does your baby use pacifiers?

To answer your question..no my daughter never had a pacifier..she never took to them.

the only kind my daughter would take was the gum drop kind they gave us at the hospital. she only used it when she was fussy and she only used them until she was 3 months old and then she didnt want them anymore.

My pediatrician, and older guy gave me gread advice I am so glad I took it. The day your baby can sit up alone…that very day, throw them all in the trash. The baby will be so delighted that finally they can sit up and see they won’t notice. At night things may get difficult, but do not give in. If you threw them away you won’t be able to go get one.

After a couple of days…done. But the distraction of a new skill like sitting up is enough to overcome the binky habit.

Yes she uses mam Binky’s, we got the mini ones before she was born and she has used them since day 1. When she was a newborn whenever she needed to suck there was a binky. Young babies have a need to suck and so it won’t hurt them to have a binky. And now that she is almost 10 months old she uses them when its bed time or nap time.

My daughter (4 1/2) still sucks her thumb. I cannot get her to stop to save my soul!! My son (17 months) sucked his thumb till he was 3 or 4 months, then he took the binky (the playtex binkys) but he quit that right at 11 months. The ‘binky’ is a longer more rounded shape on the end, and i find that it stays in the mouth alot easier. The thumb on the other hand, there is nothing you can do about it, if they want it it’s right there. You can’t cut the thing off. If you have any ideas about getting my youngun to quit the thumb thing please do tell . I’ve tried just about everything that is legal. lol.

my first used a binky for 6 months only when he was fussy and flying he had it gone flat out taken away at 6 months and my 2 baby did not use it at all he did not want it and we used all kinds tell we found one he liked

My baby doesnt like the orthodontic kind at all.she spits out right when it enters her mouth. I found the gerber NUK working great. its very light weight and the nipple is flat on the top where it hits top of her mouth when she sucks. I dont use pacifier too often. Just when she needs to fall asleep when shes super cranky. i use it once a day or not at all. She is 3 months and she started kind of sucking her fingers. She still cant quite aim well and drools alot while trying to suck on her fingers. eventually she gets frustrated and cries. other than that i let her suck on her finger. pediatrician said not to worry for now and when shes little older just take the finger out of her mouth and keep her busy. plus, when they start teething they will forget about sucking and start wanting to bite everything

Our son used Playtex brand. My son will only take the type with the slanted bottom. I give it too him when he is fussy, and wants to suck, he does self soothe with his fingers, thumbs, and fists. I would really like to take him off the nukkie when he is a year old, but we will see how it goes.

My son had a dummy until he was 18months old and then he lost it. The first night without it was pretty rocky but I didn’t want him to have it anymore so I didn’t buy him another. He was over it within 2 days. He completely forgot about it.
My daughter is 14 months old and she has one she uses at bed time. I think she associates it with sleeping because she won’t take it when she’s awake which is a good thing. Both had the orthodontic kind. Neither of my children have been thumb suckers.
I have friends who have a 5 yr old son. He’s starting school in Janurary and he still has one. He sucks on it all day and all night and throws major tantrums if he can’t find it. As much as I love them, I think 5 is beyond a joke to be still sucking on a pacifier.

I use Dummies yes or as you call them Pacifiers

He uses Avent orthodontic’s

Jordan is 5 months and he uses his thumb if he doesnt have his dummy it is cute sometimes but he doesnt suck it he just chews it
I think he is teething lol And if he doesnt use his dummy or thumb he uses his fist or two fingers under his tongue. Talk about dribble mania

This morning he had his dummy in and a thumb on each side of it lol
Hilarious

An i let him suck his hands, fingers and thumb as it keeps him happy and i personally dont see harm in it yet. When he is at the age where he can move about and get dirty i will curb the habit but at the moment he is always clean
Plus if i take his hand out he gets angry at me and babbles at me with a frown on his face and i swear he is giving me a piece of his mind lol

I plan on taking it away when he can walk…
I dont let him have it to sleep at night but he has it at daytime naps

And he only has it when he gets crabby or whinges for it. When he is happy and in a good mood there is no point to them

Our daughter uses a pacifier when she goes to sleep and when she is very upset (legitimately upset, not fake crying, which she is pretty good at!). We plan on getting rid of the pacifier when she is 1 year old. We figured that a pacifier habit would be easier to break than a thumb-sucking habit!
She prefers the MAM brand pacifiers (with the cute designs on them!)

My daughters used Nuk

pacifier and thumb sucking habit should stop by age 2 to avoid an open bite.
-dentist

when my daughter was first born the hospital had her using a soothie. She refused to take any other kind until she was a couple months old then we got her using the NUK ones, she sucked on the same paci for about 5 months and it got a hole in it so we had to buy another NUK and it took awhile before she would take it. she had the first NUK soo stretched out from sucking that it was the size of the 6+ month ones!

she can go without, but when she sees one she sticks it in her mouth. i dont think it will be too hard to break when we decide to.

We arent going to be one of those people with the paci attached to a necklace around the kids neck lol.

my daughter did up until 5 months then just would not take it
so we had a very easy transition i must say

I tried several kinds, but my daughter wanted nothing to do with it. She sucks her thumb quite happily. I see nothing wrong with it.

NO pacifier! Hard habit to break.

I use the gerber essentials. and the soothies she loves these but only takes them when she is tired, doesn’t feel good, or getting her shots (upset). she is actually kinda weening herself and she’s 7 months so maybe by a year if it isn’t gone then it’s going

I tried to get my kids to take Soothies, but they weren’t interested. I only really offered them while we were in the car and I couldn’t nurse them.

How would you prevent a baby from sucking on his hands? My first and third liked to suck on my fingers, and my third also likes his own hands.

He’ll give it up when he’s ready. Promise, he won’t carry it to kindergarten with it.

My son’s used one since about 4 weeks. He quickly took to the MAM brand, and hasn’t ever liked any others. When he was really young we’d let him have it often, and it gradually became less and less. By about 8 months it was designated for nap/bed time only… and he still uses it while sleeping now at 15 months. I didn’t want to have a toddler running around with one in his mouth all the time, but if used sparingly I don’t feel it’s a bad thing. My goal is to have them completely out of his mouth by 2.
Your son is about 5 weeks, right? That young, it really can’t do any harm… they need to suck a lot, some babies more than others, so I’d let him have it. Not sure if you can really bypass the thumb sucking if he wants it…. my son did a few times around that age, but then it never became a habit. Good luck!

my dd only would and still only will take a soothie brand passy; she gets it when she wants it, but at six mos, she usually only takes it when it is time to sleep or she is really tired…..also after a bottle (bc she will overeat massively to satisfy her desire to suck, which is very strong after eating); she gets in however much she needs to satisfy that and then she is done with it until time to sleep….i would much rather she use that than her thumb or fingers , as i can’t take them away…..as far as taking it away, she is using it less and less, so i don’t think we will have to, i think she will do it for us…..
i think the problem with passies for some ppl is when they shove it in eery time baby fusses or cries, and instead of the baby getting the comfort they are craving (attention, wanting to be held, etc.) they learn to associate the passy with a lot of different kinds of being satisfied…
that said, they have now said that babies that sleep with a passy have a lowered risk of sidss…..
i am pro passy if used appropriately, like anything else i think it can be used appropriately or abused….hope that makes sense….