baby girl 3 months old how to let her get used to the dummy
2006-06-10 23:46:36 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Be persistent.
Rub it along her lips until she takes it. If she has been breastfed, do the above method whilst she is in the breasfeeding postition near the breast. You can do the same with a bottle.
My daughter had colic and a dummy was recommended so I had to do the above. She did take it eventually and it took 2 years to get it off her.
Dummies have been proven now as a good way of preventing cot death, as the sucking reflex keeps the baby breathing.
Good luck
2006-06-10 23:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by MISS B.ITCH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter would not take the dummy. The first day I tried her she had great fun sucking away for all she was worth. The second day she kept spitting it out. The third day she took it out of her mouth with her little hand and gave it back to me!
My grandson loves his dummy and snuffles around till he gets it. He even has a favourite one! You need to have several incase they get lost or end up on the floor and need sterilizing. I wouldn't try and force your baby to take it though because she obviously has a dislike of it. That's not a problem.
Try different teats for the bottles, there are different flow rates and softness. The brown rubber ones are harder than the clear plastic. Baby might like a softer teat. Just try different ones. She will eat when she's hungry as I am sure you know by now. Good Luck!!
2006-06-24 07:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by sinned 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I wouldn't fuzz about it. I have two kids. One is 10yrs old and he loved his dummy but it was very hard for us to take it from him when it was time. I always said that if I had another child, I would not give him/she the dummy. Now, I have a 2mth old and I did not introduce him to the dummy but his Ped. said that it was a good idea if I reconsidered so he can learn how to sooth himself, so I bought one but he doesn't like it at all. He actually sucks on his hand, which I recently read on "Parenting" magazine that once they start sucking on their thumb (which I am pretty sure that he is once he figures out that he has little figures) that it doesn't damage their teeth as a dummy will. Come on, who likes to suck on nasty plastic. They like the bottle because milk comes out of it so the taste of plastic might not be so bad. Well, that what I think. Good luck.
2006-06-20 17:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Strawberry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your daughter doesn't want to have a dummy dont give it to her. Dummies are the worst thing in the world not only can they give your child bad teeth when they start growing , when your take them off them you can be made to feel the worst person in the world. My advice would be to get her to find comfort in something else. Something like a teddy or a blanket. That way you can still take it every where with them and if its a teddy then she can keep it the rest of her life as a keepsake. I still have my teddy from when i was born and I'm 23!
2006-06-20 05:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by kelly w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter will only take it if she isn't hungry and just needs something to suck on. I think you might want to try different ones, as there are many shapes and your baby might prefer one over the other. Also there are different ages on them as well. Make sure you have one appropriate for the age of the baby. 3 months is an in between age for bottles and dummies. You might want to go to the next size if the little ones aren't working.
2006-06-11 05:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by Chris P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want baby to use a dummy????? One of my two took to thumb and the other had cuddly toy, size of adult palm, made from cotton, which couldn't come apart from chewing, and used this as comforter, soother and toy. Find something you can wash in machine and buy two or three of them to last into childhood (so you can always have one on offer when other is in wash). It's usually the labels on cuddly toys which babies love to suck, by the way. So you could also make a flannel with bits of cotton labels safely sewn to it.
Bottle....try different teats...some don't like the shape of some, some don't like the material. Look in health food shops for natural materials, too.
2006-06-11 01:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some babies love dummies or suck their thumbs, some just don't. I don't think you can train a baby to take a dummy.
2006-06-10 23:49:29 · answer #7 · answered by R.I.P. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get tylenol or syrop and add only one drop n the tip of the dummy then let her taste it ,she will love the taste and take it. but as long as ur baby is fine without it i advice u not to give it to her cause it is gonna be so hard to cut the dummy habit in the future. good luck/
2006-06-11 01:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by sasa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you have dummy's that are 0-3months.Then try different styles(AS IN SHAPE) Give her time it probably took her a couple of tries before she was able to latch on to you well and this will take time and patience as well.
2006-06-11 01:52:59 · answer #9 · answered by ashlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in the US and am not positive what a dummy is. I hope you are not referring to the childs father (ha). Assuming you mean pacifier, my oldest LOVED it and my husband made several late nights to an all night store for a spare when we couldn't find it. My youngest (ok, I only had 2), would NOT take the pacifier and preferred her thumb. We tried and tried. She acted like we were trying to choke her.
2006-06-24 12:03:05 · answer #10 · answered by butrcupps 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋