (whether on your breast, finger, pacifier, etc) releases seretonin in baby's brain which is a hormone to help calm and soothe. So I am all for it! Should start to be weaned by 6 months (only use it when falling asleep) and be done by 1 year due to teeth, etc.

[sorenr]

My daughter wouldnt take one, but my 2 sons have loved theirs...I reckon boys just like the thought of a boob in their mouth!! lol

[farO_jan]

My son took them easily. I didn't let him get too attached to it though. And i took it away when he was 10 months old. But with my daughter who was born this May never took the pacifier. Since i was breastfeeding her i didn't give it to her at first. Now i bought three different brands and she does not even allow it in her mouth lol she used to gag when i forced it in...i know bad thing to do. But she is a quiet and happy baby i guess she knows she doesn't need it.