Soothers and Breastfeeding

[FemmeEnceinte]

Hello all,

Well, I plan to breastfeed and have been doing a bit of research around nipple confusion when it comes to soothers and a lot of the advice is conflicting. I didn't really want to give baby a soother if I could get away with it, for the sake of their teeth but I've invested in some orthodontic soothers (just in case) and am also aware of the benefits as a preventative measure for SIDS.

Sooo, I was wondering... if I do decide on soothers, should I wait for a month or two until breastfeeding has been fully established or does it not really matter? What are everyone's experiences?

Thanks x

 

[thelilbump]

Hi.

I was the same as you i didn't want to give a dummy at all and we didn't buy any in. To cut a long story short, after 2 weeks of no sleep, tears and talking it over with my MW we gave n and bought some dummies (avent). My baby was very suckly and from birth was sucking her thumb, she cried all the time if she wasn't at my breast.

We gave the dummy and actually got some sleep it was amazin!! we never had any issues with nipple confusion ourselves and although i don't really like it and hoping to have her off it by 1 yr old, i think my baby is completly different to the way she could of been with out the dummy.

 

[Lucy_lu_84]

Wsn't going to have one either... but joshua has colic and so wants to suck all the time. So i gave in at 4 weeks and bought some MAM soothers and it's not caused us any nipple confusion.

 

[FemmeEnceinte]

Thanks, that's helpful. Yeah, we've decided to have them in for just in case we try everything and find that baby just isn't settling... might be worth trying them then. We'll just have to see. I see no harm so long as they're orthodontic, don't cause nipple confusions and they don't have them for too long. I mean, weaning them off will be difficult I imagine.

I've a while to go yet so plenty time to think

 

[Mervs Mum]

I gave one early on but had a few problems so I stopped it for a few weeks till we got more established with feeding. We reintroducted it and had no probs then took it away at 6 months
I'd say try to wait a month.

 

[Decosta1228]

Kai much prefers the breast to soothe on than a dummy. He'll take it for 5 seconds and then promptly spit it back out.

He deffo knows what he wants.

 

[mrsholmes]

scott has finally got what to do with the dummy at 5 weeks, tried all types he likes the MAM make. didnt cause any confusion

 

[Hevz]

I asked the sister at the hospital about the dummies SIDS theory and she said people have misread it. There is no less risk for babies with dummies or without....the risk is slightly higher for babies that "usually" have dummies but then don't have them but they don't know why

There's no scientfic evidence that babies who don't have dummies will be more likely to suffer

 

[FemmeEnceinte]

I asked the sister at the hospital about the dummies SIDS theory and she said people have misread it. There is no less risk for babies with dummies or without....the risk is slightly higher for babies that "usually" have dummies but then don't have them but they don't know why

There's no scientfic evidence that babies who don't have dummies will be more likely to suffer

Ooh, thanks for that. If anything really swayed me it would probably have been the SIDS thing so thanks.

 

[Hevz]

I asked the sister at the hospital about the dummies SIDS theory and she said people have misread it. There is no less risk for babies with dummies or without....the risk is slightly higher for babies that "usually" have dummies but then don't have them but they don't know why

There's no scientfic evidence that babies who don't have dummies will be more likely to suffer

Ooh, thanks for that. If anything really swayed me it would probably have been the SIDS thing so thanks.

I was beginning to think about it myself even though my other 3 never had them and certainly cried less than my friends babies who had dummies for some reason. I kept one in the steriliser as a just in case measure but never used it. Turns out the information that goes around isn't completely accurate....surprise, surprise

 

[celine]

I have heard to wait until 6 weeks, asked the health bureau on Thur and they said at 4 weeks if bf is going well (which it is) then you can introduce the dummy.

How have you ladies introduced it? Im trying to and he takes it on and off...

 

[CountingDown]

I have tried Oivia with one a few times but she just wont take to one, only mummy's (.)(.) will do xx